Not sure what is wrong with my PC!

roxkyp

roxkyp

roxkyp

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Hi!
Since a couple of weeks back, I can't get any connection from my 7970 in slot 1, so I switched to slot 2. In slot 2, I can get a display, but as soon as I run any program or game that involves the GPU, the computer crashes. Weird. So I tried to run with an AMD 5450, same problem there. Bought a new motherboard since I thought that was the problem, but it still persists (same model but another motherboard, Asrock z77 PRO4-M). I have no idea what the problem is, and I can't get my head straight until I fix this, so any help at all is appreciated. My setup is: AMD Radeon 7970, i5 3570K, 16GB XMS3 Corsair, OCZ ZT 750W, Asrock PRO4-M and finally Windows 8.1.
As I stated before, I'm completely stuck and would appreciate any help at all, thank you! :)
 
Hello and welcome to the forum :)

Did you get any BIOS screen info with the GPU in slot 1? - wondering if it could be a Windows install issue if this happens.

Can you test another CPU in your system whether it be a Celeron cpu.
 
It could be the PSU, but then again you have got a 'decent' PSU should have more than enough power to run a 7970, unless there is something wrong...As for the 5450 I don't think that even needs extra power *looks it up*

Do you have another machine you could try said cards in? Possibly the power supply too? Even if its a mates
 
Thanks for all replies! Right now I don't have access to another CPU or computer, however I think I have an older PSU, but thinks it's only 350W so that won't work either with 7970. I'm not getting any signal at all in port 1, however the monitor detects something is going on. Bios is updated to latest, have always been updated to the latest versions!
Once again, thank you for any help! :)
 
Well, I think it could be quite costly to figure this one out OP.

I too think the powersupply may well be at fault, saying that the board could be..Just an wild idea,try tweaking the PCIe frequency a little say like to 101 or 102..That has worked for some in the past..This setting is in the BIOS or it should be, if it does nothing just put it back to how it was just in case :P
 
roxkyp said:
Thanks for all replies! Right now I don't have access to another CPU or computer, however I think I have an older PSU, but thinks it's only 350W so that won't work either with 7970. I'm not getting any signal at all in port 1, however the monitor detects something is going on. Bios is updated to latest, have always been updated to the latest versions!
Once again, thank you for any help! :)
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You say you get the problem with the 5450 too? So you could try the 350W PSU with the 5450 GPU to see if you still get the problem. That GPU gets all its power just from the PCI-e slot so the PSU should be enough.
 
zyzzyzus said:
You say you get the problem with the 5450 too? So you could try the 350W PSU with the 5450 GPU to see if you still get the problem. That GPU gets all its power just from the PCI-e slot so the PSU should be enough.
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Haven't thought about that actually, will try directly as I get back! And I'll mention it again, I'm thankful for everything! :)
 
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