Radeon HD4850 crashing and BSOD during gaming/benchmarks.

RedOktob3r

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Hello, I've got a HD4850 here that's got a bit of a coil whine going on. I thought it wouldn't be much of a problem and don't really know what to think about it.

Basically, I got it about a week ago, and it sort of worked without any driver crashes or BSODs, but now it started to give me BSODs and driver crashes whenever I try to play something or otherwise whenever I try to benchmark it (I use OCCT, It works for like 3 minutes, and If I want to abandon the benchmark the driver crashes, and, subsequently, gives me a blue screen of death)

 
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Coil whine can lead to increased temperatures due to insufficient resulting in crashes.
Also the PSU can be a fault also.
When u say about a week ago you mean brand new or used?

doctor8ball

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Coil whine can lead to increased temperatures due to insufficient resulting in crashes.
Also the PSU can be a fault also.
When u say about a week ago you mean brand new or used?
 
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RedOktob3r

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Switched the PSU around and it seems to work without a problem now.