overclock broke me!?!

[lomore]

Hi there.

My pc is a

Dell Optiplex 780

Core2Duo E7200

8gb ram

MSI R6950 Twin Froze iii PE

Corsair vx550w psu

 

i recently put a msi R6950 Twin FROZR III in my pc. I was making a pc on a budget to upgrade and i decided this was a good start point.

When i got the card i installed it into my pc and games ran okay. i then decided to overclock the GPU so that i could get better fps. I increased the overclock incrementally and it seemed to be okay but then when loading a game the system crashed and the game was on a black screen. I reset the card to factory defaults and the games still crashed to a black screen. Even MSI KOMBUSTOR loads to the same black screen and crashes the system.

Has anybody had this problem before and How can i fix this?

Thanks

[stealth80]

would be unusual for a software overclock to kill a card, but not unheard of. I would remove the card, clear CMOS refit and try again. Maybe re-install GPU drivers

[lomore]

just solved this. i reset catalyst cc to defaults. Removed Afterburner and Kombustor and restarted pc. Now works fine.

Thanks

[IrisCZ]

If I remember correctly, all 6950s used to have a bios switch on top of them so everyone could flash their cards without worying about bricking it. Try switching it to the other position if the switch is present. Also try clearing CMOS if this doesn't help and if that still doesn't help try underclocking your card a little just in case.

Edit: Ok, too late Glad you resolved the issue!