rx480 RX 480 problem

[WhiteWolf37]

I know its hard to tell from the picture but my friends 8gb sapphire rx480 randomly does this where the screen is covered in white lines and then restarts. At first i thought it was artifacting but the effects are not permanent and can vary dramatically, it is also worth the mention that his gpu is brand new along with a brand new psu. I wondered if the motherboard could be responsible since its one of those ultra durable micro ATX boards with an AMD APU inside. what are your thoughts ?????

[Morgan MLGman]

I'd say it's a faulty GPU - so the answer would be to RMA it. But you should wait for more opinions first.

[Gonio]

GPU most likely. Drivers up to date? Also check if the GPU is seated properly: take it out and push it in, the slot might be filthy. Could help to see if this also happens on a different PC.

[WhiteWolf37]

after trying this my friend notices one of the 2+6 pin connectors was lose and thought this was the issue, after booting it up it blue screened and now his pc wont recognise ethernet 

[ivan134]

Geez. Everyday there's a victim here or on reddit. I need to go offer sacrifice to the Rx 480 gods for delivering me from all these problems.

[Howitz]

12 hours ago, ivan134 said:

Geez. Everyday there's a victim here or on reddit. I need to go offer sacrifice to the Rx 480 gods for delivering me from all these problems.

Yeah, I hope they won't come to you, pray for us...

[captain cactus]

Looks like AMD has a faulty batch of RX480s on their hands. You're not alone.

 

RMA it.

[Gonio]

1 hour ago, lots of unexplainable lag said:

Looks like AMD has a faulty batch of RX480s on their hands. You're not alone.

 

RMA it.

Is that so? How come, or not sure yet on the reason?

[captain cactus]

48 minutes ago, Gonio said:

Is that so? How come, or not sure yet on the reason?

Not sure on the reason, but you're not the only one with black screen issues and artifacting on an RX480.

 

Haven't seen people posting problems with RX470s and RX460s, so this may be limited to the full P10 chips only. Maybe there are some defect Stream Processors in there anyway causing issues (these would be disabled in an RX470 and an RX460 isn't a full P11 chip).

[WhiteWolf37]

On 24/01/2017 at 4:54 AM, lots of unexplainable lag said:

Not sure on the reason, but you're not the only one with black screen issues and artifacting on an RX480.

 

Haven't seen people posting problems with RX470s and RX460s, so this may be limited to the full P10 chips only. Maybe there are some defect Stream Processors in there anyway causing issues (these would be disabled in an RX470 and an RX460 isn't a full P11 chip).

so im thinking if i get him to test it in my system which is quite high spec and the card still artifacts i shall RMA it

[captain cactus]

1 hour ago, WhiteWolf37 said:

so im thinking if i get him to test it in my system which is quite high spec and the card still artifacts i shall RMA it

Pretty much yeah.