Hi,
I've recently purchased a new graphics card (Radeon R9 270X) to replace my old one (Radeon HD 5850) in anticipation for new games which are coming out. But after installing the new graphics card my PC now turns off randomly. At first it was fine, I was playing new games without a problem and seeing my FPS boost but then it restarted when I was watching twitch. I then went and downloaded Display Driver Uninstaller removed all the GFX drivers in safe mode rebooted and installed the R9 270x ones. Works fine for a little time and then turns off again. This time I reseat the graphics and check the power connectors and they all seem to be connected fine. It happens again but within a shorter amount of time. After reading some threads a lot of people were suggesting to flash the BIOS with a newer version. I did this and rebooted and it reset my CMOS and Windows 8 threw up an inaccessible boot drive because I had installed windows on IDE mode rather than AHCI mode. So i keep it in IDE mode and it boots up but now it turns off after I get to the desktop.
What should I do next?
As far as I could tell all temperatures were normal idling at around 27 degrees and pushing up to 40 degrees when I did actually manage to get in some games.
CPU - I5 750
RAM - G.Skill 8GB
Mobo - Gigabyte - GA - P55A - UD3 rev 1.0
PSU - Corsair TX750 Ver 1
GFX OLD - Radeon 5850
GFX NEW - Radeon R9 270x
All I want to do is play games ;(
I've recently purchased a new graphics card (Radeon R9 270X) to replace my old one (Radeon HD 5850) in anticipation for new games which are coming out. But after installing the new graphics card my PC now turns off randomly. At first it was fine, I was playing new games without a problem and seeing my FPS boost but then it restarted when I was watching twitch. I then went and downloaded Display Driver Uninstaller removed all the GFX drivers in safe mode rebooted and installed the R9 270x ones. Works fine for a little time and then turns off again. This time I reseat the graphics and check the power connectors and they all seem to be connected fine. It happens again but within a shorter amount of time. After reading some threads a lot of people were suggesting to flash the BIOS with a newer version. I did this and rebooted and it reset my CMOS and Windows 8 threw up an inaccessible boot drive because I had installed windows on IDE mode rather than AHCI mode. So i keep it in IDE mode and it boots up but now it turns off after I get to the desktop.
What should I do next?
As far as I could tell all temperatures were normal idling at around 27 degrees and pushing up to 40 degrees when I did actually manage to get in some games.
CPU - I5 750
RAM - G.Skill 8GB
Mobo - Gigabyte - GA - P55A - UD3 rev 1.0
PSU - Corsair TX750 Ver 1
GFX OLD - Radeon 5850
GFX NEW - Radeon R9 270x
All I want to do is play games ;(