Black screen crash in games with new 6870
jrdn92
Hi there, I recently got a new Powercolor 6870 and have been experiencing black screen crashes while playing games. More specifically, after a seemingly random amount of time my screen will go black. The computer remains responsive for another 5-10 seconds before locking up as well. (I was once able to tell people through Skype that my comp just crashed)
This has only occurred during games and once when watching a youtube video. I have latest driver updates for my card, and removed (to the best of my knowledge) the old NVIDIA drivers from my previous 9800 GT. I also put my 9800 GT back in, and the problem went away, so I presume the problem lies in the card.
Here are my specs, and if you need more information, I'll do my best to get it.
ASUS P5QL Pro
Intel Core2Quad Q8200 @ 2.33
4 GB ram
Powercolor HD 6870
Antec Basiq Power 500w
Thank you very much for any help or suggestions!
This has only occurred during games and once when watching a youtube video. I have latest driver updates for my card, and removed (to the best of my knowledge) the old NVIDIA drivers from my previous 9800 GT. I also put my 9800 GT back in, and the problem went away, so I presume the problem lies in the card.
Here are my specs, and if you need more information, I'll do my best to get it.
ASUS P5QL Pro
Intel Core2Quad Q8200 @ 2.33
4 GB ram
Powercolor HD 6870
Antec Basiq Power 500w
Thank you very much for any help or suggestions!
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Doesn't the Antec Basiq Series 500W (BP500U) just have one 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector?
Are you using a dual 4-pin Molex peripheral to 6-pin PCI Express power dongle to plug into the second PCIe connector on the Radeon HD 6870?
+12V1 rail (solid yellow wire): All peripheral connectors & motherboard (20+4)-pin connector except for the ATX12V/EPS12V
+12V2 rail (yellow with black stripe wire): ATX12V/EPS12V connectors
The OCP Set Point for each +12V rail is set at 25 Amps.
The GeForce 9800 GT only draws about 70% of the power that the Radeon HD 6870 draws at maximum gaming graphics load. -
In reply to Frizzo: I uninstalled the drivers via control panel, went into safe mode, and then used a driver removal utility.
I tried an older driver, nothing changed.
In reply to ko888:
Yes, it only has 1, and I'm using a molex to six pin adapter, the one with two molex ones that go into 1 six pin.
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