weird artifacts and random graphics crashes
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the_caesar
March 15, 2014 1:44:19 PM
im getting weird vertical artifacts and sometimes solid red color screen (probably cus of my windows theme color) every time i boot my system.. also i find my 2 gigabyte 280x's under-clocked to somewhere around 575 gpuclock and 800~ memclock.
i almost did everything from reseating the cards.. using another pci.. using single card with both cards.. used a sapphire vapor-x 280x.. clean uninstall drivers and installing them back.. using different version of drivers.. nothing has changed.
all i got now up my sleeves is to fresh install windows altho i don't think it cud be windows.. but got nothing else to do..
please help b4 i go through the pain of installing fresh windows.
PC:
asus crosshair formula-z
FX8320 OC to 4.6 GHz
8gb corsair vengeance ram
500gb samsung 840 SSD
2tb green WD HDD
2x 280x gigabyte
corsair AX860 PSU
i almost did everything from reseating the cards.. using another pci.. using single card with both cards.. used a sapphire vapor-x 280x.. clean uninstall drivers and installing them back.. using different version of drivers.. nothing has changed.
all i got now up my sleeves is to fresh install windows altho i don't think it cud be windows.. but got nothing else to do..
please help b4 i go through the pain of installing fresh windows.
PC:
asus crosshair formula-z
FX8320 OC to 4.6 GHz
8gb corsair vengeance ram
500gb samsung 840 SSD
2tb green WD HDD
2x 280x gigabyte
corsair AX860 PSU
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the_caesar
March 16, 2014 2:44:09 AM
Deuce65
March 16, 2014 2:57:08 AM
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the_caesar
March 16, 2014 3:01:18 AM
Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 3:03:20 AM
do you run firefox by chance? if so this is just a shot in the dark but uninstall it restart your computer and see if it is still artifacting...this is why. when the 7000 series first came out they had a problem with artifacting because of a driver that firefox uses. the 280x use the makeup of the first gen 7970 so maybe it is causing the same issues
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the_caesar
March 16, 2014 3:06:17 AM
Bad_Kitty13 said:
do you run firefox by chance? if so this is just a shot in the dark but uninstall it restart your computer and see if it is still artifacting...this is why. when the 7000 series first came out they had a problem with artifacting because of a driver that firefox uses. the 280x use the makeup of the first gen 7970 so maybe it is causing the same issueseverything happens when windows is at startup.. without starting any programs.. i even disabled every app in the startup menu.
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Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 3:10:34 AM
Deuce65
March 16, 2014 3:11:34 AM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 3:27:30 AM
Bad_Kitty13 said:
if this is really it, it has to so with the driver being installed on the system not if it is running or not all it has to do is be installed. do you have firefox?yh i have firefox but ive had it before and nothing happened..
all that changed is that i had the 280x's and then got a 7990 (RIP my dear 7990
) and then i put them back and this happened.
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the_caesar
March 16, 2014 3:29:38 AM
Deuce65 said:
Well lets narrow it down a little. Try each card one at a time, in safe mode. If it is still doing this, you have a hardware problem. in safe mode nothing happens.. everything is ok and i think thats because windows and some drivers arnt loaded in safe mode.. and yh i tried that and resolution changes and display drivers dont load
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Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 3:32:18 AM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 3:33:23 AM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 3:43:57 AM
Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 3:50:28 AM
Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 3:52:22 AM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 3:58:30 AM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 4:00:18 AM
Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 4:03:14 AM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 4:08:17 AM
Bad_Kitty13 said:
have you tried resetting the clocks on one card and seeing if widows crashes?it doesnt stick.. it gets underclocked everytime i boot my windows.. i use MSI afterburner to OC and monitor my GPUs but i disabled it thinking it cud be the one causing all of this but afterburner is innocent, something else is causing that.. i have anti-virus and i have done a boot-time scan but nothing.
