Amd R9 270 problems

[Randomnugget]

So ive been working on my friends pc for about 10 or so hours on and off. The pc finnishes the windows loading thing but once it goes into windows it completely shits its self. Its the r9 270 that just wont work with fucking windows. It works just fine with on board graphics but just not with the r9 270 ive reinstalled windows 4 damn times and sob still wont work at this point im losing my shit and i really need help with this.

 

[Peter1986C]

Please tell the guys/gals on this forum what graphics drivers are currently installed on the system. And what exactly you mean with "completely shits itself"? Help us to help you please.

 

[eidairaman1]

Have you tried another system with tgat card???

Need hardware specs and OS specs, go on youtube for troubleshooting videos as well.

 

[Randomnugget]

Please tell the guys/gals on this forum what graphics drivers are currently installed on the system. And what exactly you mean with "completely shits itself"? Help us to help you please.

it doesnt have any installed on it the r9 270 drivers on it wont install and it the screen doesnt stay on for more than an hour after a new windows install to try and test diffrent drivers. ive put it in the 8x slot and even it wont work in it im going to try it in a diffrent system and see what happends but if it works theres got to be something going on with the os because ive tryed 3 diffrent hard drives and ssd's and so far nothing works.

Have you tried another system with tgat card???

Need hardware specs and OS specs, go on youtube for troubleshooting videos as well.

ive looked on yt and i havent found anything like it im about to put the card in a different system to see what happens.

Have you tried another system with tgat card???

Need hardware specs and OS specs, go on youtube for troubleshooting videos as well.

so I tried it in a different system and what it does is not even 5 min in it causes the pc to black screen then the pc restarts and continues to do this over and over until the automatic repair appears.

 

[TRWOV]

I had a very similar (or the same) issue with a 270 I had bought. Apparently it was a Dell card that someone previously had flashed a regular 270 bios on.

My issue was that the card would work fine as long as I didn't install the drivers. If I installed the Radeon drivers it would crash as soon as the driver was loaded into Windows (blue screen boot loop). After flashing the correct Dell bios it worked fine.

Currently my only issue is that the most recent Radeon driver that works with the card is from 2020... for some reason Dell Radeon cards always have a different Device ID than the regular Radeons thus sometimes the official Radeon installer won't pickup the cards (I also have a Dell HD7570 and only the Dell drivers work with that one). I don't mind that much because the card is kind of useless with current games anyway.

edit: my card

edit2:
If you don't know what brand your card is, there's a number just above the PCIe connector that has a format like "109-11236982 C3"
Enter that string on a search engine and see if you can find out.

 

[Jose Jeswin]

I had the same problem with my R7 260x ( Asus R7260X DC2OC-2GD5 ) in win 10....A bios flash solved the problem..i got the bios from asus...if you know the manufacturer and model details, you can look in the manufacturers' website for bios updates...

 

[Mussels]

Sounds like a dead/dying card to me

 

[eidairaman1]

I had a very similar (or the same) issue with a 270 I had bought. Apparently it was a Dell card that someone previously had flashed a regular 270 bios on.

My issue was that the card would work fine as long as I didn't install the drivers. If I installed the Radeon drivers it would crash as soon as the driver was loaded into Windows (blue screen boot loop). After flashing the correct Dell bios it worked fine.

Currently my only issue is that the most recent Radeon driver that works with the card is from 2020... for some reason Dell Radeon cards always have a different Device ID than the regular Radeons thus sometimes the official Radeon installer won't pickup the cards (I also have a Dell HD7570 and only the Dell drivers work with that one). I don't mind that much because the card is kind of useless with current games anyway.

edit: my card

edit2:
If you don't know what brand your card is, there's a number just above the PCIe connector that has a format like "109-11236982 C3"
Enter that string on a search engine and see if you can find out.

That is the reason why I do not buy o e m cards, whether it is Dell or HP or any other system builder like that

it doesnt have any installed on it the r9 270 drivers on it wont install and it the screen doesnt stay on for more than an hour after a new windows install to try and test diffrent drivers. ive put it in the 8x slot and even it wont work in it im going to try it in a diffrent system and see what happends but if it works theres got to be something going on with the os because ive tryed 3 diffrent hard drives and ssd's and so far nothing works.


ive looked on yt and i havent found anything like it im about to put the card in a different system to see what happens.


so I tried it in a different system and what it does is not even 5 min in it causes the pc to black screen then the pc restarts and continues to do this over and over until the automatic repair appears.

Was the graphics card bought used?

 

[Randomnugget]

I had a very similar (or the same) issue with a 270 I had bought. Apparently it was a Dell card that someone previously had flashed a regular 270 bios on.

My issue was that the card would work fine as long as I didn't install the drivers. If I installed the Radeon drivers it would crash as soon as the driver was loaded into Windows (blue screen boot loop). After flashing the correct Dell bios it worked fine.

