Screen goes black, loud fan noise

[ZeroRequiem]

Hello guys!
My r9 290 tri-x stopped working on friday, it simply gives a black screen after 15 minutes of playing. Screen goes black, and there is an insane loud fan noise as if they were spinning on 100%.

I thought this was a GPU problem so I've switched back to my old HD 6850 toxic.
After 30-35 minutes doing nothing on the desktop, the screen went black and there was this loud as hell fan noise too.

What could be the problem?

System specs:
ASRock Z87 extreme4 mobo
i7 4770k @3,5GHZ
Noctua NH-u14s CPU cooler (could this be loud fan?)
2*4GB G.Skill Ares RAM
240GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD
1 TB WD Blue HDD
2 TB WD Green HDD
650 Watt Corsair CS Series Modular 80+ Gold
Zalman Z9+ case

 

[tiny voices]

When this happens, you have the monitor plugged into the GPU correct?

 

[ZeroRequiem]

Correct Sir.

 

[ZeroRequiem]

Could be only that rail of the PSU defective?

 

[tiny voices]

No, all the rails are used when the PSU is in use. Certain cables and not tied to specific rails.

 

[ZeroRequiem]

So it cant be the PSU? Or maybe somehow its defective, the power output is much lower and thats why it shuts down the videocard?

 

[tiny voices]

It could be the PSU, but if it was the PSU, it would shut the computer down, not keep it running when it crashes.

You could try to RMA the PSU and see if a new one fixes the issue. I don't think this is the problem though as that is a VERY high quality unit. It might be worth a shot though.

 

[ZeroRequiem]

Yeah but if not the PSU then what? Could also be the Motherboard but its highly unlikely that 2 of the PCI-E slots are defective

 

[tiny voices]

It could be the motherboard but I doubt it. Start by RMAing the PSU.

 

[tiny voices]

Also, if you can run on integrated graphics and have it not crash, try running a game on integrated graphics on lowest settings just to see what happens.

 

[ZeroRequiem]

I've played BF3 on low settings, League of Legends on medium-high settings (About 5-6 hours so far) without problem

 

[tiny voices]

You have correctly updated to BIOS 2.70 correct? This really sounds like a driver issue not a hardware problem. I fixed a similar problem with a friends computer by updating his PCI-e drivers.

 

[tiny voices]

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87%20Extreme4/?cat=Download&os=Win8a64 download and install the VGA driver.

 

[ZeroRequiem]

Yes my bios is 2.70 and my VGA driver is the same as on the site

 

[tiny voices]

You can try to RMA the PSU and see if that helps. I don't think this is the problem though.

 

[ZeroRequiem]

It may seem unlikely but if not the PSU then what? The BIOS and every driver is up to date. Either the PSU (90%) or the MoBo (10%) I think

 

[tiny voices]

Those are your best bet. If you Google this problem, 90% of the time it is a software issue though.

99% of the time a PSU issue would result in a total system shutdown. No fans spinning or anything, just a complete shutdown with no warning.

I still believe this is driver related.

 

[ZeroRequiem]

Yeah but if all of my drivers are up to date?

 

[tiny voices]

Yeah but if all of my drivers are up to date?

Completely wipe the VGA driver and install the one from that link I sent you (after selecting your OS). Then completely reinstall (fresh install) the AMD drivers.

 

[ZeroRequiem]

Problem is I cant even install the AMD driver without a card in, but if I insert a card I cant even get to windows now

 

[tiny voices]

That sounds hardware related. Just RMA the PSU and motherboard at the same time. Then reinstall windows and start fresh. THis is your best bet.

 

[ZeroRequiem]

Sent back the PSU and MoBo today, will keep you informed what was the problem.

 

[ZeroRequiem]

Just letting you know the repairs are done and indeed the MoBo was the culprit.
And I've requested money-back on it tossed in a couple more euros and bought a Seasonic X-series 750W 80+gold modular.

 

[ShonePredator]

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM!!!
could it be my PSU as well?! its with all my games. I start them and 1 min after that it says that my monitor driver AMD crashed.

 

[ZeroRequiem]

Well my problem was a bit different then, I couldn't even start up the PC with the GPU seated.

 

[T mailers]

This screen black fan acceleration whine issue was happening to me on my Acer TC 885 desktop. What worked for me was removing the Intel graphics driver installed via Intel updater that I thought would work fine to update and replaced it with the ACER/Intel graphics driver (even though it was an older driver) . The fan acceleration after black screen disappeared after that. For those who are not using a graphics cards, some of these proprietary or house built motherboards seem to require their own versions of intel drivers if you are using the CPU's graphics.