280x issue

[montymint]

Hi Guys,

Dunno if anyone's seen this problem before.

My 280x has decided to act a bit funny recently. Randomly it will cut out and display solid colour lines across both monitors (different colour each time). So I end up for example one orange and one white screen, both with faint lines.

Temps seem ok, but do you think resitting the cooler might help?

 

[thebennyboy]

Sounds like a VRAM problem. Is your card overclocked? Does it happen only during gaming or is it just completely random?

 

[montymint]

I don;t think so, It's an MSI gaming one so is pre clocked, checking afterburner the core is at 1020Mhz and the memory at 1500Mhz.

To add, it's mostly in games (warcraft in full screen windowed mode) when I have a browser open on monitor 2. It has happened upon boot and just browsing the net, however this is a lot more rare

 

[montymint]

I have found leaving afterburner on reduces the frequency this occurs, but it still happens. I'm going to underclock the card to see if it makes a difference

 

[thebennyboy]

Usually weird lines across the screen indicates a VRAM problem. What memory brand does your card have?

 

[montymint]

Checking GPU-Z I have (Elpida) ram, is that correct?

 

[~>Dg<~]

if you on newest drivers try 14.4

 

[montymint]

Hi DG, Thanks for that. I'll pop them on when I'm home from work and let you know