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Radeon R7 260x No video output this morning - working fine last night

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December 16, 2013 7:37:24 AM

Hi, my old computer had a terrible onboard graphics card, I went out and bought a Gigabyte Radeon R7 260x and a new Corsair 430w power supply, stuck it all in a new casing etc with my old motherboard and CPU as they are still quite decent. Had a bit of trouble initially getting it running at first, tried everything to get a picture on the gfx card and it wouldn't happen. about an hour later I turned it back on and it booted up from the gfx card fine.. even though I had tried nothing different to when I had turned on the other 10,000 times that day. Ran absolutely fine all night, amazing graphics, fps etc.. turned it off when I went to bed, woke up the next day to it wouldn't give any video output again. The onboard graphics card still loads as normal when the video input is attached. Not sure what's happened considering nothing changed at all from when it was working fine last night? Any ideas please?! literally tried everything and I'm starting to run out of ideas!!! nothing logical seems to work!

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December 16, 2013 7:50:47 AM

does the display work when you hook it up to your motherboard/ and your old gpu?
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December 16, 2013 7:53:53 AM

yes that still works if I hook it up, if there are no cables connected the monitor reads 'check connection cables' but when the card is plugged in it reads 'no video output' so it is TRYING to boot off of the card but with no video output for some reason
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December 16, 2013 8:04:46 AM

make sure you hooked up the external power to your GPU, i think it needs a 4 pin power connector. also when you hook up your display to your motherboard, in device manager is the GPU detected by your system, and also are the fans running on your GPU when you turn it on?
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December 16, 2013 8:11:46 AM

it's a 6 pin connector, all hooked up. nope when i'm connected to the motherboard on display it shows the nvidia on board graphics card, I uninstalled these drivers and it just shows standard vga display. Doesn't seem to recognise the gpu, yep all the fans are powered up correctly.
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December 16, 2013 8:19:40 AM

Radeon R9-260X - 19A and a 450W PSU minimum, though it could run on 430W. Try the GPU on another system, see what happens.

You can also try to borrow a PSU from someone to test with your GPU. Or try to update BIOS.
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December 16, 2013 8:27:00 AM

It's a R7 260x, It is recommended a 450W but everywhere I've looked tells me my Corsair cx430 is absolutely fine.. And I did have it running sunday night for 12 hours+ absolutely fine, turned it off when I went to bed now I get no output.. it's quite strange!
I will try it on another system when I get home and I will see if anyone has a better psu I could try..
Most likely a silly question but How do I update the BIOS? Also someone mentioned flashing the BIOS.. would that help?
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December 16, 2013 8:54:47 AM

First try other things that I mentioned, if all fails then try to update BIOS. Go to MB's vendor site and look for BIOS update feature, you will find instructions also on how to do it. And look for the "Release Notes" it will state specifically, if a update is necessary or not to run the GPU.

And your GPU is R9 260x and not R7 260x.
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May 16, 2014 10:11:09 AM

kevshow said:
thanks both!


No problem :) 
Good luck
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May 16, 2014 11:32:29 AM

A really good card and EVGA is reliable.. good choice :) 
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May 15, 2014 3:51:05 PM

thanks both!
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May 17, 2014 3:35:20 AM

kevshow said:
sorry again...

does the Asus GTX660-DC2O-2GD5 better??


It's ok :D 
GTX 660 is better when it comes to gaming, more FPS. Though it uses more power, I think twice as much.
If there is a huge price difference just get the cheaper one. Though ASUS make good coolers so you can't go wrong with GTX 660.
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May 17, 2014 2:23:57 AM

sorry again...

does the Asus GTX660-DC2O-2GD5 better??
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May 15, 2014 5:13:37 AM

Pardon me but the new R series cards that AMD have been manufacturing now to have problems so I would say before buying one do thoroughly read the reviews and also their problems because you never know, and you wouldn't want to spend so much and get a defective card :) 
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May 15, 2014 5:21:44 AM

Yess, I do agree with HatefulxxDesign at that part
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May 15, 2014 5:38:28 AM

kevshow said:
I re-checked, but video priority set to PCI Express Slot 1 :( 

It's smells like DOA GPU right?


i am sorry if this question has already been answered, but have you tried another GPU in the same pcie slot? (I mean since you have been trying the new card)
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May 15, 2014 5:04:46 AM

He has a R7 260x, but either way, it does sound like it might need to be RMA'ed, Have you uninstalled old drivers before installing the new ones?
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May 15, 2014 4:35:46 AM

Did you solve the problem klewis? I'm having the same issue after bought the same Graphic Card + PSU.

My HW:

- Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H
- NOX NXS750 750w: http://www.amazon.es/NOX-NXS750-unidad-funte-alimentaci...
- Sapphire r7 260x 2GB DDR5 : http://www.amazon.es/dp/B00GI2EZ7I/ref=pe_386191_413844...
- Kingston HyperX blue (2 x 8gb DDR3 1600mhz)
- Intel I7 4770 (3.4GHz)

I've checked:

- Mount all components out of case. SAME PROBLEM.
- Check another PCI port. SAME PROBLEM.
- Try another PSU 500w. SAME PROBLEM.
- No problem with onboard graphics.

Previously i had an 8800gts 640mb and 500w PSU and worked properly.

Any input would be so much appreciated...

