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Constant TDR's with a r9 280x

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October 7, 2014 4:48:31 PM

I have had my r9 280x for about a month now, however when i wanted to play some games a couple days ago i was stopped by constant TDR's, giving me a black screen and freezing up my pc for about 6-7 seconds, when screen returns to normal windows gives me the message: "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered"
The thing that i find the weirdest about all this is that it suddenly started, completely out of nowhere, i didn't install anything before this started happening.

My specs:
-Operating System :Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 (its SP1 because i reinstalled to try and fix this tdr problem)
-CPU :Intel Core i5 4570 @ 3.20GHz
-RAM: 8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
-Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97
-Graphics : 3072MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (MSI)

Things i tried:
-insert my GPU into a different pc [bsod on startup]
-downloading the latest drivers (14.9)
-downgrading to older drivers (13.12)
-replacing PSU with a different one (a fractal 1000w psu)
-replacing GPU with 2 different GPU's (hd 7700, hd7850) [the 7700 gave me TDR's again and the 7850 wouldn't even start up]
-reinstalling windows (twice)
-completely wiping drivers (and reinstalling them)
-using 1 monitor instead of 2 (which i normally use)
-completely disabling TDR's with tdrmanipulator [pc completely froze obviously]
-renaming atikmdag.sys in win32\drivers to atikmdag.sys.old, then replacing the old atikmdag with a updated one from the AMD / ATI folder (atikmdag.sy_ > atikmdag.sys)
-switching from aero to windows 7 basic

At this point i am completely baffled by the constant TDR's, i really don't know what to do
so i came here in the hope that somebody might have an idea of what i could do.






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October 7, 2014 4:52:56 PM

If its a 0x116 stop error it can also means its faulty. It looks like some of these r9's can also get corrupt BIOS'es

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October 7, 2014 4:55:36 PM

Is your GPU factory overclocked?
If yes, then try to underclock it, if you don`t know how to check then DL GPU-Z and check for its clocks.

Then, if you have determined that it is factor overclocked try underclocking it or you can retain the clocks and bump your voltage a bit. Just add +.005 ~ +.010 to your core voltage.

Note: I`m talking about GPU overclock, don`t be confuse with the CPU overclock.
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October 7, 2014 5:04:29 PM

Paul NZ said:
If its a 0x116 stop error it can also means its faulty. It looks like some of these r9's can also get corrupt BIOS'es


i didnt think about the bios yet, i'll test it on the other pc again shortly and will see if the bsod reports 0x116.

iamlegend said:
Is your GPU factory overclocked?
If yes, then try to underclock it, if you don`t know how to check then DL GPU-Z and check for its clocks.

Then, if you have determined that it is factor overclocked try underclocking it or you can retain the clocks and bump your voltage a bit. Just add +.005 ~ +.010 to your core voltage.

Note: I`m talking about GPU overclock, don`t be confuse with the CPU overclock.

it seems like its factory oc'd to 1020 mhz from 1000 mhz, i underclocked it back to 1000 mhz and will report back with results soon

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October 7, 2014 5:13:01 PM

iamlegend said:
Is your GPU factory overclocked?
If yes, then try to underclock it, if you don`t know how to check then DL GPU-Z and check for its clocks.

Then, if you have determined that it is factor overclocked try underclocking it or you can retain the clocks and bump your voltage a bit. Just add +.005 ~ +.010 to your core voltage.

Note: I`m talking about GPU overclock, don`t be confuse with the CPU overclock.

Ok so after about 8-10 mins of testing i did not get a single tdr, however the tdr's i have gotten have been from 20 seconds to 2 hours from eachother so i can not reliably say this is the solution atm.
However in the case that it is, what would you reccomend?
Should i just keep it underclocked to 1000mhz via msi afterburner forever?
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October 7, 2014 5:21:23 PM

Actually, I am thinking that there is a problem with the voltage settings and clocks in the factory overclocked. As what i have mentioned above, If you want to retain the overclocked clocks you should bump the voltage to get its stable spots and if you don`t want to retain the overclocked clocks you should set it down into 1000Mhz.

Either way is fine but you are now in the process of overclocking, you can embrace it or ignore it.

I will commend that you should try tweaking your voltage so that you can have stable overclocks and better performance.
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October 7, 2014 5:26:27 PM

iamlegend said:
Actually, I am thinking that there is a problem with the voltage settings and clocks in the factory overclocked. As what i have mentioned above, If you want to retain the overclocked clocks you should bump the voltage to get its stable spots and if you don`t want to retain the overclocked clocks you should set it down into 1000Mhz.

Either way is fine but you are now in the process of overclocking, you can embrace it or ignore it.

I will commend that you should try tweaking your voltage so that you can have stable overclocks and better performance.

Woops sorry, but about 1 minute after you posted this i got a trd anyways so the lowering of the clock speed did infact not help.
Do you have any other ideas?
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October 7, 2014 5:39:12 PM

Since you are using R9 280X can you give me the core voltage?
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October 7, 2014 5:53:01 PM

iamlegend said:
Since you are using R9 280X can you give me the core voltage?


The core voltage is currently at 0.950mV.
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October 7, 2014 5:57:16 PM

Well that seems OK.
What brand of card do you have? Are you comfortable of bumping up the voltage?
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October 7, 2014 6:09:20 PM

iamlegend said:
Well that seems OK.
What brand of card do you have? Are you comfortable of bumping up the voltage?

I am pretty sure i can bump up the voltage a tiny bit but wouldnt it be odd that i was able to play games on the same voltage for quite some time but now suddenly be unable to?
Appreciate the help though, just curious.
Will try to bump the voltage abit when i come home from work tomorrow.
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October 7, 2014 6:18:54 PM

You are a bit conservative. Actually bumping up the voltage will allow your GPU to consume more power when it needed. Insufficient voltage will cause a dis functionality in the GPU (i.e. artifacts).

It is like you ate a 1 small banana and run 40K marathon.
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October 7, 2014 6:25:33 PM

iamlegend said:
You are a bit conservative. Actually bumping up the voltage will allow your GPU to consume more power when it needed. Insufficient voltage will cause a dis functionality in the GPU (i.e. artifacts).

It is like you ate a 1 small banana and run 40K marathon.

Now that you mention it i have actually had artifacts in games before.
Sorry if i seem uncooperative, your help really is appreciated.
I will bump up the voltage tomorrow.

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October 7, 2014 6:42:05 PM

Nah, it`s OK man. Maybe you are working right now.
Unlike me, I`m getting lazy everyday. hehehe
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October 10, 2014 7:31:21 AM

iamlegend said:
Nah, it`s OK man. Maybe you are working right now.
Unlike me, I`m getting lazy everyday. hehehe


So far the bumping up the core voltage of my gpu (by 19mV) has actually worked, it should be fine now.
Thanks alot man :) 
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