Currently my only issue is that the most recent Radeon driver that works with the card is from 2020... for some reason Dell Radeon cards always have a different Device ID than the regular Radeons thus sometimes the official Radeon installer won't pickup the cards (I also have a Dell HD7570 and only the Dell drivers work with that one). I don't mind that much because the card is kind of useless with current games anyway.

edit: my card

edit2:
If you don't know what brand your card is, there's a number just above the PCIe connector that has a format like "109-11236982 C3"
Enter that string on a search engine and see if you can find out.

problem is it crashes everytime it loads but maybe it could be that the bios is currupt , now how exactly do i flash the bios. do i need to buy a tool for that?

I had a very similar (or the same) issue with a 270 I had bought. Apparently it was a Dell card that someone previously had flashed a regular 270 bios on.

My issue was that the card would work fine as long as I didn't install the drivers. If I installed the Radeon drivers it would crash as soon as the driver was loaded into Windows (blue screen boot loop). After flashing the correct Dell bios it worked fine.

Currently my only issue is that the most recent Radeon driver that works with the card is from 2020... for some reason Dell Radeon cards always have a different Device ID than the regular Radeons thus sometimes the official Radeon installer won't pickup the cards (I also have a Dell HD7570 and only the Dell drivers work with that one). I don't mind that much because the card is kind of useless with current games anyway.

edit: my card

edit2:
If you don't know what brand your card is, there's a number just above the PCIe connector that has a format like "109-11236982 C3"
Enter that string on a search engine and see if you can find out.

btw its an ASUS card

 

[eidairaman1]

problem is it crashes everytime it loads but maybe it could be that the bios is currupt , now how exactly do i flash the bios. do i need to buy a tool for that?

No you dont but its good to have a spi flasher as a backup along side a spare gpu.

If you bios flash you will need to follow my directions carefully.

So was the card bought used?

 

[Randomnugget]

That is the reason why I do not buy o e m cards, whether it is Dell or HP or any other system builder like that


Was the graphics card bought used?

well it was given to me because it didnt work but it did for a while but then i took it out and its been sitting for a while and since i built a new system i needed a gpu but not its doing this

No you dont but its good to have a spi flasher as a backup along side a spare gpu.

If you bios flash you will need to follow my directions carefully.

So was the card bought used?

no it was givent to me because it was used and "didnt work" but i got it to work and it had been working in an old rig until i pulled it out andp ut it in a new system.

 

[eidairaman1]

well it was given to me because it didnt work but it did for a while but then i took it out and its been sitting for a while and since i built a new system i needed a gpu but not its doing this

Ok well 55 percent chance says its a failed part on the card, 45 says bios is faulty. follow my directions for a safe bios flash

 

[Randomnugget]

Ok well 55 percent chance says its a failed part on the card, 45 says bios is faulty. follow my directions for a safe bios flash

alright well what do i need to do.

 

[Jose Jeswin]

waiting to see how this is going to be solved...
Good luck Randomnugget and eidairaman1...

 

[eidairaman1]

Get GPU-Z and a screenshot of it. And a picture of the white sticker or barcode on the back of the card

alright well what do i need to do.

 

[Randomnugget]

Get GPU-Z and a screenshot of it. And a picture of the white sticker or barcode on the back of the card

i can probably do the sticker but the screen shot is going to be alot harder since the pc wont make it past the windows loading screen and any other pc i put it in crashes after a few min.

 

[Jose Jeswin]

Put it in your second pc as the secondary gpu in the sceond pcie slot if you have 2 pcie slots..
or
if you have onboard graphics, connect your monitor cable to the onboard gpu....install gpuz and try reading both gpus...

 

[Randomnugget]

Put it in your second pc as the secondary gpu in the sceond pcie slot if you have 2 pcie slots..
or
if you have onboard graphics, connect your monitor cable to the onboard gpu....install gpuz and try reading both gpus...

well it wont even boot (into windows) then it freezes mid way through as well but with out the gpu installed its fine...really odd situation.
(yes it has a igpu btw)

 

[eidairaman1]

well it wont even boot (into windows) then it freezes mid way through as well but with out the gpu installed its fine...really odd situation.
(yes it has a igpu btw)

Make sure monitor is hooked to a video port on motherboard. Make sure motherboard bios is set to boot on igp first/only. Do not plug card in. Boot windows, remove the amd gpu drivers through windows control panel/settings-add remove programs/apps. Get the tool, Display driver uninstaller, remove the traces of amd gpu drivers.

Restart when prompted.


Update the motherboard chipset drivers.

Have the last working gpu driver available.

Shut down, plug card in the top pcie slot.

Leave monitor hooked up to the igp. Boot up.

 

[Randomnugget]

Make sure monitor is hooked to a video port on motherboard. Make sure motherboard bios is set to boot on igp first/only. Do not plug card in. Boot windows, remove the amd gpu drivers through windows control panel/settings-add remove programs/apps. Get the tool, Display driver uninstaller, remove the traces of amd gpu drivers.

