Blue screening - PSU not powerfull enough??

ssharp59

ssharp59

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Ok , i have my i5 machine an upgrade end of last year in the flavour of a bit more ram , and a XFX Radeon R9 290 DD gfx card. The graphics card was a nightmare to get to install with duff dirvers giving me black screens, eventually i found some older drivers which worked however ever since the pc has been blue screening, somtimes every 10 mins, other times every few hours, it seems to be when im demanding more from the machine.

Im wondering if theres a change my PSU is no longer up to the job ?, is there anyway to check, or would this give other symptoms.
 
I would need to check, pretty sure its a 550w corsair, and i think i may have had to use an adapter they supplied.

The card worked without any drivers but very slowly, as soon as i upgraded using the ati website drivers it gave me a black screen.
 
Just checked now im home, the power suppy is corsair thx 650w and 2 2 seperate pci express power lines, although both are 6 pin but with like a 2 pin daisy chain of it. I guessing this should really be up to the job. Ive just tried that bluesceenview , its loaded the dump files however hasnt associated them to any drivers.
 
To update this, even with a better powersupply i still lhave the same issues having looked again the blue screens were caused by drivers , however with the latest drivers i only get a black screen on start up so I Returned the card to overclockers however they have tested it and its working. "CARD HAS BEEN RUNNING FINE UNDER LOAD FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. INSTALLED LATEST DRIVERS WITH NO ISSUE AND RAN HEAVEN, VALLEY AND FURMARK WITH NO PROBLEMS "

Im pretty stuck now, im guessing my system setup just does not like this card with its latest drivers, it seems to be a worldwide issue with these cards but its been tested as fully working :(.. and i just have a gaming pc that im unable to use. Gutted
 
I removed the additional ram to ensure this wasnt the issue already and still had exact same results. Looking online it just seems to be a very common driver related issue although im guessing its own to individual system spec whether it will give you the issue. Never in my life of building rigs have I had such an anoying problem, Certainly will be steering clear of amd cards in the future. Ive found a few potentail work arounds that seem to work for some people that i may try.
 
Already tried a format of windows just to rule it out, also updated bios , updated chipset drivers, completely running out of ideas now, Tempted just to cut my losses and sell it on and avoid XFX and amd cards forever more.
 
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