Display Driver Error and Games Crashing

tgimike

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I recently purchased a new motherboard and video card for my system, and was very excited. I set up everything correctly, downloaded some drivers, installed steam and tried playing some MoH multiplayer. It worked great!...For one day... After that i powered down my system and started it back up. Now when i try to start any game (even non steam games) they crash or it's just a black screen with the title ambiance playing. Typically when the game crashes i get this error, "display driver stopped responding and has recovered" I should also note that there is sometimes a chance that i can play a game without it crashing, but that's every once in a long while.

System Specs
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OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit (freshly installed recently)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-P33 A55 FM1 R
Video Card: MSI R7 250x 1GD5 R
CPU: AMD A6-36020 APU w/ Radeon HD Graphics 2.33 GHz
RAM: 2x Hynix 4GB (model no. HMT351U6BFR8C-H9)
PSU: (I'm not 100% sure) Cooler Master Elite V2 - 550W
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Any help is very appreciated!!!! Thanks! -Mike
 

tgimike

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I can't install AMD's drivers in safe mode. Do you just want me to download the VGA driver that windows gives me in safemode anyways? :UPDATE: I also did that in a previous suggestion i found while googling my problem. The Graphics Card worked fine until i opened a program or something, then it started doing it's normal routine.
 

tgimike

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Could you maybe recommend any downclocking software? :EDIT: I used MSI Afterburner to downclock and that seemed to fix it. Thanks!
 

tgimike

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Is it possible that my PSU does not have enought wattage? I mean it is only 550.
 

Jay Lavistria

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The standard minimum for R7 250Xs is 400W PSUs.
Your PSU however could be a problem if it's not delivering enough strength to the card.
Replace the PSU by borrowing a better one at a store, and see if it makes a difference.
 

tgimike

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I'll try that :D. Thanks :D