Vertical bars in BIOS and further (Asus R9280X-DC2T-3GD5)

[sz1]

My new build have had vertical bars starting from the first boot. First not in every boot (usually if cold boot) but now it is constant. When no bars, Windows was working and I could get games working until after some time, vertical line crash (logs are not saying much anything).

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BIOS screen with bars
Windows safe mode with bars

It is probably the video card? It is now already being checked for RMA in the shop, but that takes time But could it be other component?

Power supply should be enough (high quality 41A for 12v etc.). Main memory test passed without errors. Bars stayed also with 4GB stick only (tried both). BIOS is most new F8 (there is a new beta though). Video card was tested with Furmark (no crash yet) and Valley Benchmark (crashed after some time, one time right away, usually took time). Next day after testing more, vertical bars stayed all the time. I tried DVI-D and HDMI.

Specs:
Asus R9280X-DC2T-3GD5
Gigabyte B85M-D3H 1.x
Super Flower - 500W - 80+ GOLD (87% 90% 87% Efficiency At 20% 50% 100% Rated Load)
Xeon 1230V3
PNY X8R SSD 240GB
2x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 1600Mhz
+ 2 x hdd

I had no way to test with other video card (too old 8800GTS320 didn't work with new one) or try in different computer (too big to old computer)...

Any ideas? Thank you.

Update:

I will get a old gfx card tomorrow to test with. Should every PCI-E card work? At least my 8800gts320 did not work but works in this older computer right now (i7-920 from 2009). Any idea why not with the new computer?

The other shop, where I bought the mother board from, said that there might be small change of faulted PCI-E port in mother board if video card is OK. Anybody had similar symphons and PCI-e port was the reason?

Update:

Another old card failed to show anything when plugged in. Got long beep and two short beeps wich mean graphic system failed. Should old ones be compatible also with new mother boards (both are from 2007 and working older computers)?

 

[aerial_ace]

It is your Graphics card, just because it can stress test doesn't mean its not faulty, just take it back to where ever you got it and they should give u a replacement card. my R9 290 would run perfectly fine for a while even under heavy load and would start to screw up after it idled for a few minutes before i replaced it

 

[sz1]

Yes, I would try with motherboard graphics but Xeon does not have any. This is bit tricky to verify this as the bars did not happen every time until just last Saturday. It is now in the shop but getting new one is not certain (if they got same problems noticed) as there is no new ones in stock anywhere I would maybe get another brand (Gigabyte 280x rev.2) if still available.

 

[sz1]

I will get an old gfx card tomorrow to test with. Should every PCI-E card work? At least my 8800gts320 did not work but works in this older computer right now (i7-920 from 2009). Any idea why not with the new computer?

The other shop, where I bought the mother board from, said that there might be small change of faulted PCI-E port in mother board if video card is OK. Anybody had similar symphons and PCI-e port was the reason?

Any other ideas?

 

[aerial_ace]

It could be the PCI port, but in my experience the GFX card is far more likely and the demand for R series AMD cards has hurt the quality of them a bit. If they don't have your specific card then personally id just go for another version of the card.

 

[sz1]

It could be the PCI port, but in my experience the GFX card is far more likely and the demand for R series AMD cards has hurt the quality of them a bit. If they don't have your specific card then personally id just go for another version of the card.

Yes most possilbe the video card still but I am kind of skeptical as the both other older video cards tried failed to boot with one long beep and two small beeps (graphic failed). Other, smaller one tried with PCIex4 port also. Should they work? I reset BIOS to allow legacy settings.

 

[sz1]

Finally, it was the card. Got the card RMA:d (was tested misfunctioning, good that is now sure thing) and getting my money back as they don't have any same card to replcace it.

So now I am thinking if I go for a same Asus 280x again (available just now elsewhere), other 280x or a cheaper GTX770 (2gb). Decision, decisions...