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I would say its your PSU or MB. Cant believe you get a 6 for 6 %100 dead rate from Gigabyte
System Name | Armor |
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Processor | AMD FX-8350 Eight Core CPU @ 4.1 Ghz |
Motherboard | Asus Sabertooth 990fx Rev. 2.0 |
Cooling | Corsair H100 Liquid Cooler |
Memory | Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 1866 CAS 9 |
Video Card(s) | 2x Gigabyte R9 290xOC Windforce 3 PCIe 3.0 |
Storage | Samsung 840 EVO 120 Gb SSD (OS) Seagate Barracuda ST1000dm003 1Tb SATA (Storage) |
Display(s) | LG 27' 1080p AH-IPS pannel LED Monitor. |
Case | NZXT Phantom 410 Black |
Audio Device(s) | on board Realtek Audio Processor |
Power Supply | Seasonic X 1250w 80+ Gold |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Genuine |
System Name | PCGOD |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz |
Motherboard | Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios |
Cooling | Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED |
Memory | 16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V) |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X |
Storage | Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB |
Display(s) | NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter) |
Case | AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR |
Power Supply | Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3) |
Mouse | Roccat Kone XTD |
Keyboard | Roccat Ryos MK Pro |
Software | Windows 7 Pro 64 |
System Name | Armor |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX-8350 Eight Core CPU @ 4.1 Ghz |
Motherboard | Asus Sabertooth 990fx Rev. 2.0 |
Cooling | Corsair H100 Liquid Cooler |
Memory | Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 1866 CAS 9 |
Video Card(s) | 2x Gigabyte R9 290xOC Windforce 3 PCIe 3.0 |
Storage | Samsung 840 EVO 120 Gb SSD (OS) Seagate Barracuda ST1000dm003 1Tb SATA (Storage) |
Display(s) | LG 27' 1080p AH-IPS pannel LED Monitor. |
Case | NZXT Phantom 410 Black |
Audio Device(s) | on board Realtek Audio Processor |
Power Supply | Seasonic X 1250w 80+ Gold |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Genuine |
System Name | PCGOD |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz |
Motherboard | Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios |
Cooling | Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED |
Memory | 16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V) |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X |
Storage | Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB |
Display(s) | NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter) |
Case | AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR |
Power Supply | Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3) |
Mouse | Roccat Kone XTD |
Keyboard | Roccat Ryos MK Pro |
Software | Windows 7 Pro 64 |
Also, perhaps it is the motherboard that has problems. Because I had my two 280x cards in slot one and two which would make them x16 and x8 so maybe there's a problem with the x16 lanes on the board itself???? I think I've decided to RMA the board.
System Name | Home Brewed |
---|---|
Processor | i9-7900X and i7-8700K |
Motherboard | ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme & ASUS Prime Z-370 A |
Cooling | Corsair 280mm AIO & Thermaltake Water 3.0 |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-3000 GSKill RipJaws-V & 32GB DDR4-3466 GEIL Potenza |
Video Card(s) | 2X-GTX-1080 SLI & 2 GTX-1070Ti 8GB G1 Gaming in SLI |
Storage | Both have 2TB HDDs for storage, 480GB SSDs for OS, and 240GB SSDs for Steam Games |
Display(s) | ACER 28" B286HK 4K & Samsung 32" 1080P |
Case | NZXT Source 540 & Rosewill Rise Chassis |
Audio Device(s) | onboard |
Power Supply | Corsair RM1000 & Corsair RM850 |
Mouse | Generic |
Keyboard | Razer Blackwidow Tournament & Corsair K90 |
Software | Win-10 Professional |
Benchmark Scores | yes |
System Name | PCGOD |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz |
Motherboard | Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios |
Cooling | Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED |
Memory | 16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V) |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X |
Storage | Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB |
Display(s) | NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter) |
Case | AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR |
Power Supply | Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3) |
Mouse | Roccat Kone XTD |
Keyboard | Roccat Ryos MK Pro |
Software | Windows 7 Pro 64 |
I just took one of my new boards off of the shelf and took pictures of it. It is a MSI Z97 U3-Plus.
