Added Arctic Cooler to Radeon R9 290, but now it's not working

[DejayJD]

So, I was using the Sapphire Radeon R9 290 (link) which worked great for months, but the stock cooler was fairly awful, and extremely noisy (I actually had it running at like 40% maximum speed because anywhere over that was too loud); so after a while I decided to upgrade to the Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV (link)

Unfortunately, after I installed the Arctic cooler, it now no longer works properly. The weird thing, however, is how it messes up. The screen goes black after a few seconds of the card turning on. If I just leave press the power button and leave it, it makes it past the "loading windows" screen and then the screen just goes black and my monitor says "no input signal" but all the fans on the computer continue to still run (including the GPU fan). If I go into the BIOS setup screen, it lasts anywhere from 5-10 seconds before the screen goes black (while still in the BIOS screen).

I'm not sure if this is an issue with how I installed it, some weird driver issue, or if either my PSU or Motherboard are messing up as well. I tried installing, updating, and uninstalling all the graphics drivers that I could and I also updated the BIOS. I did have a little trouble when installing the cooler because my GPU had a stripped screw on it, and I hope I didn't damage the GPU while trying to get it off.

Anyone have any idea what the issue is?

My System Specs:
CPU: AMD FX-8350 CPU - 8 core 4.72GHz [overclocked]
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 290 with Arctic Accelero Extreme IV
Memory: 8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 - AMD 970
Cooling: Liquid CPU Cooling System [AMD] - Standard 120mm Fan
PSU: Corsair CX750W
Monitor: BenQ Gaming Monitor RL2455HM (24-Inch LED) - 1920x1080

 

[Shaun o]

When it comes to applying any after market cooling solution to a graphics card.
How you fit the cooler is very important.

Not only to the amount of fresh thermal paste you may have to apply to the Gpu die of the card.

But the order and how you tighten the four screws that clamp the cooler to the board of the card.

With Ati cards it very easy to create a hot spot on the gpu die it`s self due to the wrong sequence used to attach the cooler to the card via the four screws.

You create a lift in one corner of the cooling plate on the cooling solution, in relation to contact of the gpu die.
When it happens you see the results, and problems you are now having with the new cooling solution fitted to the card.

You should screw down the four screws, starting from one corner and then moving to the one diagonally opposite to it in a clock wise manner.

When each screw is finger tight.

Finish the procedure with a screwdriver following the same order of tightening in a clock wise manner.

So bottom left, top right, bottom right, top left.
Applying equal tension to each screw.

 

[DejayJD]

When it comes to applying any after market cooling solution to a graphics card.
How you fit the cooler is very important.

Not only to the amount of fresh thermal paste you may have to apply to the Gpu die of the card.

But the order and how you tighten the four screws that clamp the cooler to the board of the card.

With Ati cards it very easy to create a hot spot on the gpu die it`s self due to the wrong sequence used to attach the cooler to the card via the four screws.

You create a lift in one corner of the cooling plate on the cooling solution, in relation to contact of the gpu die.
When it happens you see the results, and problems you are now having with the new cooling solution fitted to the card.

You should screw down the four screws, starting from one corner and then moving to the one diagonally opposite to it in a clock wise manner.

When each screw is finger tight.

Finish the procedure with a screwdriver following the same order of tightening in a clock wise manner.

So bottom left, top right, bottom right, top left.
Applying equal tension to each screw.

Alright, I'll try to re-install it properly and we'll see how it goes