Problems with Graphics Card

[Marc with a C]

Yesterday after about 3 hours of my newly built pc working absolutely fine, my screen started flickering then cut out. Overnight the problem seemed to have fixed itself then today after about 20 mins of gaming the screen cut out again. I booted into the BIOS and there were two vertical blue streaks through the screen, but I was greeted with a black screen when I tried to boot windows. I reinstalled windows from its disc and it booted into it and it still has two funny coloured lines through the screen. I did the updates for the graphics card to view the right resolution but again I was greeted with a black screen after installation. Have I broke the graphics card??? What can I do to fix it?

 

[Marc with a C]

Can't even get a picture now from the GPU, The picture is fine when I connect the monitor up to the Motherboards DVI I port, so it must be a problem with the GPU.

 

[Marc with a C]

What PSU do you have?

As you are the one that had two faulty drives are you not?

Yes I am, The new drives worked fine. I have a corsair AX 860i PSU. Do you think the PSU is blowing my peripherals?

 

[Marc with a C]

ASUS RADEON R9 280X DIRECTCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5

 

[Marc with a C]

The card is out and the motherboard display is fine. Can the card be fixed or is it done for? I kinda feel a bit embarrassed contacting OCUK and explaining that everything I seem to touch breaks!!! Should I contact them and tell them that the PSU might be the root problem?

 

[Marc with a C]

I RMA'd both the GPU and PSU, they arrived today. Everything worked fine for about 20 mins and then 'BLACK SCREEN'!!!!!! Booted into the BIOS and again... streaks through my display! WTF is damaging the GPU???? Everything is running from stock, I haven't overlocked the CPU or the GPU. All cables are connecting properly from the PSU to the G CARD, even got the two green less lit up! This is driving me crazy, has anyone got any suggestions as to what is happening?

 

[Marc with a C]

I already Q flashed the bios to the latest as I had problems getting my motherboard to detect my ssd. Everything is up to date.

 

[Marc with a C]

I have a Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming G1-Wifi BK. It came with the F4 BIOS, I'm currently running the F6. Is this really going to be the problem. It has blown two Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card's???? Do you think it is a motherboard issue?. I have RMA'd two hard drives, a Graphics card and a PSU!

 

[Marc with a C]

not sure what you mean by pcie/peg to gen 2 mode?

 

[Marc with a C]

 

[Marc with a C]

That is what I got when I uninstalled the drivers for the graphics card, once I run the updates It goes straight to a black screen!!!

 

[Marc with a C]

I get the same green lines when I boot into the Bios

 

[Marc with a C]

The motherboard dvi works fine

 

[Marc with a C]

I changed to GEN2 mode, no luck! I can't have had two faulty GPU's so something must be making them fail??? Am I gonna have to RMA another GPU and the Motherboard?

 

[Marc with a C]

The dvi and HDMI are having the same problems. I tried contacting Gigabyte before when my HDD and SSD were faulty and they only have an email support system and they are rubbish at getting back to me.

 

[Marc with a C]

Does anybody else have any suggestions as to what is causing the problem, could I have connected the psu cables incorrectly? If it is a motherboard problem, would a different gpu have the same problem? Please help

 

[Marc with a C]

What do you suggest, return the card and look at a different card all together? It has happened twice now, so it just doesn't seem to like my mobo.

 

[Marc with a C]

Well the first time it happened i was playing videos on youtube and the second gpu went while I was on the desktop??? Neither while I was gaming so I wasn't putting the cards under any stress! Has anybody experienced similar issue?