Here is a few pics, one of the front, and one of the back side.
On the front you can clearly see two X16 slots. (in the 2nd and fifth position)
Looking at the back, you see that they are ~not~ both X16, but rather one X16 and one X8 slot.
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System Name | RPC MK2.5 |
---|---|
Processor | Ryzen 5800x |
Motherboard | Gigabyte Aorus Pro V2 |
Cooling | Enermax ETX-T50RGB |
Memory | CL16 BL2K16G36C16U4RL 3600 1:1 micron e-die |
Video Card(s) | GIGABYTE RTX 3070 Ti GAMING OC |
Storage | ADATA SX8200PRO NVME 512GB, Intel 545s 500GBSSD, ADATA SU800 SSD, 3TB Spinner |
Display(s) | LG Ultra Gear 32 1440p 165hz Dell 1440p 75hz |
Case | Phanteks P300 /w 300A front panel conversion |
Audio Device(s) | onboard |
Power Supply | SeaSonic Focus+ Platinum 750W |
Mouse | Kone burst Pro |
Keyboard | EVGA Z15 |
Software | Windows 11 +startisallback |
System Name | Home Brewed |
---|---|
Processor | i9-7900X and i7-8700K |
Motherboard | ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme & ASUS Prime Z-370 A |
Cooling | Corsair 280mm AIO & Thermaltake Water 3.0 |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-3000 GSKill RipJaws-V & 32GB DDR4-3466 GEIL Potenza |
Video Card(s) | 2X-GTX-1080 SLI & 2 GTX-1070Ti 8GB G1 Gaming in SLI |
Storage | Both have 2TB HDDs for storage, 480GB SSDs for OS, and 240GB SSDs for Steam Games |
Display(s) | ACER 28" B286HK 4K & Samsung 32" 1080P |
Case | NZXT Source 540 & Rosewill Rise Chassis |
Audio Device(s) | onboard |
Power Supply | Corsair RM1000 & Corsair RM850 |
Mouse | Generic |
Keyboard | Razer Blackwidow Tournament & Corsair K90 |
Software | Win-10 Professional |
Benchmark Scores | yes |
Bro his and my board are exactly the same. Yes both the tan slots are full 16x when both slots are occupied. The brown slot above the second tan slot is lower bandwidth and the bottom slot below the pci slot is lower bandwidth.
Go to the asus site and get the pdf manual for the Sabertooth 990Fx r2.0 go to page 1-22 and page 1-23
System Name | Armor |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX-8350 Eight Core CPU @ 4.1 Ghz |
Motherboard | Asus Sabertooth 990fx Rev. 2.0 |
Cooling | Corsair H100 Liquid Cooler |
Memory | Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 1866 CAS 9 |
Video Card(s) | 2x Gigabyte R9 290xOC Windforce 3 PCIe 3.0 |
Storage | Samsung 840 EVO 120 Gb SSD (OS) Seagate Barracuda ST1000dm003 1Tb SATA (Storage) |
Display(s) | LG 27' 1080p AH-IPS pannel LED Monitor. |
Case | NZXT Phantom 410 Black |
Audio Device(s) | on board Realtek Audio Processor |
Power Supply | Seasonic X 1250w 80+ Gold |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Genuine |
System Name | PCGOD |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz |
Motherboard | Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios |
Cooling | Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED |
Memory | 16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V) |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X |
Storage | Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB |
Display(s) | NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter) |
Case | AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR |
Power Supply | Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3) |
Mouse | Roccat Kone XTD |
Keyboard | Roccat Ryos MK Pro |
Software | Windows 7 Pro 64 |
@RealNeil I understand your need to further elaborate on what you were saying, but I am intelligent and I understood what you were saying after I witnessed the front and back to compare. Also, to be clear, what I am saying here:
1. When I first built the system with my 280x cards in crossfire (Unknowingly I placed the primary in slot 1 at X16 and the secondary in the next PCIe slot that "looked" like x16 but was really x8)
2. When the cards were in these slots they worked pretty well, even though it was x16 x8...
3. After seeing that the secondary card was getting considerably hotter, I decided to read the manual and discovered they suggested using slot 1 and slot 3 (Both of the desert colored ones)
4. I came home, switched them around and had MASSIVE problems getting it to work again, after quite a bit of troubleshooting the card was dead.
