R9 290 problems

[imapl0nk3r]

I think the Sapphire R9 290 is incompatible with my motherboard. I have RMA'd twice and the problem continues. I have tested my hard drives, my ram and my psu. There is nothing wrong with them because everything works fine with my HD6850 in. I use Display Driver Uninstaller to remove the drivers then I install the R9 290 turn on the pc and install the drivers, after restart my pc just freezes for 1 second then black screens and beeps and restarts. No BSOD but it gives me an error after it restarts. ntoskrnl.exe+4adb3c. My motherboard is an Asus M5A78L-M/USB3, I have no idea what else the problem could be so it must be the motherboard. I don't just have a spare motherboard lying around to test it but if someone could reassure me that it probably is the motherboard then I will buy a new one.

 

[Eduello]

What are the full specs of your system?

 

[imapl0nk3r]

CPU: AMD FX-8350
GPU: Sapphire R9 290 Tri-x
PSU: Corsair TX750W
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
HDD: 1x Samsung HD103UJ 1TB and 1x Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB (not in RAID)
RAM: Corsair 16GB (4x4gb) 1333MHz DDR3

 

[Eduello]

Back up all of your important files and try a clean install of Windows. If that won't help, you're probably going to need a new motherboard.

EDIT: Updating your BIOS might also be worth a try.

 

[imapl0nk3r]

I already have the most up to date BIOS, I have tried installing a fresh copy of windows on each hard drive and it still happens.

 

[Eduello]

I already have the most up to date BIOS, I have tried installing a fresh copy of windows on each hard drive and it still happens.

Well in that case it might just be your motherboard. Just to be sure, can you try it with some other PSU?

 

[imapl0nk3r]

I have tried it with a 650w psu and same thing happens, my HD 6850 works fine but I install the R9 290 and it just get restarts.

 

[Eduello]

I have tried it with a 650w psu and same thing happens, my HD 6850 works fine but I install the R9 290 and it just get restarts.

Well that's pretty definitive then, you should get a new motherboard. Would you like some suggestions? If so, what is your budget for the board?

 

[imapl0nk3r]

I don't want to spend anymore than £50 on a new board, If there any decent boards cheaper than £50 then please recommend.

 

[imapl0nk3r]

Looking on Amazon this one looks quite good: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-980DE3-U3S3-Motherboard-Express/dp/B00D7SDTCI.
Is this a good choice?

 

[Eduello]

Looking on Amazon this one looks quite good: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-980DE3-U3S3-Motherboard-Express/dp/B00D7SDTCI.
Is this a good choice?

I'd get something with a newer chipset, like this: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970ads3p

If you can stretch your budget, this would be even better: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3p

 

[imapl0nk3r]

Thanks for your time and helping me.

 

[Eduello]

No problem, I hope the new mobo fixes your issue