Sapphire AMD R9 290 TRI-X OC Very Random Crashing...Sound Stutter

[Karnak1985]

Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-4170
Zambezi 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-78LMT-USB3 (Socket M2)
Graphics
32LG7000 (1920x1080@60Hz)
4096MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)
Storage
931GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN162 ATA Device (SATA)
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS124 D ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
PowerSupply
CS850M

Hey guys my first post as i have been scouring the interwebs for a solution and im hoping you guys can help.
basically some foolish son of mine decided to upgrade his PC and got the R9 back Christmas on Amazon.

since then we have had random system restarts whether on the web or in a game. Restarts are totally random. when watching a film. browsing the web or just playing a game. within an hour or 8 hours.

i got rid of the old drivers using DDU n then installed 14.12

Now ive installed a new power supply 850w to see if this would help....so far not a single one of those common black screens as we had before on the old 650w but playing Wolfenstein earlier the pc did the same type of restart. sound stuttering or repeating the last few milliseconds before restarting.

checking the temp during the game we were at 60c to 62 so it wasnt over heating.

done a furmark test and it peaked at 71c for an hour
done a prime95 test for an hour all fine.

who crashed says

On Tue 20/01/2015 20:16:29 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\012015-21765-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x5BD991)
Bugcheck code: 0x124 (0x0, 0xFFFFE001317808F8, 0x0, 0x0)

blue screen view says

==================================================
Dump File : 012015-21765-01.dmp
Crash Time : 20/01/2015 20:16:29
Bug Check String :
Bug Check Code : 0x00000124
Parameter 1 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2 : ffffe001`317808f8
Parameter 3 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 4 : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+5bd991
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+5bd991
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\012015-21765-01.dmp
Processors Count : 4
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 9600
Dump File Size : 262,144
Dump File Time : 20/01/2015 20:16:40
==================================================

im gonna keep searching n see if its this brontosaur thats causing the problem (ntoskrnl.exe+5bd991)

i should also say. i have an amd hd7770 that i swapped out fora full week with no problems what so ever. not one restart.

 

[Cromisa]

Another thing to try is to flash your BIOS to the later version. Sometimes newer cards don't work so well with older boards.
My R9 290 used to randomly beep 3 times on boot up (still powered on after), after I flash, no issue.

Although BSOD aren't normally firmware related...but could be.

 

[quintnelson14]

have the same problem and the same card. Tri x oc and everything. I thought it was a problem with my SSD though maybe it's not

I am most likely will reset my PC. No ones been any help.