Lenovo desktop specifications:
I recently added a AMD Radeon R7 370 and a Corsair 500W PSU* to my Windows 10 (upgraded from Windows 8.1)** Lenovo desktop. The original desktop specifications are below:
Processor 3.5 GHz AMD A10 7800 (3.9 turbo)
RAM 8GB DDR3
Hard Drive 1 TB
Graphics Coprocessor AMD Integrated ATI Radeon R7
Item model number 90BG0002US
Processor Brand AMD
Processor Count 1
I am using AMD's drivers that came with the card (from August 2015).*** When playing games, the computer freezes and the speakers make a buzzing sound. I have left it in this state for over 15 minutes, and eventually have to manually power off. Occasionally Windows Reliability shows me hardware errors in connection with the crash, but often not, and just a notice saying it was shutdown improperly. The hardware errors that I do get some of the time are Kernel 141 and 117.
I ran GPU-Z to monitor temp. etc. The one time it has crashed since monitoring the temp was at 66 C and the load had been near 100% for a while, at no time prior to crashing was it running above 66 C, so maybe this is heat/load related but I've read posts suggesting is should be able to withstand that temperature.
I ran a Windows10 memory test which found no problems.
*The Lenovo motherboard uses a 14 pin connector, so I am using a 24pin to 14 pin adapter cable for the PSU to motherboard connection. No idea whether this may be problematic.
**After upgrading to Windows 10 last summer and using my R7 integrated graphics, I would occassionally get a BSOD, that problem no longer occurs while using the R7 370, but it could all be interrelated I suppose.
***When i upgrade to the latest AMD drivers, I get an entirely different problem. The freezing still occurs as described, but when I power off and power back on, the display will not turn on. Eventually when I disconnect the R7 370 and reconnect to the integrated graphics, turn it off and on a few times, it eventually restarts and I have to revert to the older drivers before going back to the R7 370.
Any thoughts as to whether this is faulty GPU related, power related, or otherwise, would be helpful.
I recently added a AMD Radeon R7 370 and a Corsair 500W PSU* to my Windows 10 (upgraded from Windows 8.1)** Lenovo desktop. The original desktop specifications are below:
Processor 3.5 GHz AMD A10 7800 (3.9 turbo)
RAM 8GB DDR3
Hard Drive 1 TB
Graphics Coprocessor AMD Integrated ATI Radeon R7
Item model number 90BG0002US
Processor Brand AMD
Processor Count 1
I am using AMD's drivers that came with the card (from August 2015).*** When playing games, the computer freezes and the speakers make a buzzing sound. I have left it in this state for over 15 minutes, and eventually have to manually power off. Occasionally Windows Reliability shows me hardware errors in connection with the crash, but often not, and just a notice saying it was shutdown improperly. The hardware errors that I do get some of the time are Kernel 141 and 117.
I ran GPU-Z to monitor temp. etc. The one time it has crashed since monitoring the temp was at 66 C and the load had been near 100% for a while, at no time prior to crashing was it running above 66 C, so maybe this is heat/load related but I've read posts suggesting is should be able to withstand that temperature.
I ran a Windows10 memory test which found no problems.
*The Lenovo motherboard uses a 14 pin connector, so I am using a 24pin to 14 pin adapter cable for the PSU to motherboard connection. No idea whether this may be problematic.
**After upgrading to Windows 10 last summer and using my R7 integrated graphics, I would occassionally get a BSOD, that problem no longer occurs while using the R7 370, but it could all be interrelated I suppose.
***When i upgrade to the latest AMD drivers, I get an entirely different problem. The freezing still occurs as described, but when I power off and power back on, the display will not turn on. Eventually when I disconnect the R7 370 and reconnect to the integrated graphics, turn it off and on a few times, it eventually restarts and I have to revert to the older drivers before going back to the R7 370.
Any thoughts as to whether this is faulty GPU related, power related, or otherwise, would be helpful.
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