Radeon R9 290

[Shaman]

Alright so after Newegg screwed with my order I decided to go to a brick and mortar store to purchase the new GPU. What I ended up with was the Gigabyte 290 Windforce card. Which I had read that originally had issue with the cooler but was only 30 cards and not one actually reached anyone. Did some more research and found out that they are actually one of the better 290s out there right now as far as how they run and their temps.

 

The issue that I am having right now is that while in game the screen will randomly go black and then reboot the computer. This isn't just a black screen though. it is actually a BSOD that is happening but so quickly you don't even see the blue.

 

Here is the info from the second minidump

 

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Dump File		 : 123114-20373-01.dmp
Crash Time	 : 12/31/2014 10:26:30 PM
Bug Check String :
Bug Check Code : 0x00000124
Parameter 1	 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2	 : fffffa80`07c908f8
Parameter 3	 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 4	 : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+4adb3c
File Description : NT Kernel & System
Product Name	 : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company		 : Microsoft Corporation
File Version	 : 6.1.7601.18409 (win7sp1_gdr.140303-2144)
Processor		 : x64
Crash Address	 : ntoskrnl.exe+4adb3c
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name	 :
Full Path		 : C:\Windows\Minidump\123114-20373-01.dmp
Processors Count : 8
Major Version	 : 15
Minor Version	 : 7601
Dump File Size : 262,144
Dump File Time : 12/31/2014 10:26:34 PM
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And the second one from about a half hour later.

 

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Dump File		 : 123114-15615-01.dmp
Crash Time	 : 12/31/2014 11:00:32 PM
Bug Check String :
Bug Check Code : 0x00000124
Parameter 1	 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2	 : fffffa80`078e28f8
Parameter 3	 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 4	 : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+4adb3c
File Description : NT Kernel & System
Product Name	 : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company		 : Microsoft Corporation
File Version	 : 6.1.7601.18409 (win7sp1_gdr.140303-2144)
Processor		 : x64
Crash Address	 : ntoskrnl.exe+4adb3c
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name	 :
Full Path		 : C:\Windows\Minidump\123114-15615-01.dmp
Processors Count : 8
Major Version	 : 15
Minor Version	 : 7601
Dump File Size : 262,144
Dump File Time : 12/31/2014 11:00:35 PM
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This crap is only happening while I am in a game. I was able to get onto a server for about 10-15 minutes max before everything froze and just black screened. Now I do have the AMD Omega drivers installed and that actually fixed the random black screen that people were experiencing. I don't know what is causing this but I guess next step I can take is going to be to pull literally everything out of the case and re seat everything including the CPU

 

 

Thoughts? I rather like this card and it is staying well within the temps that these monsters can handle. (DayZ it only got up to 70 with everything at high settings and res @ 1400x900)

 

Is it possible that my CM750 isn't enough? I'm going to test something and use the second rail for a GPU as the 6 pin instead of running the card off a single rail (quite a few people have done it without issue apparently.)

Edited January 1, 2015 by Alten_Geist

[Shaman]

Well now, that was a blonde moment on my part. Knew the card could pull nearly 400w while running games but didn't originally think to use the second rail. I've owned a 4850x2 and even on that didn't have to use the second rail. Eh either way going to be doing some more testing but I think it is pretty well fixed. So unless you are running probably a 800w+ PSU use the second rail lol....

Edited January 1, 2015 by Alten_Geist