PC (i5 6600, RX480) hard crashing every game to colour screen

grgkn

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New gaming PC hard crashing every game to colour screen. I have a newly built PC (my first gaming PC so not very tech savvy):

i5 6600 Quad Core
ASUS DUAL-RX480-O8G (8GB)
Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H
8GB Crucial DDR4 RAM
EVGA White 600W PSU

I have searched everywhere for an answer. Tried fresh installing everything, Windows 10 (newest, pre-anniversary update too), complete reinstall of latest RX480 drivers using AMD's guide and other small tweaks.

The same thing happens on every game - hard crash after anywhere up to 1 minute, blank (often coloured screen), completely unresponsive PC. I have tried monitoring temps and stuff but I don't really know what I'm looking for. I don't even have to play the game for it to crash, i.e. GTA IV - I sit and watch as it eventually crashes my PC.

Seems like a lot of people have had this issue with the RX480 but nothing is working for me, I'm at a total loss here.
 

grgkn

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I will try that and report back.
 
Sounds like a typical bad GPU crashes. There goes typical fix list: check different version of drivers, update motherboard BIOS, check your GPU in other comp and finally check different PSU.
Temps are not likely going to be problem when game crashes 1 min after start - not enough time to build up heat to the point it could do something bad to the card. So you are most likely facing GPU replacement.
 

grgkn

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Could you recommend which versions of the drivers to check? I have tried a couple different ones but should I go back to much older ones? Mobo BIOS is up to date and I don't have another PC to check the GPU in or a different PSU.

I've contacted the PC builder to see what they say too.
 

Trisep

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I had a similar problem with my r9 280x when swapping it to a new rig, turns out my card didnt like the newest driver available, try swapping t an older driver version, thats what fixed it for me. Also since its a new build check the card is properly seated in the MoBo and the power connectors and firmly in place