Just received 2x Power color 290's... Black Screen

Allnamestaken · 14 Feb 2014 at 11:55

What the hell is going on im sure some of you will remember the last time I had this issue with one of the waterblocked 290X's from OCUK.

We tried all sorts of things flashing everything.

The cards are spooled up fans spinning away I dont know what the hell to do.

End of my tether.

I have a Gigabyte OC board not the force model.

Allnamestaken · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:04

lol replace the motherboard with a different model no problem then tried another one same issue lol.

Seems like certain 290 have temper tantrums with certain boards.

illuz · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:14

DSR/RMA mate. I had that issue with 2 290X and got 3 290s instead, perfectly fine.

Allnamestaken · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:21

Can I ask you something when running cross fire is it normal for a second card in the slot to show less band with look at this.

GPU 1

GPU 2 ?????????????????????????????????????? U WOT M8??

Silent_Scone · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:33

Weird, it's just a misreading wouldn't pay any attention to it.

Don't envy AMD users, don't have the patience for all that faffing about.

Allnamestaken · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:36

How are you certain its misreading? can you explain lol.

It just froze when i tried to launch bf4.

I just moved the second card from the 8x to the slot directly under the first card will see if it happens again.

Silent_Scone · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:38

Well it should be 8x but if it were stable I'd assume it was a misreading on bandwidth.

See if it's stable with CF disabled, test both cards individually.

Allnamestaken · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:39

The second cards fan is not even spinning right now :\

Allnamestaken · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:42

Seems like the cards fans turn off when not playing games is this normal?

BS Dave · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:42

that's ULPS mode. It scared the hell out of me when i first noticed it. if you're in 2d mode the card will virtually completely shut off saving you lecky

Silent_Scone · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:43

As above ULPS mode, thought you said in games at first! That's normal whilst idle.

Allnamestaken · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:44

Omg top card is running at 95c the bottom card is running at 50c????

BS Dave · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:45

32bit bus thing - that's justs gpu-z no reading it right. there should be a little benchmark type thing in gpuz which if you turn it on should trigger the PCIe sensor to read correctly

Silent_Scone · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:46

Allnamestaken said:
Omg top card is running at 95c the bottom card is running at 50c????

Is CF even enabled? 95c is temperature target at stock

BS Dave · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:49

make sure the cards are in the right slots and if possible leave some room between them

Allnamestaken · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:50

Yeah it is :\.

I moved the card right up to the slot under the first card.

The cards crashed when it was in the other slot for some reason.

I may try it again.

95C tho :|

TheRealDeal · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:56

First port of call would be to give both cards a run on there own to rule out a faulty card.

BS Dave · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:57

they are meant to run that high, maybe make yourself a fan profile in afterburner and improve your case cooling.

To be fair though, if you'd done a bit of research you'd have found out these cards run hot - it's not like it's a secret, it's been mentioned in every review.

Fan profile and a new fan or two on your case should sort it. Akasa Vipers for the win i say. the 14cm is pretty quiet as well

Er for the black screen - is that sorted now? how are you reading temps - does it just crash when you start games...what power supply do you have??

Allnamestaken · 14 Feb 2014 at 12:58

TheRealDeal said:
First port of call would be to give both cards a run on there own to rule out a faulty card.

They both seem to be running fine but I have not tried the second card in the primary slot yet.

I will switch them around.

How ever guys check this gpu usage out.

In Bf4 the top card is nearly 30 degrees hotter then the bottom and I think its actually hotter but the readout doesnt go higher then 95?
Second card - 60c
Top card - 95c

Not only that but the usage is strange.

LtMatt · 14 Feb 2014 at 13:04

Blimey where to start.

1. Did you update your motherboard bios to the latest version?
2. Update afterburner. The version you're using is older than Jesus H Christ.
3. Once the new version is installed, disable ULPS in settings. Its a nice power saving feature but unless you're worried about that its better to disable it and get a few percent extra performance.

4. Set the power limit at +50% and away you go.

On and btw, crossfire only works in full screen mode. See this thread to setup some overlays to monitor performance in game.