Restart when prompted.


Update the motherboard chipset drivers.

Have the last working gpu driver available.

Shut down, plug card in the top pcie slot.

Leave monitor hooked up to the igp. Boot up.

ok i downloaded the the tool and deleted the drivers and now it works but i think what is happening is windows realizes its an amd card and isntalls the drivers for it and once it installs them the card has afull on meltdown and black screens and causes the whole system to crash.

Make sure monitor is hooked to a video port on motherboard. Make sure motherboard bios is set to boot on igp first/only. Do not plug card in. Boot windows, remove the amd gpu drivers through windows control panel/settings-add remove programs/apps. Get the tool, Display driver uninstaller, remove the traces of amd gpu drivers.

Restart when prompted.


Update the motherboard chipset drivers.

Have the last working gpu driver available.

Shut down, plug card in the top pcie slot.

Leave monitor hooked up to the igp. Boot up.

https://community.amd.com/t5/drivers-software/black-screen-with-r9-270x/td-p/280600

they have been having this issue for a while cause of the trash amd adrenaline drivers.
i think that the problem maybe that the drivers may increase the clock speed on the card for better performance in games but some card s cant take it and it crashes with the drivers installed. so maybe if i take msi after burner and under clock it it may work?

ok i downloaded the the tool and deleted the drivers and now it works but i think what is happening is windows realizes its an amd card and isntalls the drivers for it and once it installs them the card has afull on meltdown and black screens and causes the whole system to crash.


https://community.amd.com/t5/drivers-software/black-screen-with-r9-270x/td-p/280600

they have been having this issue for a while cause of the trash amd adrenaline drivers.
i think that the problem maybe that the drivers may increase the clock speed on the card for better performance in games but some card s cant take it and it crashes with the drivers installed. so maybe if i take msi after burner and under clock it it may work?

nvm i dont think this will work i think its mainly a driver issue or microsoft messing things up.

 

[eidairaman1]

ok i downloaded the the tool and deleted the drivers and now it works but i think what is happening is windows realizes its an amd card and isntalls the drivers for it and once it installs them the card has afull on meltdown and black screens and causes the whole system to crash.


https://community.amd.com/t5/drivers-software/black-screen-with-r9-270x/td-p/280600

they have been having this issue for a while cause of the trash amd adrenaline drivers.
i think that the problem maybe that the drivers may increase the clock speed on the card for better performance in games but some card s cant take it and it crashes with the drivers installed. so maybe if i take msi after burner and under clock it it may work?


nvm i dont think this will work i think its mainly a driver issue or microsoft messing things up.

Ok display driver uninstaller recommends disconnecting ethernet/lan or disabling wifi b4 uninstalling, rebooting and installing the gpu drivers.

Update your motherboard chipset drivers and then use this driver if under windows 10 64 bit.

https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/prographics/win10-radeon-pro-software-enterprise-21.q1.2.exe

 

[Randomnugget]

Ok display driver uninstaller recommends disconnecting ethernet/lan or disabling wifi b4 uninstalling, rebooting and installing the gpu drivers.

Update your motherboard chipset drivers and then use this driver if under windows 10 64 bit.

https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/prographics/win10-radeon-pro-software-enterprise-21.q1.2.exe

ok

Ok display driver uninstaller recommends disconnecting ethernet/lan or disabling wifi b4 uninstalling, rebooting and installing the gpu drivers.

Update your motherboard chipset drivers and then use this driver if under windows 10 64 bit.

https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/prographics/win10-radeon-pro-software-enterprise-21.q1.2.exe

Btw the link you sent wont work.

Ok display driver uninstaller recommends disconnecting ethernet/lan or disabling wifi b4 uninstalling, rebooting and installing the gpu drivers.

Update your motherboard chipset drivers and then use this driver if under windows 10 64 bit.

https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/prographics/win10-radeon-pro-software-enterprise-21.q1.2.exe

no drivers work with the card ive tried the adrenaline and amd pro drives none will work the card works with out them but i need the drives so at this point im stuck at a stand still.

 

[eidairaman1]

ok


Btw the link you sent wont work.


no drivers work with the card ive tried the adrenaline and amd pro drives none will work the card works with out them but i need the drives so at this point im stuck at a stand still.

Ok listen, get the white sticker pics from the back of the card, and then remove the heatsink and get a picture of 1 ram chip on the card. Without gpu drivers installed get a gpu-z screenshot, we will try 1 last yhing and after that we shall see.

 

[Randomnugget]

Ok listen, get the white sticker pics from the back of the card, and then remove the heatsink and get a picture of 1 ram chip on the card. Without gpu drivers installed get a gpu-z screenshot, we will try 1 last yhing and after that we shall see.

Just an fyi the sticker says R9270-DC20C-2GD5 the 5 didnt show up in the picture

 

[eidairaman1]

Just an fyi the sticker says R9270-DC20C-2GD5 the 5 didnt show up in the picture

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