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2 x HD7970 CF and... problems. I'm fed up. Please help.

Screams driver issue to me. If both cards are fine on their own then give it time and the drivers will mature, although it's annoying having to wait.
 
Yes I did install the CAP drivers, didn't help.

insejn said:
Have you tried swapping around the cables? Or just other cables?

Can the xfire bridge have anything to do with it? I'm unfortunately a bit unschooled in what that little thing actually does...
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You really think it could be a cable faullt? Even if it's fine in Windows & Furmark? Anyway, I'll try.

inSilica said:
Man. I'm watching this thread closely. I hope you sort it out.
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Thank you... I'm already fed up with it. Things became even worse, I have ordered an active display adaptor to DVI but now I see that on my cards it's MINI DISPLAY ! *****K. Why such an expensive cards never came with it already?? Now I still cannot run 3 monitors. It's just a disaster.

JamesM said:
Screams driver issue to me. If both cards are fine on their own then give it time and the drivers will mature, although it's annoying having to wait.
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I'm trying to see if the bottom card is faulty. I keep getting crashes with an 0x00000116 code.

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Get both cards out clean the bit that goes into the slot, blow in the slots and re insert them. If that don't work see if you have the monitor cable at its tightest and/or try another monitor.
 
It crashes randomly on anything.

Anyway I think found the issue.

Here you go, that's the top card tested in a bottom PCI-E slot.

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What do I do now?

The other problem is that windows still crashes on the second card, and the second card does not show any artifacts.
 
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Let me try the top PCI-E slot, I'll let you know in few minutes.

Could be the motheboard, cause as I mentioned before, the heatsink with red ROG logo on it is VERY hot.

Anyway, brb.
 
Feel for ya bud. Must be terribly frustrating to have those beautifull cards and not be able to use them properly.
 
LtMatt said:
Feel for ya bud. Must be terribly frustrating to have those beautifull cards and not be able to use them properly.
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Seriously, it's JUST bad :(

pugheaven said:
This looks then like the PCI slot here OUCH! Man, I feel the pain and on a Friday which is officially by LAW, gaming night!
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Exactly, but the first card is still working fine, I mean I think because the system crashes sometimes, but I can still play on it.

Anyway, faulty card is being returned. I checked different PCI-E slots and it deffo is the GPU.

I just contacted customer service and they will pick it up from me on monday and replace with a new one.

Oh god... these crashes still worry me.
 
Corssair said:
Seriously, it's JUST bad :(


Exactly, but the first card is still working fine, I mean I think because the system crashes sometimes, but I can still play on it.

Anyway, faulty card is being returned. I checked different PCI-E slots and it deffo is the GPU.

I just contacted customer service and they will pick it up from me on monday and replace with a new one.

Oh god... these crashes still worry me.
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I know this could be a ball ache, you haven't got a spare PSU around have you? That crashing doesn't sound right... could be a power draw problem? You tried different power plugs into the card?
 
I do have a different power supply, it's a OCZ StealthX 750W. And ye, I did try different plugs, but from the same PSU.

Everytime I power my PC on, or turn it off PSU makes a sound of "clipping", which is strange.

I did stress my CPU and it was stable.
 
It's definitely the GPU. Looks very much like bad RAM on the card to me.

I would be wanting more than 750W for two 7970's though.
 
I'm double checking the "working" card and it seems fine, no arts just yet.

750W is enough for a single card tho.

Right, 15 minutes in ATITool and everything is OK. Card seems fine, so is the mobo.
100% the other card is faulty.

Now I need to play with drivers a litle bit so I can solve the crashing issue.
 
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Corssair said:
I'm double checking the "working" card and it seems fine, no arts just yet.

750W is enough for a single card tho.

Right, 15 minutes in ATITool and everything is OK. Card seems fine, so is the mobo.
100% the other card is faulty.

Now I need to play with drivers a litle bit so I can solve the crashing issue.
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But what's that clicking then? You sure that PSU is alright?
 
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