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Solved R9 280X black screen issue

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October 6, 2014 11:08:30 PM

This black screen thing has been an off again on again head ache for some time now. Trying one thing only for it to work for a bit and then poo its back to the same old black screen GPU shutdown.

I have have it come back on me now that i got shadow of mordor, a fairly demanding game i read.

I found a solution and have had zero crashes and people have asked me several times what it is so i will post it here for reference for anyone out there having the same crazy trouble.

1. Make sure you follow the standard uninstall, DDu clean, registry clean. Install just the new driver 14.9. Nothing else.

2. Install MSI afterburner

3. Unlock the voltage

4. Clock Settings:

http://imgur.com/cZkefGH

5. in settings be sure to tick force voltage.

6. Have a aggressive fan curve. Mine start at 50% and is at a 45 degree curve from there

7. Disable any and all auto power savers in windows and bios.

That is it, working like a charm for now, knock on wood. I haven't tried to incrementally work my way back up on the regular stock settings so if you guys want to try go ahead.

My GPU XFX R9 280X


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October 6, 2014 11:13:24 PM

Your solution is just install latest driver and do a slight/moderate overclock? (and also having fan speed aggressively increase faster as temps increase also.)

Most users tend to go to the latest driver with little to no success.
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October 6, 2014 11:23:41 PM

yup, it was alot harder to figure out then it sounds now huh lol. The only thing i haven't tried was disabling any kind of auto power standby settings and tinkering with the voltage in the afterburner. once i did that the game hasnt black screen froze/crashed on me for 2 days now. I did do a slight underclock also on the core and memory clock.
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October 7, 2014 12:07:01 AM

If it works, then it is OK, but I don`t think it is the best solution.
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October 7, 2014 5:26:12 AM

it worked for me. Knowing this issue it is probably not going to fix everyones deal but if you think you are having the freezes from sudden voltage drops or something wacky that messes with a constant power/voltage state then give it a try. Im still getting a PSU to be safe, but i really think the black screen crashes are power related somehow
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October 11, 2014 11:24:28 AM

Still going strong so this seems to be a permanent solution in my case, possibly others with the same black screen during gaming issue.
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