weird artifacts and random graphics crashes

the_caesar · Mar 15, 2014

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

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

anyone??

my pc is useless now.. i can only connect to it using teamviewer..

any help wud do

Deuce65 · Mar 16, 2014

Did you do anything to the cards? OC them, change the bios, etc.

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

Deuce65 :

nope.. nothing at all..

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 16, 2014

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

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

everything happens when windows is at startup.. without starting any programs.. i even disabled every app in the startup menu.

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 16, 2014

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?

Deuce65 · Mar 16, 2014

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.

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

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.

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

Deuce65 :

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

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 16, 2014

when you did the clean install of the drivers did you use ddu or a similar program in safe mode to uninstall all your graphic drivers?

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

i used ddu in safe mode

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

btw.. did u guys notice the underclocking part ?

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 16, 2014

when you only have one in is that one underclocked?

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 16, 2014

and did you uninstall ccc when you did the drivers?

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

yes and yes i uninstalled ccc

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

resetting clocks seems to eliminate the artifacts but still having the fail windows boots and sudden crashes after login

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 16, 2014

have you tried resetting the clocks on one card and seeing if widows crashes?

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

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.

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 16, 2014

have you ran a malware check with malwarebytes or a like software? just curious

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 16, 2014

also you can try clearing cmos by removing the battery and putting it back in

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

isnt that covered by the boot-time scan i did with avast ?

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

did that too.. nothing

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 16, 2014

antiviruses dont usually scan for malware its a seperate software to scan and remove malware. alot of them are mining bugs for gpus

the_caesar · Mar 16, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

u mean i cud get malware from mining ??

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