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Rx 5700xt drivers bricked my card?

Rumble11

Rumble11

Rumble11

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Hey everyone,

I have very recently finished my first build, and I was using a sapphire nitro + rx 5700xt. It was working fine at first, but then I (stupidly) decided to update to the most recent drivers. Instant black screen as soon as the download finished. I tried turning my pc off and on, but now I literally get no display at all. My VGA mobo debug light comes on.

When I swap to my old rx 580 I had in my prebuild, everything works fine. I used ddu to get rid of the new drivers, and tried installing ones that were more stable, but still the same. No display when I put my 5700 back in.

Honestly a bit bummed out by all this, should I try other drivers? RMA? Get a refund and go for something better? Getting a bit tired of swapping gpu's around. Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
Rumble11 said:
Hey everyone,

I have very recently finished my first build, and I was using a sapphire nitro + rx 5700xt. It was working fine at first, but then I (stupidly) decided to update to the most recent drivers. Instant black screen as soon as the download finished. I tried turning my pc off and on, but now I literally get no display at all. My VGA mobo debug light comes on.

When I swap to my old rx 580 I had in my prebuild, everything works fine. I used ddu to get rid of the new drivers, and tried installing ones that were more stable, but still the same. No display when I put my 5700 back in.

Honestly a bit bummed out by all this, should I try other drivers? RMA? Get a refund and go for something better? Getting a bit tired of swapping gpu's around. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Sounds like your GPU died, If you have warranty apply for an RMA. Based on what you described it does not sound like updating a driver killed your GPU. Electronics fail sometimes, that’s why they have warranty for 2+ years.
 
I feared as much. Though this issue literally started the moment I downloaded the driver. Maybe turning my pc on and off caused some damage? If it was just a matter of changing drivers, I'd be getting something atleast.

So I guess an RMA is in order.
 
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