Well after one to many BSOD, l have stripped the R9 290, refitted the stock cooler, check it was working fine and dandy and have now removed and boxed up till l get time to try and rememdy the BSOD. Even after two fresh installs of OS, DDU and multiple installs of 14.4/14.7 l got a little frustrated. Forgot how loud the stock cooler was lol and how hot it runs at idle. Still the best bangs for bucks l have ever spent on a GPU.
Eureka!
Looks like l managed to sort out my R9 290, flicked the bios switch back to stock, this in combination with another run of DDU, Cat 14.4 and the stock cooler she is back to being quiet under load (Well you know what l mean).
Fitted back into main rig and running with no dramas again