5. Perhaps after all of the troubleshooting and what not, the repeated power loss/ripple from system shutdowns the slot finally gave out on me which is why it ALWAYS kills the secondary card.
A little back tracking though, as I explained I received my first replacement for RMA which I placed in slot 3... It died... My second card, a brand new Rev 2.0 card, I placed in SLOT 1, and put the surviving Rev 1.0 in SLOT 3... The card in SLOT 1 (New Rev 2.0) died. This information discredits the possibility that the problem is the PCIe lanes. If it were, then I'd have a working Rev 2.0 card and the previously surviving card would be dead, IF it were a problem with slot 3 on the board.
System Name | Armor |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX-8350 Eight Core CPU @ 4.1 Ghz |
Motherboard | Asus Sabertooth 990fx Rev. 2.0 |
Cooling | Corsair H100 Liquid Cooler |
Memory | Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 1866 CAS 9 |
Video Card(s) | 2x Gigabyte R9 290xOC Windforce 3 PCIe 3.0 |
Storage | Samsung 840 EVO 120 Gb SSD (OS) Seagate Barracuda ST1000dm003 1Tb SATA (Storage) |
Display(s) | LG 27' 1080p AH-IPS pannel LED Monitor. |
Case | NZXT Phantom 410 Black |
Audio Device(s) | on board Realtek Audio Processor |
Power Supply | Seasonic X 1250w 80+ Gold |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Genuine |
System Name | PCGOD |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz |
Motherboard | Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios |
Cooling | Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED |
Memory | 16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V) |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X |
Storage | Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB |
Display(s) | NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter) |
Case | AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR |
Power Supply | Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3) |
Mouse | Roccat Kone XTD |
Keyboard | Roccat Ryos MK Pro |
Software | Windows 7 Pro 64 |
System Name | Armor |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX-8350 Eight Core CPU @ 4.1 Ghz |
Motherboard | Asus Sabertooth 990fx Rev. 2.0 |
Cooling | Corsair H100 Liquid Cooler |
Memory | Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 1866 CAS 9 |
Video Card(s) | 2x Gigabyte R9 290xOC Windforce 3 PCIe 3.0 |
Storage | Samsung 840 EVO 120 Gb SSD (OS) Seagate Barracuda ST1000dm003 1Tb SATA (Storage) |
Display(s) | LG 27' 1080p AH-IPS pannel LED Monitor. |
Case | NZXT Phantom 410 Black |
Audio Device(s) | on board Realtek Audio Processor |
Power Supply | Seasonic X 1250w 80+ Gold |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Genuine |
System Name | PCGOD |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz |
Motherboard | Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios |
Cooling | Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED |
Memory | 16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V) |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X |
Storage | Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB |
Display(s) | NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter) |
Case | AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR |
Power Supply | Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3) |
Mouse | Roccat Kone XTD |
Keyboard | Roccat Ryos MK Pro |
Software | Windows 7 Pro 64 |
Ok, looked at it and it would appear that I do not have the xm2 version. Is this really a problem?
