What PSU

Idleman said:
Have you tried running the new card on it`s own, just to make sure it is running properly.
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Ok im not sure if its clear what i did

Old card ran fine by itself
new card arrived, set up cross fire
wouldnt play games as kept crashing at 67 degrees
tried new card by itself and the problem persisted
went back to old card and the same thing happened 67 degrees and cuts out.
 
well went for the silverstone in the end. Hopefully it will be here tomorrow...
Anyone ever had to go without their pc before? its like someones cut my arm off!
 
Im not convinced your PSU is the fault here.

I have a socket2011 i7 3930K clocked at 4.7Ghz with a pair of R9 280X (7970 Ghz editions renamed) and it pulls from the wall around 700w playing Crysis3.

I doubt your system will be anywhere near that.
 
stulid said:
Im not convinced your PSU is the fault here.

I have a socket2011 i7 3930K clocked at 4.7Ghz with a pair of R9 280X (7970 Ghz editions renamed) and it pulls from the wall around 700w playing Crysis3.

I doubt your system will be anywhere near that.
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I completely agree and dont think it is the issue. But i cant think of why two cards are doing the same. It seems damn odd to me.
I'll try a power supply and see if thats the issue.
If its not the power supply it has to be the motherboard, but thats less than a few months old.

However the PSU is the oldest part of the PC now, so it could be that. i cant think else what to suggest. You anywhere near swindon you can come and look at it for me. The kettle is on.
 
Is your 2600k OC`ed and what cooler are you using.
Are both card TFII`s and both running at the same settings?
Run a stress test or play a game and monitor Cpu and Gpu temps.
 
Hi mate, cpu is stock and so are cards. Cpu temp is about 32 idle and 45 under full load occasionally getting to 50. It has a noctua fan system thing on it big air cooled beast.
Both graphics cards are on the same bios, both running stock 960 and tried underclocking to 880 as well to no avail.
It crashes on heaven when I try a benchmark after 10ish secs with both cards or around 1minute with one.
Tried battlefield the same happens.
It seems whenever the cards get to 67 degrees in a game or a test it turns off. Now these happens with one or two. It didn't happen before I put the other one in. Now it happens with either card in and with both in same thing happens.
Both cards are exactly the same.
 
What software were you using to monitor your Gpu before you got the second card. Have a look through the settings. I think with some utilities you can set it to shut down your PC if the card reaches a set temperature.
 
Only using MSI Afterburner. Not seen a setting anywhere on it. Ive tried without it and it does the same.
Nothing on my mobo either. Any suggestions?
 
Running out of ideas I`m afraid.

I`ve never used dual AMD cards, is Xfire enabled by default or do you have to enable it in CCC?
I know you do for Sli, as you have to go into the Nvidia control panel.

What does it say in Event Viewer?
 
It'd enabled they work they just can't get hot by themselves or together any more. Actually they can get hot just not with anything like a game or benchmark
 
I did flash it today when i stuck in the new PSU
Tried both cards by themselves, they worked, took out all the drivers each time added the second card and works. Loaded fail safe bios then did a few tweaks after the flash update,
So i now have a PSU for sale does it work? i have no idea, and im not checking it either lol
 
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