Radeon r9 280x graphics cards causing monitor 1 to freak out badly

[AtlasUnlimited]

I recently got my hands on 2 radeon 280x graphics cards and set them up to crossfire. Most of the time i play all my videos on my second monitor but when I attempt to play even youtube on my first monitor, it freaks out and if it does ever stop the screen looks like it is all messed up.

If it let it sit long enough I get a picture back but then the monitor has lines across it like this

The only way I can fix it, is by restarted my whole pc.
They are both connected to the top video card and both are set to 60 hz and 1920x1080 resolution.
Is this a problem with 1 or both of my video cards or is there some setting that i can adjust.

 

[Robert Cook]

That seems like the first monitor could be dying, as as you put it, the second monitor has no problems, have you tried switching the Cables to see whether it is a bad cable? the fact that it only reacts to youtube could also Imply driver issues.

 

[AtlasUnlimited]

After swapping the monitor cords around the same issue occurs but on the other monitor. Could that mean it is the slot im connecting the monitor to? I did a driver update not to long ago and just checked again all the drivers I can think to find are all up to date.

 

[Robert Cook]

then it sounds like a cable issue.

 

[Robert Cook]

try swapping slots too though

 

[AtlasUnlimited]

so some additional things i have done so far, I removed one of the cards and just used a single one. I swapped the slot that it was connected to and each time the glitch still occurs. I switched the top monitor to bottom and visa versa and the problem still persists. I was using these same monitors with a different computer and I never had the issue then. Only at about the start of the month when I got the new computer the issue has happened.

 

[Robert Cook]

Ok, try swapping out the two cables (DVI, HDMI Display) and put the one where the other was I think one of the cables is the source of this issue.

 

[Robert Cook]

the pins may have been damaged