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Spirery

Spirery

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My R7870 Hawk been ok for the last 5 months but last few weeks just random crashing card just turns off updated bios on mobo updated drivers tryed msi driver+ati but now it keeps crashing if i start any game and bench mark but last time i got lines all over the screen before it went off its ideliong at 27/28 when it was underload nothing over 52 checked all cables etc checked for dust all fine just seems like history all over again my R6870 hawk was ok for 6months died and the rep was even worse any1 have any ideas as i have had it with mso cards gona try my spare gigabyte Windforce 460ti i gave to my son later whats funny i got the card from gradeb for under 40 for a spare and its lasted longer then both msi cards which cost 4 times more:mad:

Windows ultimate 64 bit
AMD phenom x4 840 3200
Gigabyte M68MT board
2 x 4gig of Vengeance corsair
Coolmaster 650W 80 PLUS Bronze
Seagate 500 HD
SB live
Elite 630coolermaster 6x120 fans
 
Have you tried using comma's and full stops? Only joking, sorry :p

Have you got it overclocked at all? If so, knock the overclock off (same with the CPU and run Heaven for a few passes). If it isn't overclocked, load up MSI Afterburner and add a little to the voltage (0.06Mv should do it) and then run Heaven again for a few passes and see how that goes.
 
it kept crashing was trying to type it fast before it went again sorry.And no never overclocked it but will try it hope it works.
 
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If it is doing it completely randomly (not just gaming), it could be something else. Memtest86+ but first I would try with your old 460.

If it does it with the 460, I would look at the memory and run memtest86+.

Ignore my joke, it was meant light hearted :)
 
Still crashing under and over clocking fans r on gpu reactor on but pc's saying no output them funny clicks so im gona steal my sons card he can have the ps3:P
But what card should i get next totaly had it with MSI.
 
Just reading your op did you say it got worse when you updated the bios? May be worth resetting to defaults if you haven't already.
 
Its been getting worse all week as when it started it was maybe once a month if that then the last 2 weeks its got worse.I updated me mobo but i stuck it back still no hope i can use the net but if i go to play a video or anything to stress the card it just turns off.
 
Have you tried a clean install of windows to rule out a software conflict? It just seems atrange that you have had two cards causing you the same problems so maybe the faultnis else where. Also try running the msi card in your sons pc and see if has the same issues.
 
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