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*** is going on here???

by ElkkuGamer360 Aug 16, 2018 9:41PM PDT

So i recently got a radeon 5970. After installing it and it's drivers it worked fine, but after a while my pc froze. It continued to do that for a while, but after a few hours it stopped doing it when i was gaming. But after exiting a game the pc froze again.

Specs:
c2q q6600
6gb ddr2 800mhz
radeon hd 5970 with lates drivers
note: dual psus with a molex to 6 pin splitter
asus p5w dh deluxe and latest bios
windows 10 64 bit

What's wrong here?
My options are:
go trough all the fecking drivers for the radeon hd 5970
just throwh the card out
diagnose windows problems because i haven't noticed freezes outside of windows
wait until i get a better psu.

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Memory

by ElkkuGamer360 Aug 17, 2018 1:01AM PDT

Forgot to mention it. I already tested my memory. It's fine.

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Is this gpu used?

by Bob__B Aug 17, 2018 8:51AM PDT

If so you might want to take the shroud off it and give it a good cleaning.

It's a 250w card add 100+w for your cpu and your looking for a 700w single rail psu.

While your inside the machine give the rest of the innards a good cleaning.

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Yes, it's used.

by ElkkuGamer360 Aug 17, 2018 8:58AM PDT

I gave it and my pc a good cleaning though. Also here's a status update. Flashed the card with a new bios. After that i have not seen freezes so far.

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ElkkuGamer360 · Accepted Answer · Aug 17, 2018 11:57AM PDT

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It's fixed i quess.

by ElkkuGamer360 Aug 17, 2018 11:57AM PDT

So updating my gpu bios fixed it i quess. No freezes in a about 2 hour gaming session including heavy 3d games, exiting games, 2d games, msi kombustor. And a bit of web browsing.

*** is going on here???

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