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Subject: Strange display problem w/ GFX Card
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red.dot 7.01.12 - 02:55pm
My system worked fine with 350W PSU and Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 card for over three months. Now SOMETIMES, on bootup, there's no display! The monitor just seems to be in standby mode and doesn't say 'no signal'. The onboard graphics works fine. I use DVI connectors on both. The card, when boots up with the display, works fine and do not crashes nor has any other issue. But sometimes it just wont display anything. Also, it seems to work when PC is left switched off for sometime like, say, * +
red.dot 7.01.12 - 02:57pm
30 minutes. Like it needs to cool off or something. * +
red.dot 7.01.12 - 02:59pm
The card has a TDP of 66W, draws power from the PCI-E slot and has no extra connectors. * +
red.dot 7.01.12 - 03:04pm
Has anyone faced similar problem? Any guesses what could be wrong here? * +
proton 7.01.12 - 03:19pm
if its a no name psu then it can barely provide 150W cont. power * +
red.dot 7.01.12 - 03:31pm
Its a CoolerMaster 350 PLUS. * +
red.dot 7.01.12 - 03:33pm
My guess is similar. Inadequate power supply. But why it works perfectly sometimes? * +
meghertz 10.01.12 - 11:30pm
have you taken it out, cleaned it, cleaned the contacts, checked the gfx fan and heatsink? maybe reapply the thermal paste? my 5870 started doing similar (that plus random bsods) after about 6 months, i reapplied the thermal paste, the problem stopped. *
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