Radeon 7970 crashing my computer?

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Laziestnoob

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My computer seems to be very buggy recently. in the past month ive basically made a entirely new computer.

HAF X case
FXA 990x motherboard
Phenon II 1090t 6x CPU
212 coolmaster heatsink
Radeon 7970 (gigabyte)
8Gbs kingston ddr3

The issue is my computer will randomly crash commonly while on the web and not gaming. my screen goes all blue but not like the BSOD, its a darker blue with no text and all i can do is reset my computer. i dont know anything about this or how to fix/ check it
 
Had this exact same problem with 3 different radeon 7970s so that tells me it wasnt the cards. I tried EVERY driver version possible and had the issue.

Picked up a GTX680 and the issue is gone... I could never figure out what the problem was and I have an Intel based platform which rules out that. I could never for the life of me find out the cause or even a fix to it. Mine would actually bluescreen though, normal BSOD.
 
i just read that one issue that made the card freeze is when it switched into idle and there wasnt enough voltage. i just used afterburner to force it always @ same volts, ive got the cooling to handle it so lets just hope the problem was the card since its a visual bug.
 
I had it forced but didnt fix the issue for me ;/
 
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well i hope what i posted there rules out any issues with my CPU / Motherboard. can any1 confirm?

Edit: MAX temp 51C
 
Its too short of a test to truly tell. If you even remotely think its the CPU, set it back to stock setting. I thought the same thing that maybe my cpu degraded and the overclock wasnt stable anymore so I put everything back to stock settings. Still had the same issue.

I had everything completely stock and went as far as removing any overclocking software just to rule out EVERYTHING. Even reloaded Windows at one point.
 
You might have the same miserable problem that I have for which I'm now considering ditching AMD once and for all. All I can narrow it down to is something to do with switching clocks (don't know if it's core or memory). It will happen when switching profiles on Afterburner, loading an AVI file, browsing, switching tabs, loading Youtube videos, etc.

Possibly related is the intermittent flicker that goes across the bottom 2/3 of my screen randomly.

I've spent a good 2 weeks trying to isolate the issue, and this is the best I can come up with. The best others can come up with is disabling graphic acceleration in the browser, but that only eliminates maybe half of the crashes. I've tested every possible combination of cables, drivers, and clean installs. I've been through several 7970s and my current 7950. The problems just never stop coming.

Shame on you AMD.
 
Ajiki-kun said:
You might have the same miserable problem that I have for which I'm now considering ditching AMD once and for all. All I can narrow it down to is something to do with switching clocks (don't know if it's core or memory). It will happen when switching profiles on Afterburner, loading an AVI file, browsing, switching tabs, loading Youtube videos, etc.

Possibly related is the intermittent flicker that goes across the bottom 2/3 of my screen randomly.

I've spent a good 2 weeks trying to isolate the issue, and this is the best I can come up with. The best others can come up with is disabling graphic acceleration in the browser, but that only eliminates maybe half of the crashes. I've tested every possible combination of cables, drivers, and clean installs. I've been through several 7970s and my current 7950. The problems just never stop coming.

Shame on you AMD.
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850W PSU


i have the same flickering issue as well. im glad im not the only one. but im sorry we have these issues. Would disabling 2d mode so it can only run 3d mode fix it? that would stop the switching.
 
Here is my opinion to you. You are overclocked way too far and one little setting is either off or not right. Something is throwing a wrench in there with your overclocking. Either it be ram related because of the overclocking or over a period of time its the cpu from the overclocking. Turn it down a little. I have the same cpu and I am only running mine because i was going through basically what you are when i tried reaching those speeds. You HAVE to run prime for 24 hours to get a very solid stable overclock. I know its a pain in the ass but it is well worth it for the days of head aches i went through. And just as a side note i would also upgrade your cpu to a good 80+ bronze 1000watt atleast because it is better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it.
 
1000w PSU for a single 7970? Dude, WAYYYYY overkill and will NOT help him at all. If you are spending the money on a 1kw bronze psu, Id rather get a 750 gold....

He will have PLENTY of juice with even a cheaper 850. Why would you recommend he upgrade to a new psu even?
 
I can get behind the idea to have and not need versus the alternative, but more than 850W for a single card does sound a bit unreasonable.

These aren't Classified 580s we're talking here. And overclocking is less the issue because they happen at low-clock situations (if anything, overclocking/overvolting would solve more problems because the higher, constant clock and voltage being forced would eliminate issues when switching over)

And alas, that may be only other option instead of returning this card (because it was still a good deal). I just wanted to avoid running at constant 3d clocks or whatever, because of the unnecessary extra power consumption. That, and I found the idea of having to hack the registry just to make a brand new product work simply unacceptable on principle.

It really is something AMD ought to be embarrassed about.
 
What seems to be the case in 95% of these situations, ne logs of crash, no BSOD's, happens on the web, etc, etc. It's flash player, plain and simple. Go to [H] front page, right click an animated link, and turn off "use hardware acceleration". I had it on my 6970 and my 7970, but the solution was found on a Nvidia forum. It happens to both brands, with Adobe constantly updating flash player, and the cards updating drivers, it can be hit and miss. With todays comps, I see little need to use a v.card to accelerate flash animation for an ad, or Youtube vid
 
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What seems to be the case in 95% of these situations, ne logs of crash, no BSOD's, happens on the web, etc, etc. It's flash player, plain and simple. Go to [H] front page, right click an animated link, and turn off "use hardware acceleration". I had it on my 6970 and my 7970, but the solution was found on a Nvidia forum. It happens to both brands, with Adobe constantly updating flash player, and the cards updating drivers, it can be hit and miss. With todays comps, I see little need to use a v.card to accelerate flash animation for an ad, or Youtube vid
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Yea this is probably it. My 7850 was fine until I updated to win7 sp1. Grey screens that require a hard boot about once a week. The theory I picked up was that Firefox was to blame. Possibly its flash+firefox+SP1 and the 7000/600 series of cards. Flash being the cause makes a ton of sense because the problems don't show up under heavy gaming loads- just when doing browsing and stuff. I had switched to chrome and that has worked ok for a couple of days now, I’m going to turn of hardware acceleration as well.
 
Ugh, everyone always jumps on the PSU bandwagon for things that are not symptoms of PSU issues.



Issue due to an unstable overclock, failing hard drive, bad memory, SATA cables, or even a motherboard. All possible. PSU? Not so much. There are issues with some browser plugins and some graphics cards. Think more like the GTX 580 / Adobe Flash issue rather than power supply problems. You'll be much closer to the mark.
 
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