Driver crash after overclock can't fix

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Hello guys im in a desperate situation and need some help. First of all sorry for my bad english its not my native language but i'll try my best.

I tried to overclock my gpu, had no idea while doing this so i probably did damage to my gpu. I have a 8gb sapphire nitro rx 480. Searched for some guides on youtube i found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oss1Ziys5Fc&t=377s. I applied this guy's settings from the wattman application. Didn't do it little by little directly changed my settings as i said i didn't know how to overclock. now i know i did something terrible. After changed my settings i played some overwatch about 15 minutes (my gpu temperature was 60-70C) then i get a blue screen then pc restarted itself. I got a notification about wattman reset the settings to it's default. Well i got scared,but everything was looking fine. When i tried to play overwatch again couldn't get ingame cause of the driver crashes.
And yeah ever since my fail overclock attempt i get display driver crashes almost every time. i can't open wattman anymore it crashes, can't start any game. Even surfing on chrome i get driver crashes.

-Things i've tried-
-Uninstalled my display drivers by using ddu and reinstalled my drivers
-Format my disks and made a fresh windows 10 install
-Tried to check my gpu setting by using other oc programs.

I wasn't getting any driver crashes before btw.
my pc specs are: msi z170 gaming pro carbon motherboard
sapphire nitro rx 480 8 gb gpu
i5 6500 cpu
8gb 2133 mhz ram ddr4
thermaltake tr2 s 550w power supply
i don't have any aftermarket coolers

im using windows 10 pro 64bit
 
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If you're getting blue screen of death, and your card temps are normal, chances are you're under powering your GPU but DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING. A simple miss-click can break your card if you mess with the voltage.

1. Uninstall that software that managed to screw up your computer.
2. Enter the BOIS and reset all settings to defaults (you're probably messing with your CPU as well which commonly causes BSOD's).
3. Disable your graphics card so that your computer is forced to use the integrated graphics. At this point, if you're still experiencing issues, your graphics card isn't the issue.
4. If everything looks normal after testing (I would use prime95 [click the top radio button] to stress your CPU and test to see everything is stable...
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ok im doing it right now and i'll write the results thank you for the quick respond
 
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Sorry i fell asleep was really tired past few days. I don't have screwdriver at home and the shops are too far away from where i live so i can't do that today. Anything i can do for now ?
 
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If you can at least access the BIOS you can disable the graphics card on most boards. Otherwise best to wait it out, and when the opportunity presents itself, spend the $12 or so to get yourself a decent multi bit screwdriver set. It pays for itself.

Some people call it DIY, I call it self sufficiency.
 
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Nothing changed after i did what you said, still getting crashes sadly.
 
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If you're getting blue screen of death, and your card temps are normal, chances are you're under powering your GPU but DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING. A simple miss-click can break your card if you mess with the voltage.

1. Uninstall that software that managed to screw up your computer.
2. Enter the BOIS and reset all settings to defaults (you're probably messing with your CPU as well which commonly causes BSOD's).
3. Disable your graphics card so that your computer is forced to use the integrated graphics. At this point, if you're still experiencing issues, your graphics card isn't the issue.
4. If everything looks normal after testing (I would use prime95 [click the top radio button] to stress your CPU and test to see everything is stable. Run for ~15-20 minutes, if no workers stop, you should be fine.
5. Reinstall windows and after, your graphics card drivers. I know you already did this, but if you have gotten BSOD after doing so, your windows installation could be corrupted.
6. Enter your BOIS and enable your graphics card. Restart machine, and install latest drivers.
7. Play a good GPU-stressing game for about half an hour (shouldn't be hard 😉 )

I hope this helps, and let me know if that works!
 
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Solution
Hey! I have the same gpu.
I had similar problem (without blue screen, only driver crashes) but everything runs fine after I uninstalled my drivers with DDU and reinstalled them. I recommend you to switch GPU bios switch on your card and test your gpu with this bios. When your card's bios switch is on left side it means that it is on quite bios (1266 mhz). Hope you can solve this issue. Good luck and let us know! Btw, don't put your pc on sleep mode. It causes driver crashes and I have to reinstall drivers.
 
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Your current issue with the sleep mode is likely due to with a BIOS setting for the PCIE and Windows 10 hybrid sleep mode. Essentially it forces the PCIE slot to shut off when in sleep mode but the BIOS is not configured to turn it back on.
 
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Maybe try to unplug the gpu and hook up thru the motherboard display and then reinstall windows 10. I'm not sure what it is. I'm thinking maybe taking the gpu out first could reset something. Maybe keeping it in when you did a new install kept things how they were. Nothing should be completely damaged. this should be a fixable problem
 
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