XFX 290 Black screen when I install any drivers

davschall

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Nov 19, 2012
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SO i just got my xfx r9 290 was super excited put my waterblock on leak tested my loop andddd....bam when I try to install any drivers I cant even boot past the windows splash screen it just stops responding. I've been trying to figure this out for about 5 hours now and I'm at the end of my rope. Ive tried a bunch of different things but nothing works.

My specs are

FX 8350
R9 290
8 gb Gskill ripjaws
ocz Fattal1ty 750w
Custom loop with cpu and gpu underwater ek fc 290 block for card

Thanks for any help!