Radeon R7970 suddenly stops working

bones6987

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Z87-D3HP Gigabyte motherboard
Haswell 4th Gen Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz
Thermaltake 750W 80Plus Bronze Certified Active P/S
Intel BXTS13X High Performance Liguid Cooler LGA2
Thermaltake Chaser A31 System Cabinet
XFX Radeon R7970 3GB DDR5 Double Dissipation


My problem is I`ve had this card for a while now and it has been doing fine. The problem started the other day when I came accross quite a few posts that stated the onboard graphics should be disabled when a graphics card is inserted into a PCIe port. I checked a few of my games and found the game`s settings were registering the onboard graphics, not the PCIe slot card. I then went into my Bios and disabled the onboard graphics. Back in the game`s settings the game now registers the PCIe card as it should. That was yesterday, and the PC gets shut down every night, I make sure of that. This morning my brother goes to play his DayZ game through steam and the PC shuts off completely with no warning, no shutting down screen, nothing. It was as though it lost power. Upon turning the PC back on it gave one long beep, and 3 short beeps. Which, from the Gigabyte motherboard website, points to the PCIe graphics card as the problem. I unplugged the card and reset the CMOS battery. Now I`m back to onboard graphics, and everytime I even plug the PCIe card into power the PC won`t boot at all. Not even into the Bios screen. What is happening? Is it the card going bad, because it`s practically brand new?
 

bones6987

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Ok, so it`s the card. This card is practically brand new, what would cause it o go out so suddenly, and so soon? Is this something I`m doing wrong (such as a Bios, or other setting), heat related, or something that is beyond my control? Is there any possible solutions to fix this myself. Yes I still have the warranty, and do not intend on taking it apart. I was just wondering if just maybe something could be done. Thanks for the patience, I`ve been experimenting with other parts of the PC, so it`s down at random times.