Thanks in advance!
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May 15, 2014 5:01:23 AM

thanks so much Sonu, i'll try that and let you know :) 
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May 15, 2014 5:13:32 AM

yeah, in fact, i've re-install OS after receive the new HW.
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May 15, 2014 5:33:17 AM

I re-checked, but video priority set to PCI Express Slot 1 :( 

It's smells like DOA GPU right?
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May 15, 2014 5:44:13 AM

HatefulxxDesign said:
kevshow said:
I re-checked, but video priority set to PCI Express Slot 1 :( 

It's smells like DOA GPU right?


i am sorry if this question has already been answered, but have you tried another GPU in the same pcie slot? (I mean since you have been trying the new card)


i don't have any other to try :( 
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May 15, 2014 9:04:42 AM

Well, I contacted my cousin brother who is the distributor of both asus and sapphire cards over here.
He said that the R series cards do have problems specially the R7 260x , the R9 280x, and R9 280x toxic editions. He has taken back and replaced around 20 such cards and also he has stopped further consignments of the cards of these variants. He is a reputable distributor and so the others are following him too...so i guess u gotta RMA the card
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May 15, 2014 9:26:42 AM

Sonu Dutta said:
Well, I contacted my cousin brother who is the distributor of both asus and sapphire cards over here.
He said that the R series cards do have problems specially the R7 260x , the R9 280x, and R9 280x toxic editions. He has taken back and replaced around 20 such cards and also he has stopped further consignments of the cards of these variants. He is a reputable distributor and so the others are following him too...so i guess u gotta RMA the card


Thanks so so much for the information!

Now, I'm really thinking if buy again the same model or change to nvidia gtx 750 ti... what do you think?

Or what Nvidia model do you think that resembles to r7 260x in performance?
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May 15, 2014 9:31:47 AM

kevshow said:
Sonu Dutta said:
Well, I contacted my cousin brother who is the distributor of both asus and sapphire cards over here.
He said that the R series cards do have problems specially the R7 260x , the R9 280x, and R9 280x toxic editions. He has taken back and replaced around 20 such cards and also he has stopped further consignments of the cards of these variants. He is a reputable distributor and so the others are following him too...so i guess u gotta RMA the card


Thanks so so much for the information!

Now, I'm really thinking if buy again the same model or change to nvidia gtx 750 ti... what do you think?

Or what Nvidia model do you think that resembles to r7 260x in performance?


GTX 750 TI, Also uses much less power.
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a b U Graphics card
May 15, 2014 7:04:56 AM

after I got done here with you another guy with a r7 260x popped up
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May 15, 2014 4:55:48 AM

I would say that that may be a problem of the card, Your PSU is perfectly all right, I had a friend who had the same problem he RMAd the card and got a new one its working fine since then, R9 cards do have problems I too have an asus R9 280x direct CU II top i had severe artifacting problems, I RMAd the card and got a new one as replacement and now it runs like cake no artifacting, perfectly stable
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May 15, 2014 5:15:32 AM

You seem like a person who does handle computers nicely, I would say check out the internet for people having the same type of problems then you will know even better
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May 15, 2014 5:16:41 AM

You might want to just make sure that the video priority in your motherboard's BIOS settings at set to the pcie.

Just something to look at before you go ahead and RMA it. =]
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May 15, 2014 5:58:28 AM

I'm helping another guy with a r7 260x and in helping him and looking around for something to help him out it seems to be a common issue on this and a lot of sites and forums with this same kind of thing.. I wonder if there is some kind of compatibly issue with older boards or uefi bios bug.. just don't know ..
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May 18, 2014 2:41:43 AM

Sonu Dutta said:
Good choice. But I would say just don't consider asus. See EVGA also cause asus had overclocked the r9 280x in its direct cuII edition and that particular version has the worst history of giving artifacts. Google it if you want to see here https://www.google.co.in/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=aqd3U5XIFM7N8gf2... . I would say please do research a bit more. :) 


That's the R9 280X, not 660. Though I do agree with your point about considering other manufacturers, I think ASUS had one of the best coolers for the 660 extremely quiet and cool, my friend has an EVGA 660 and loves that too.
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May 17, 2014 11:21:07 AM

Good choice. But I would say just don't consider asus. See EVGA also cause asus had overclocked the r9 280x in its direct cuII edition and that particular version has the worst history of giving artifacts. Google it if you want to see here https://www.google.co.in/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=aqd3U5XIFM7N8gf2... . I would say please do research a bit more. :) 
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May 25, 2014 10:57:29 PM

Hey guys just to bring some light to this Thread. I am having the same issue with this card. Told a mate to get it and he had problems making it work. I will post results in 2 days when i get a good look at his PC. In the mean time any more suggestions on what could be wrong with it would help.
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May 26, 2014 5:03:27 AM

I was reading the disclaimer from amd on the 14.4 driver about the chipset driver thing now why do they feel they need to do that to start ?? I did not go to get chipset drivers just vid-card to start with?
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May 28, 2014 4:17:18 PM

hi guys.

the issue was solved changing the GC.
finally, i get the asus gtx 660 and the performance is excellent.

thanks everybody for help and suggestions.
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June 8, 2014 2:55:37 PM

Hi guys,

I had the same problem except my card has worked for a good 2 - 3 months. So I uninstalled the old drivers and then re-installed the new ones and everything is fine.

I would buy a different GC but I am poor and broke.
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