System Name | Armor |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX-8350 Eight Core CPU @ 4.1 Ghz |
Motherboard | Asus Sabertooth 990fx Rev. 2.0 |
Cooling | Corsair H100 Liquid Cooler |
Memory | Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 1866 CAS 9 |
Video Card(s) | 2x Gigabyte R9 290xOC Windforce 3 PCIe 3.0 |
Storage | Samsung 840 EVO 120 Gb SSD (OS) Seagate Barracuda ST1000dm003 1Tb SATA (Storage) |
Display(s) | LG 27' 1080p AH-IPS pannel LED Monitor. |
Case | NZXT Phantom 410 Black |
Audio Device(s) | on board Realtek Audio Processor |
Power Supply | Seasonic X 1250w 80+ Gold |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Genuine |
System Name | Armor |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX-8350 Eight Core CPU @ 4.1 Ghz |
Motherboard | Asus Sabertooth 990fx Rev. 2.0 |
Cooling | Corsair H100 Liquid Cooler |
Memory | Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 1866 CAS 9 |
Video Card(s) | 2x Gigabyte R9 290xOC Windforce 3 PCIe 3.0 |
Storage | Samsung 840 EVO 120 Gb SSD (OS) Seagate Barracuda ST1000dm003 1Tb SATA (Storage) |
Display(s) | LG 27' 1080p AH-IPS pannel LED Monitor. |
Case | NZXT Phantom 410 Black |
Audio Device(s) | on board Realtek Audio Processor |
Power Supply | Seasonic X 1250w 80+ Gold |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Genuine |
System Name | Ryzen Reflection |
---|---|
Processor | AMD Ryzen 9 5900x |
Motherboard | Gigabyte X570S Aorus Master |
Cooling | 2x EK PE360 | TechN AM4 AMD Block Black | EK Quantum Vector Trinity GPU Nickel + Plexi |
Memory | Teamgroup T-Force Xtreem 2x16GB B-Die 3600 @ 14-14-14-28-42-288-2T 1.45v |
Video Card(s) | Zotac AMP HoloBlack RTX 3080Ti 12G | 950mV 1950Mhz |
Storage | WD SN850 500GB (OS) | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB (Games_1) | Samsung 970 Evo 1TB (Games_2) |
Display(s) | Asus XG27AQM 240Hz G-Sync Fast-IPS | Gigabyte M27Q-P 165Hz 1440P IPS | Asus 24" IPS (portrait mode) |
Case | Lian Li PC-011D XL | Custom cables by Cablemodz |
Audio Device(s) | FiiO K7 | Sennheiser HD650 + Beyerdynamic FOX Mic |
Power Supply | Seasonic Prime Ultra Platinum 850 |
Mouse | Razer Viper v2 Pro |
Keyboard | Razer Huntsman Tournament Edition |
Software | Windows 11 Pro 64-Bit |
Should I just go ahead and put an RMA in for both the Power Supply and the Motherboard? I figure it's one of the two, I don't have extra hardware to test it, so replace them both and then get the bad card RMA'd and see what happens this time.
System Name | Armor |
---|---|
Processor | AMD FX-8350 Eight Core CPU @ 4.1 Ghz |
Motherboard | Asus Sabertooth 990fx Rev. 2.0 |
Cooling | Corsair H100 Liquid Cooler |
Memory | Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 1866 CAS 9 |
Video Card(s) | 2x Gigabyte R9 290xOC Windforce 3 PCIe 3.0 |
Storage | Samsung 840 EVO 120 Gb SSD (OS) Seagate Barracuda ST1000dm003 1Tb SATA (Storage) |
Display(s) | LG 27' 1080p AH-IPS pannel LED Monitor. |
Case | NZXT Phantom 410 Black |
Audio Device(s) | on board Realtek Audio Processor |
Power Supply | Seasonic X 1250w 80+ Gold |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Genuine |
System Name | Home Brewed |
---|---|
Processor | i9-7900X and i7-8700K |
Motherboard | ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme & ASUS Prime Z-370 A |
Cooling | Corsair 280mm AIO & Thermaltake Water 3.0 |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-3000 GSKill RipJaws-V & 32GB DDR4-3466 GEIL Potenza |
Video Card(s) | 2X-GTX-1080 SLI & 2 GTX-1070Ti 8GB G1 Gaming in SLI |
Storage | Both have 2TB HDDs for storage, 480GB SSDs for OS, and 240GB SSDs for Steam Games |
Display(s) | ACER 28" B286HK 4K & Samsung 32" 1080P |
Case | NZXT Source 540 & Rosewill Rise Chassis |
Audio Device(s) | onboard |
Power Supply | Corsair RM1000 & Corsair RM850 |
Mouse | Generic |
Keyboard | Razer Blackwidow Tournament & Corsair K90 |
Software | Win-10 Professional |
Benchmark Scores | yes |
Should I just go ahead and put an RMA in for both the Power Supply and the Motherboard? I figure it's one of the two, I don't have extra hardware to test it, so replace them both and then get the bad card RMA'd and see what happens this time.