Help Needed : Sapphire R9 280X Blackscreen/Auto restart

Elvis N YoonA

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Hello guys , I just RMA my Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X and got the new card , i have the same problem as the first card . The problem is that when i am gaming my screen suddenly turn black or you could say it auto restart my computers after a some minutes you could say it is a C4 without a timer(sometimes 5minutes , sometimes 1 hour , any idea how to fix it or i should RMA again or get a new card? I tried run furmark and it restart after around 10minutes , will it fix if i try to set the clock to 2000?

Video Link : Skip to 5:50 (I didn't restart the computer , it restart i self) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIeYvdAIJHk


Note : i could play some games in lower graphic

My specs :

Processor : Intel i7 - 4770
MOBO : MSI B85 - G43
RAM : G-skill Aegis 4GBx2
SSD : Corsair Force GT 128GB
HDD : HGST 1TB Storage
GPU : Sapphire R9 3GB DDR5 280X Vapor-X
PSU : Cooler Master V750s Semi Modulator
 

Nexus1234

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Did you find a solution? I am having the same issue with a R9 290 :/
 

Nexus1234

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This makes me want to give up on the R9 series altogether, so many posts with the same issue and no solid solutions. Pretty shameful.

It hasn't worked for me but one suggestion that worked for a few others was to turn down your RAM speeds, might be worth a try