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mdsmds

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I have an elsa's rx 580 with 1284 mhz core clock and 1750mhz memory clock, after a few months now it started to give problems, like rebooting the system out of nowhere, then it stopped, now when I install its driver, it freezes, when I install the driver from old to newest it keeps freezing, Even though I use the desktop with nothing behind it, I've done undervolt, lowered the clock, changed the driver and it doesn't stop giving these crashes, only when I'm without its driver, the Microsoft Graphics Adapter (Microsoft's standard) it stops giving these freezes. Do you have any solution for this?
 
I'm not sure if others have better ideas, but to me, that's pretty textbook "it's going... going.. gone."
 
mdsmds said:
I'm Brazilian, I don't know English.
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What he basically means is the card has reached the end of its life. You better buy a new GPU
 
Sim, está morto. Buy a new card.
 
As a last resort, try replacing the GPU thermal paste with a new one.
 
Try to boot another OS from usb driveto see if stay unstable o not. If GPU is dead, it should not work with any OS.

Last december I changed PSU (antec vp450) and main SSD (sandisk), both from 2013 beacuse I thought they were dying. I used to had ramdon freezes, just freezes doing nothing, more than 10 freezes per day, no artifacts, no high temps. After change PSU, main SSD and sata cables freezes did not stop.

I try to verify if it was a software issue. I reinstalled win10, but freezes did not stop. Then I try booting linux mint and hirens boot from usb drive and freezes just stopped. I could left the pc powered on continuosly for a week with out issues just running linux mint or hirens boot from usb drive. I told a friend about it and he said "forget win10 and install win11". I did that and freezes are over.
 
Might be the flash memory. If you can't BIOS flash it you might need to replace the chip.
 
Sounds like a classic "dead" card to me too; Modern silicon doesn't last for ever. Google "semiconductor electromigration" for more detail!

The fact it's running at a reduced speed (RX580 should be 1340MHz at least, RX480s ran at 1280MHz) means it's likely been messed with already and it sounds like it might be an ex-mining card with downgraded speeds in the vBIOS.

Heat and voltage slowly kill the transistors. If this Elsa RX580 was used for mining, it has likely used up all of its silicon life.
 
Chrispy_ said:
Sounds like a classic "dead" card to me too; Modern silicon doesn't last for ever. Google "semiconductor electromigration" for more detail!

The fact it's running at a reduced speed (RX580 should be 1340MHz at least, RX480s ran at 1280MHz) means it's likely been messed with already and it sounds like it might be an ex-mining card with downgraded speeds in the vBIOS.

Heat and voltage slowly kill the transistors. If this Elsa RX580 was used for mining, it has likely used up all of its silicon life.
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Elsa is a brand which sells RX 580 2048SP. Those cards normally run at 1284MHz so nothing strange.

@mdsmds can you make a picture of the PCB and share it with us. Please include a picture of the memory chips as well.
 
VuurVOS said:
Elsa is a brand which sells RX 580 2048SP. Those cards normally run at 1284MHz so nothing strange.

@mdsmds can you make a picture of the PCB and share it with us. Please include a picture of the memory chips as well.
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Ah yes, the fabled RX570 rebrand. I'd moved on from Polaris/Elesemere by then but AFAIK every "580 2048SP" was automatically suspect in my book as being a "post ETH crash" mining-only SKU destined for the Chinese dumping ground. If you're not in China using a China-purchased, Chinese-brand RX 580 2048SP, it's just an ex-mining remanufactured RX570, likely salvaged from an ETH farm and flashed to the most valuable tier that matches the silicon.

There really weren't that many RX580 2048SPs, yet the crop up as dodgy flashes all the time, because it's a way to sell RX470 and RX570 for more money. I'm with you on wanting a photo of the PCB and VRAM info. That's the easiest way to work out if it's a burnt-out, ex-mining RX470 or a genuine RX580 2048SP.
 
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