7970 hard freezes

NiTrOwow · Aug 2, 2012

Sup?

So yeah i overclocked my gpu a few times found stable settings and kept them up for like +4 weeks. But now i get system freezes like if i overlock the card way too high (will result in the same crash) but i do nothing to cause this. I was browsing the web and then CRASH.

It looks like this.
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4551/dsc00537u.jpg

But then all in grey and not red.

What could be the problem? Dead gpu??
I still have warranty.

Regards,
NiTrOwow

manu2b · Aug 2, 2012

Does it freeze at OC'ed clocks only, or @stock clocks as well.

If only when OC'ed, you should check your GPU temps: if your ambient climbed by a few degrees, that can make your GPU unstable.

EarthDog · Aug 2, 2012

But now i get system freezes like if i overlock the card way too high

Perhaps something was lost in translation but.... lower your overclock.

Puer Aeternus · Aug 2, 2012

Like EarthDog says...Lower your OC!! A lock up w/ a high OC is obviously the issue.

But something else to consider....
Other 7970 owners (myself included) get lockups w/ this card Overclocked or not. From the sparse reading ive done so far, when your PC hibernates or goes to sleep, it wont wake up (I read some jibber jabber about the GPU not playing nice w/ the pc).....now....my PC is NOT set to hibernate and I still get lock ups, so do others. Set your gpu to stock...run it for a few days and see if you still get lock ups. From what I have gleaned so far, its likely a driver issue and not a hardware issue.
Other than the occasional freeze (while in desktop or gaming) this card runs pretty good. But I am seriously considering an Nvidia card next time around.

NiTrOwow · Aug 2, 2012

EarthDog said:
Perhaps something was lost in translation but.... lower your overclock.

nvm wrote the message in like 10 seconds lol i way busy fixing a computer for a customer! lol

NiTrOwow · Aug 2, 2012

Puer Aeternus said:
Like EarthDog says...Lower your OC!! A lock up w/ a high OC is obviously the issue.

But something else to consider....
Other 7970 owners (myself included) get lockups w/ this card Overclocked or not. From the sparse reading ive done so far, when your PC hibernates or goes to sleep, it wont wake up (I read some jibber jabber about the GPU not playing nice w/ the pc).....now....my PC is NOT set to hibernate and I still get lock ups, so do others. Set your gpu to stock...run it for a few days and see if you still get lock ups. From what I have gleaned so far, its likely a driver issue and not a hardware issue.
Other than the occasional freeze (while in desktop or gaming) this card runs pretty good. But I am seriously considering an Nvidia card next time around.

Nah, the overlock settings in my signature are the old ones that i used. Those are not stable at all.

ciku · Aug 6, 2012

If you google GSOD (grey screen of death), you will find that a lot of us (yes including myself) are having this problem. The only solution for me was to re-roll drivers back to RC11. It's been a week and so far so good.

NiTrOwow · Aug 8, 2012

ciku said:
If you google GSOD (grey screen of death), you will find that a lot of us (yes including myself) are having this problem. The only solution for me was to re-roll drivers back to RC11. It's been a week and so far so good.

Mate please check the thread again. I have no BSOD.

EarthDog · Aug 8, 2012

NiTrOwow said:
Mate please check the thread again. I have no BSOD.

?

It looks like this.
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4551/dsc00537u.jpg

But then all in grey and not red.

If you google GSOD (grey screen of death),

(I cant see the pic at my office as its hosted externally)

manu2b · Aug 8, 2012

GSOD (Grey Screen of Death) is different from BSOD.

It's graphic hardware related.

ciku · Aug 8, 2012

NiTrOwow said:
Mate please check the thread again. I have no BSOD.

Back at you. G =/= B.

NiTrOwow · Aug 17, 2012

ciku said:
Back at you. G =/= B.

Wut?

NiTrOwow · Aug 17, 2012

Btw i think i've found the problem. I had no SP1 installed on my computer lol

Frakk · Aug 17, 2012

Puer Aeternus said:
Like EarthDog says...Lower your OC!! A lock up w/ a high OC is obviously the issue.

But something else to consider....
Other 7970 owners (myself included) get lockups w/ this card Overclocked or not. From the sparse reading ive done so far, when your PC hibernates or goes to sleep, it wont wake up (I read some jibber jabber about the GPU not playing nice w/ the pc).....now....my PC is NOT set to hibernate and I still get lock ups, so do others. Set your gpu to stock...run it for a few days and see if you still get lock ups. From what I have gleaned so far, its likely a driver issue and not a hardware issue.
Other than the occasional freeze (while in desktop or gaming) this card runs pretty good. But I am seriously considering an Nvidia card next time around.

You might like to try 12.8 Drivers, apparently that's been fixed

Same for GSOD, so far it seems.

ciku · Aug 28, 2012

Puer Aeternus said:
Like EarthDog says...Lower your OC!! A lock up w/ a high OC is obviously the issue.

But something else to consider....
Other 7970 owners (myself included) get lockups w/ this card Overclocked or not. From the sparse reading ive done so far, when your PC hibernates or goes to sleep, it wont wake up (I read some jibber jabber about the GPU not playing nice w/ the pc).....now....my PC is NOT set to hibernate and I still get lock ups, so do others. Set your gpu to stock...run it for a few days and see if you still get lock ups. From what I have gleaned so far, its likely a driver issue and not a hardware issue.
Other than the occasional freeze (while in desktop or gaming) this card runs pretty good. But I am seriously considering an Nvidia card next time around.

It's called Zero Core Bug. Can be easily fixed using profiles with msi ab

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