Problem Where Screen Goes Random Color

[Jonathan Wheeler]

So, to start of with, I have an HAWK AMD R9 270x GPU.
Here is what it does.
It does this maybe 1 or 2 times every day. I have had some heat issues aswell, think I solved those by setting a fan on top of my tower blowing down for now.
If you need more info lemme know and I'll replay asap.

 

[hotter-than-Vishera]

It could be the monitor... not sure.

When the graphics card has a problem you usually see artifacting, where little antenna-TV style specks can appear on the screen. Often when a monitor has a "stuck" pixel, the pixel will be a random color like red, green, or blue. A stuck pixel is the monitor's fault, and stuck pixels sounds closer to your screen color problem than GPU Artifacting does. That leads me to believe it's the monitor.

Just to be sure, download HWMonitor and run it while you put your GPU under load. After a while check HWMonitor and see what the peak temperature is. Anything under 85 C is acceptable and anything under 70 C is optimal.
Also, is it a reference card or does it have a custom-designed cooler?

 

[mrmez]

What cable are you using?

 

[Jonathan Wheeler]

What cable are you using?

Currently using HDMI, have tried 2 different HDMI cables, same thing happens.

 

[Jonathan Wheeler]

It could be the monitor... not sure.

When the graphics card has a problem you usually see artifacting, where little antenna-TV style specks can appear on the screen. Often when a monitor has a "stuck" pixel, the pixel will be a random color like red, green, or blue. A stuck pixel is the monitor's fault, and stuck pixels sounds closer to your screen color problem than GPU Artifacting does. That leads me to believe it's the monitor.

Just to be sure, download HWMonitor and run it while you put your GPU under load. After a while check HWMonitor and see what the peak temperature is. Anything under 85 C is acceptable and anything under 70 C is optimal.
Also, is it a reference card or does it have a custom-designed cooler?

When I unplug my main monitor after it happens it moves over to my second monitor.

 

[hotter-than-Vishera]

It could be the monitor... not sure.

When the graphics card has a problem you usually see artifacting, where little antenna-TV style specks can appear on the screen. Often when a monitor has a "stuck" pixel, the pixel will be a random color like red, green, or blue. A stuck pixel is the monitor's fault, and stuck pixels sounds closer to your screen color problem than GPU Artifacting does. That leads me to believe it's the monitor.

Just to be sure, download HWMonitor and run it while you put your GPU under load. After a while check HWMonitor and see what the peak temperature is. Anything under 85 C is acceptable and anything under 70 C is optimal.
Also, is it a reference card or does it have a custom-designed cooler?

When I unplug my main monitor after it happens it moves over to my second monitor.

Okay. Definitely a graphics card issue. Uninstall all drivers and download and install the newest version of AMD's Catalyst drivers. If this does not solve the display adapter issue then something is physically wrong with your card.