RADEON HD4850 CRASH

Hello guys...
Its my second Radeon HD4850 (RMA) and the SAME PROBLEM...Black Screen under GPU Stress Tool....

I dont know more what to do...
I've already removed ALL ATI DRIVERS using Driver Sweeper (in safe mode)..
Changed power supply cables
This is a fresh windows xp installation...

My computer config:
ASUS M3A78-EM
2X 2GB Kingston 800MHZ.
AMD Phenom II 920 X4
PSU Sollytech 600W (its a PS recommended by AMD to run HD4870 / HD4850...so, no problem there)

Please, Help me!!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• AMD
• ATI
• RADEON
• XFX
• HD
• 4850
• BLACK
• SCREEN

[kikowar]

to solve this problem, the way is sell it and buy a nvidia

[leburn98]

Yah it;s definitely the card in this case. I have the same card XFX 4850 512MB XXX and the same thing happens during Crysis (lucky to get 30 mins of gameplay), Left 4 Dead (although it last longer and you can play anywhere from 2 full campaigns to just 3 levels), and Furmark only lasts 30 seconds.

I have the same motherboard M3A78-EM, AMD 7750BE, 4GB of Crucial ram and a Corsair TX650. Going to buy a 9800GTX+ since it's all I can afford and I doubt I could sell this pos.

[kikowar]

do it! no problems yet with m 9800gtx+

[kikowar]

@leburn98 please, try In your bios set the pcie frequency to 100 not auto.

[angelosaorin]

FUCK SHIT

i got the same fuckin problem

i've a brand new XFX HD4850. I was almost buying a 9800gtx+ but i decided to buy this shit.

Im tryin to sell it and buy a GTX285

NEVER MORE MOTHERFUCKER

[kikowar]

@angelosaorin please try In your bios set the pcie frequency to 100 not auto.

[catehalatu]

OOFFFF i got te same problem whit XFX HD 4850 XXX I solved underclock the GPU from 650 to 625 and overclock the memory from 1050 to 1100 to have stability and the same speeds

[1990petethegreek1]

hey guys i got a question i got the 4850 1 gig 256 bit and whenever i try to update the driver software it always crashes...on 11.5 and 11.6...im forced to use 11.4...anyone know y?....

[MatthiasDuyck]

@eforty6318 The problem is cooling and the fact that the sensor in the card is way more heat sensitive than normal. What this basically means: You stress test (or game), it gets too hot for the card(but the sensor says it isn't too hot and so the fan doesn't spin hard enough), and you'll get a blue screen so your card doesn't get killed.

How to solve: get better cooling/card (watercooling if you can afford it) and a fan under the card.

i have the same card but now with better heatsink and fan.

[MatthiasDuyck]

@angelosaorin: the problem is cooling and the fact that the sensor in the card is way more heat sensitive than normal. What this basically means: You stress test (or game), it gets too hot for the card(but the sensor says it isn't too hot and so the fan doesn't spin hard enough), and you'll get a blue screen so your card doesn't get killed.

How to solve: get better cooling (watercooling if you can afford it) and a fan under the card.

i have the same card but now with better heatsink and fan.

[eforty6318]

@leburn98 i have the exact same problem, i spent a whole day and night testing memory thinking it might be that. but clearly not, and i dont think my card is under warranty anymore.

[Diablos2226]

Yip my HD 4850 went freezing and BSOD on me after 6-7months

[DProductionss2010]

This is just rediculous why would you underclock a card that came with this clock speeds they should be able to handle it... I've already had a 4850 that died within 2 month's then I got myself a 4890 which also didn't last longer than 3 month's, don't get me wrong the cards performed great for as long as they operate but imo it are just factory fails!