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

Corssair, is it the same bugcheck on each crash? Ie 0x00000116 on the working GFX card?

As 0x00000116 is a GPU error code.

Surveyor said:
Somewhat contradicted by Guru3D who have a power consumption of 2 x HD 7950 at 279W at stock speeds.

Also 330W-281W=49W for the rest of the system at load.

Highly unbelievable.
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Just as I was thinking.
 
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Corssair said:
I did get 0x00000116 like twice, or three times. Today I've had 0x000000C2 -.-

Anyway, here is the video of "clipping" PSU, something normal?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9llD5oXVTg8
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I don't know about the "clipping" noise but the fan sounds incredibly loud unless it's just how close you are to it with the microphone.

I bought an AX 1200 a while back and the fan stayed on full blast all the time.

Back it went for a refund.
 
My AX1200 makes a loud clicking noise when it's first turned on and also when it powers down. I assumed it was normal as the PSU functions perfectly and i also have 2x 7970's in CF
 
dave_beast said:
Highly unlikely that two cards are faulty.
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Could be PSU struggling to me to power them for whatever reason... I mean yeah, chances of having problem with both cards, 0.1% lol. If it crashes in single card... could be drivers or config... god knows.. drivers to me!
 
what kind of crash full brown screen with lines in it ?
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No, just blue screen.

dave_beast said:
First off, seeing as it's easier, try an alternative PSU, then if it still fails it either your motherboard (likely) or ram (not very likely) at fault
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Ok I'll try.

Robozilla said:
My AX1200 makes a loud clicking noise when it's first turned on and also when it powers down. I assumed it was normal as the PSU functions perfectly and i also have 2x 7970's in CF
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Exactly the same sound as it is in the video?
Tried BF3? Does it crash to you? I even installed GTA IV Episodes, and it also crashes! *****

pugheaven said:
Could be PSU struggling to me to power them for whatever reason... I mean yeah, chances of having problem with both cards, 0.1% lol. If it crashes in single card... could be drivers or config... god knows.. drivers to me!
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I'm now considering a hammer solution.
 
Before you HAMMMER it lol... which I agree, I get like that sometimes.... With different game crashes now, that PSU to me doesn't seem right powering these, sorry if this has already been asked or stated;


  1. What card did you replace?
  2. What driver was on before and what driver on now?
  3. If you changed driver, what did you do, install over old one, or 100% remove old one using windows CCC uninstall and then ATiMAN? This is the only way I can get a complete removal of Ati drivers these days by using ATiMAN.
  4. Have you tried a different PSU?
  5. What overclocks have you got on your CPU if any?
  6. Have you still got your old card to put back in and try out?
 
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What are those lines around the trees in the OP? it looks like possible faulty core to me, have you tried underclocking the cores by say 100mhz? and then same with memory? although my bet would be a faulty core.
 
pugheaven said:
Before you HAMMMER it lol... which I agree, I get like that sometimes.... With different game crashes now, that PSU to me doesn't seem right powering these, sorry if this has already been asked or stated;


  1. What card did you replace?
  2. What driver was on before and what driver on now?
  3. If you changed driver, what did you do, install over old one, or 100% remove old one using windows CCC uninstall and then ATiMAN? This is the only way I can get a complete removal of Ati drivers these days by using ATiMAN.
  4. Have you tried a different PSU?
  5. What overclocks have you got on your CPU if any?
  6. Have you still got your old card to put back in and try out?
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1. The one that been giving me artifacts.
2. I tried official drivers, and beta drivers. Both the same.
3. I did use ATiMAN.
4. I did not.
5. Stock.
6.Yes.

So I've been confirmed that the noise coming from the PSU is normal, by Corsair tech support.

mmj_uk said:
What are those lines around the trees in the OP? it looks like possible faulty core to me, have you tried underclocking the cores by say 100mhz? and then same with memory? although my bet would be a faulty core.
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It was because of the faulty GPU, it has been already sent away.


All I see on every forum is something like "7970 - problem". I hope nvidia will release their cards fast, so I can sell AMD and buy theirs.
 
Tbh, the problems are mainly caused by the end users not installing them correctly, having faulty components etc.

Not seen "on every forum" 7970 problems caused by faulty 7970's, mostly problems caused by ineptitude. I still think the "red hot" capacitor on your motherboard is your problem.
 
ALXAndy said:
Why spend all that money on a system (and it is a lovely system, btw) and then put the cards right next to each other?

From lots of personal experience I have always had to pull the plug on anything multi GPU related where they sit right next to each other due to soaring heat levels that can't be gotten under control.
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Its quite daft the motherboard manufactures make the pcie slots close together
 
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