R9 290 Issues

Tom_Taplin · Sep 27, 2014

Does Anyone know what is wrong, or how to fix this issue I've been having, i also cant play HD videos, as they lag then crash

http://youtu.be/MqKtOaJDlZ0

Many Thanks,

Dat_Robot · Sep 27, 2014

What is your R9 290 model and do you have graphs.

Tom_Taplin · Sep 28, 2014

I have a reference Sapphire R9 290, and I'm not sure what you mean by graphs?

Hjgrove · Sep 28, 2014

Tom_Taplin :

Hi there,
What PSU do you have in your system?

Tom_Taplin · Sep 28, 2014

I am using A corsair CX750M

Tom_Taplin · Sep 28, 2014

I am also experiencing a massive memory leak problem, using 95% at idle, I have 8GB of RAM, is this related?

Hjgrove · Sep 28, 2014

I would highly recommend scanning for viruses and malware as for example malware can use all your system resources and cause system lag.
Use a virus and malware scanner and see if you get any results.

Tom_Taplin · Sep 28, 2014

I have tried a system restore, and a full boot scan, before, do you think it could be a faulty ram stick? as my ram was bought second hand

Hjgrove · Sep 28, 2014

Tom_Taplin :

As you are having 95% utilization on idle it is either going to be a hardware or software issue.
It would only be a hardware issue with the ram if some of the sectors where corrupt so you only had X amount of ram available to the system (Very unlikely).
Have you tried the ram in a different system or using a different different OS?

Tom_Taplin · Sep 28, 2014

not yet, I will try and report back

Dat_Robot · Sep 28, 2014

Check your RAM usage while crashes they may be related
Not enough RAM can leed to crashes especally.

I dont think its a graphics problem. Just try different sitcks of RAM or as Hjgrove said Using a different OS.

Can you post graphs of your memeory usage at idle and while crashes
(A post of the process list in task manager could be helpful too)

Hjgrove · Sep 30, 2014

Any results?

Tom_Taplin · Oct 3, 2014

No luck, I tried different DIMMs, and different sticks but nothing

Hjgrove · Oct 4, 2014

Tom_Taplin :

This seems to me like a software issue, If you havent already check for viruses and malware as stated earlier and i would try a different OS.

Tom_Taplin · Oct 7, 2014

Hjgrove :

I've done all of that, not different OS though, i also installed a 4670, and it was fine

Dat_Robot · Oct 9, 2014

It may be a motherboard issue and to deal with that you will have to change it. Try testing all other possible causes before trying a new motherboard.

Hjgrove · Oct 11, 2014

Tom_Taplin :

Hjgrove :

I've done all of that, not different OS though, i also installed a 4670, and it was fine

Just out of fascination what is your CPU utilization on task manager as well as your RAM?

Tom_Taplin · Oct 12, 2014

I have a 4770, so cpu usage is only ever round 4% and ram usage is around 18% when booted but goes up to 99% after several hours

Hjgrove · Oct 14, 2014

Tom_Taplin :

As stated earlier, this seems to me like memory leak from a program or software.
Check what programs are running in the background as something is using all your resources (could be malware)

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