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Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 4:26:13 AM
Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 4:30:02 AM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 4:30:38 AM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 4:31:40 AM
Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 4:33:51 AM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 4:36:36 AM
Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 4:40:21 AM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 4:52:06 AM
Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 5:06:22 AM
Achint2000
March 16, 2014 5:18:53 AM
Reset your motherboard BIOS and re-set all settings to default dude! I got this problem with my ATI HD 5450 and every game was getting weird visuals and displays. Disable anti-aliasing on the gpu settings and the game settings as well. Then see. I don't think it's malware or a virus because I use my PC with dangerous websites and without anti-virus and my PC is damn fine. All I mean to say is RE-SET YOUR MOTHERBOARD SETTINGS!!
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Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 5:24:34 AM
Achint2000
March 16, 2014 5:29:28 AM
Bad_Kitty13 said:
taking your cmos battery out and putting it back in is the an outward way to reset any saved board settings to make sure the settings are erased and put back to default valueI have ASUS P8Z77-V and my motherboard resets by lifting a 2-pin gold cap, moving it to other 2 pins and then putting it back. So, I just suggested to reset the motherboard anyways.
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Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 5:36:42 AM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 9:36:29 AM
Achint2000
March 16, 2014 11:37:05 AM
Okay, just set graphics to minimum and see. Also set all clocks to default or find a suitable setting for your PC. I guess if nothing helps, you'll have to re-install Windows. Create another partition on your HDD, of half the size and install another OS on the new partition. Then you'll have 2 Windows on one PC and you can recover whatever you want. [Don't use Windows Recovery, it'll get some misconfigured settings and your new Windows will also fail!]. No way out now. :\
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the_caesar
March 16, 2014 11:57:22 AM
Achint2000 said:
Okay, just set graphics to minimum and see. Also set all clocks to default or find a suitable setting for your PC. I guess if nothing helps, you'll have to re-install Windows. Create another partition on your HDD, of half the size and install another OS on the new partition. Then you'll have 2 Windows on one PC and you can recover whatever you want. [Don't use Windows Recovery, it'll get some misconfigured settings and your new Windows will also fail!]. No way out now. :\Ok then. . I think no way out.. I hope its the windows. . Ahh god its gonna be a looooong night
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Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 1:04:06 PM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 1:18:49 PM
Bad_Kitty13 said:
since it isnt artifacting in safe mode a windows reinstall should fix the issue it is most likely some driver driver confliction, fingers crossedAlmost done with backing up my steam files on my SSD.. thank god for the 2tb green storage..
Will let you know how it goes.
And thank you some much guys for helping.. you guys are the best
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Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 1:22:44 PM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 1:25:55 PM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 1:44:19 PM
Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 2:30:47 PM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 2:34:23 PM
Best solution
Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 2:39:34 PM
so you already formatted it and it works good?
here is the test to see if it has any bad sectors any way though
http://support.wd.com/product/download.asp?groupid=608&...
here is the test to see if it has any bad sectors any way though
http://support.wd.com/product/download.asp?groupid=608&...
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the_caesar
March 16, 2014 2:41:55 PM
Bad_Kitty13 said:
so you already formatted it and it works good?here is the test to see if it has any bad sectors any way though
http://support.wd.com/product/download.asp?groupid=608&...
No I didn't. .
I was going too.. but I just restarted and its back.. tried different connectors but still the same.. gonna format after I test for bad sectors
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Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 2:48:02 PM
the_caesar
March 16, 2014 2:50:53 PM
Bad_Kitty13
March 16, 2014 3:03:41 PM
the_caesar
March 17, 2014 1:02:49 AM
Achint2000
March 17, 2014 11:18:13 AM
Hey, do one thing, DO NOT CHOOSE TO "AUTO-UPDATE" WINDOWS WHEN INSTALLING, IT'LL MAKE YOUR COMPUTER A PIECE OF CRAP! I never use Windows Updates even after my PC is original. I just get graphic driver updates and I also keep a backup of the old drivers just-in-case it goes out. And thanks for such a reply - "You Guys are the best"
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Achint2000
March 17, 2014 11:19:07 AM
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