The story began as couple of days ago i bought used R9 290 Powercolor from bboyspirit by postage. i plugged in the card and no output by the card or presence of it in device manager.
assumptions:
1. gpu balls was cracked by postage and so it is DOA
2. seller is a scam . lol
3. power not sufficient
4. integrated graphics was the display output
5. different os
all the assumptions were wrong as it is running just fine by plugging in eselai comp. plus i have 2x R9 290 reference card running just fine in my desktop.
methods i've tried:
1. switched pcie lanes
2. switched display outputs
3. switched power connector
4. any connections have been assured connected properly
5. run the card primarily and one card only at a time (not psu prob)
6. run just fine in other's pc (same os)
7. tried with pcie riser with 2 other cards installed, it tried to install the driver but ended up blue screen . after that it POST
and gives black screen after windows loading. (this method i didn't investigate further, possible solution?)
the only suspect i am looking at is my motherboard. any suggestions?
My pc specification :
Motherboard Model: MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3) (MS-7672)
CPU: Intel Core i7 2700K (LGA 1155)
BIOS : American Megatrends 1/9/2013 V20.1 (Latest for mobo)
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Bit
RAM : 16 GB
PSU : Acbel 1000W
GPU : 2x R9 290 ref
Radeon Software Version : 16.12.2
R9 290 Powercolor :
Mobo :
My current Build 2x R9 290 Ref (working) :
With 3rd GPU Powercolor ( 3rd GPU undetected ) :
btw i did plugin the PCIE power connector to the gpu . same
the 3rd GPU connected via PCIE Riser with molex power . PCIE X1 to X16 via USB
Update :
Somehow the bluescreen of death is a bug caused by the program and is in loop as in the picture :
it happened after it tries to install the vga drive which is the undetected gpu
after i removed the gpu , start windows , and restart with the undetected gpu ,
device manager finally can detect it with problem (of course) . The error as in the picture :
it says that windows has stopped the device because it causes problem with Error Code 43
hence can i say that the software of the gpu is the cause of this problem? is it related with the os?
This post has been edited by asyrafwersh: Mar 23 2017, 05:07 PM
WTA Graphics card problem, confusing R9 290 can't be detected