Saphire r9 290 tri X black screen

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EatMyPizza

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I just installed this card on my new computer. At the end of intallation with the newest drivers from AMD, I got a black screen.

Booted up, drivers seem to have installed, tried a game, immediate black screen. Have to reboot. Card seems completely useless.

It seems there are plenty of posts on the internet about 290s black screening, but no solutions.

Anyone of any thoughts?
 
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Ok so power should not be a problem. In CCC ( Catalyst Control Center), is pretty much everything set to "application controlled" ?

Sometimes when the CCC setting is forcing something different than what the game is set to, it will freak out.
Also, is this on all games, or just one? And have you been able to get 3DMark or Unigene or other benchmarks to run successfully?
Will it, for example, play fullscreen video? The reason I ask is to see if we can isolate the issue to something specific.
Sorry to hear you did not get a drop in and go experience.

I am going to assume since you said "new computer' that this is a fresh build and we don't have to look at weird stuff that happens on stale installs that are a couple years old or...
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So does it black screen and freeze at the part where it says "AMD display driver" or something like that? How I fixed that problem for that was to not have the driver install on top, and do something else like browsing files. I know it sounds stupid, but that is how I fixed my problem.
 
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What psu and other components? I just got the exact same card, upgraded to 8350 from 975BE at the same time.
Booted up like normal, ran 3DMark, Unigene etc, purred like a kitten.
Launched my games, checked for fps boost, (had a 7870 OC before).
Cranked game settings to max, and enjoyed the goodness. Runs low to mid 60's for temps while gaming. Mid to high 60s running Firestrike.
I have a gold rated Corsair 850 watt psu. (rebranded Seasonic model) , and no issues whatsoever.

From what I have read on this topic, and believe me, I read lots before I plunked down that much cash, is that when a game or something that makes the card ramp up launches, it's power draw goes from very little to 3 or more times idle draw. And when the psu cannot handle that spike fast enough, the video driver crashes.

For myself I am very happy with the performance in benchmarks and gaming. Temps are nice and chilly for a card that runs very hot in reference form.
 
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Im using A CM silent pro 850m power supply. I7 4790k
 
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Ok so power should not be a problem. In CCC ( Catalyst Control Center), is pretty much everything set to "application controlled" ?

Sometimes when the CCC setting is forcing something different than what the game is set to, it will freak out.
Also, is this on all games, or just one? And have you been able to get 3DMark or Unigene or other benchmarks to run successfully?
Will it, for example, play fullscreen video? The reason I ask is to see if we can isolate the issue to something specific.
Sorry to hear you did not get a drop in and go experience.

I am going to assume since you said "new computer' that this is a fresh build and we don't have to look at weird stuff that happens on stale installs that are a couple years old or so. I am not using the beta driver set, just the latest release set.

Perhaps shnuhh could elaborate on the work around he mentioned as well.
 
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I now tried it on a second power supply I had in in another computer. Siwtched it over to this one. Antec high current gamer 750m. Does the exact same thing. I also tried all the CCC stuff, and everyhing else I could think of and find on the internet. Wasted about 12 hours.

Edit: I poped my GTX 760 in, loaded Nvidia drivers, worked like a charm. I have now taken the r9 290 card out, put it back in the box, and will RMA the piece of shit that it is. Knowing how things go from reading other posts about nightmare cards, I will probably get the same card unfixed, at which point the piece of shit will become $440 (30 dollar rebate on top of that) plus tax target practice. I will try first for a full refund though, but I doubt that will go my way.

I have never been ripped off for this much money before. It feels really shitty. I even paid more for the Saphire card, because apparently it had the least problems reported from what I read.

I will never buy another AMD card again. I understand, it's not all AMDs fault, but their design is shit, reports all over the place about the black screen of death. And now it happened to me. Fuck AMD for life.
 
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