R9 290X and 290 Owners Club

[vagenrider]

guys,anybody knows if i can flash the pt1 bios to my reference radeon 290x with hynix memory modules?

 

[t1nm4n]

you can flash it if you want, but what are trying to accomplish, is the card giving you problems and you have it narrowed down to corrupted bios on the card? You trying to OC it with someone else's custom Bios? Provided you are using the Bios for that card there shouldn't be a problem, but Flashing GPUs can be detrimental to the card itself so take caution.

 

[vagenrider]

you can flash it if you want, but what are trying to accomplish, is the card giving you problems and you have it narrowed down to corrupted bios on the card? You trying to OC it with someone else's custom Bios? Provided you are using the Bios for that card there shouldn't be a problem, but Flashing GPUs can be detrimental to the card itself so take caution.

thanks for the answer dont worry mate..i have some knowledge on oc..but agree to advice someone you dont know because you dont know if this person knows what he doing or not,so agree to all..

my latest progress with this card is this..

 

[t1nm4n]

That's not too shabby 1200Mhz for your GPU. None of my 290Xs like to be overclocked at all. What kind of cooling you have on that?

 

[vagenrider]

That's not too shabby 1200Mhz for your GPU. None of my 290Xs like to be overclocked at all. What kind of cooling you have on that?

hehe! i take a quick picture for you..i have my custom bench table with cpu-gpu on water and one big radiator outside my house

 

[t1nm4n]

I just new it had to be WC'd for those temps and that OC especially the VRM temps, I know when mine were on air they would hit 95+ when folding if I didn't kick the fan to 100%, now they fold when the temps get down, make for a decent space heater, so long as the space isn't too large.

Only cause pictures rock, here are my 3 folding away.

 

[Lazat]

Hi all! This is a big cry for help! I have a problem with blackscreens on my Sapphire 290 Tri-X which i can't get my head around at all.

Computer:
Intel [email protected]. 24GB DDR3@2133MHz
MSI z77A-GD65 Motherboard
256GB 840Evo ssd, 512GB MX100 ssd.
Corsair TX650W (Running separate pci-e cables to the both connectors)
Windows 10, 10.0.15063
Crimson Radeon Software Version 17.8.2
Sapphire 290 Tri-X, Elpida memory, running The Stilts MLU version for reduced VRM temp. Base voltage at DPM7 = 1250mV, Vaux=1.000.

Sequence:
- Start computer from scratch.
- Set voltage levels with mVoffset and mVauxOffset in Afterburner.
- Test stability with Heaven for hours.
- If run long enough, put computer to sleep and then start Heaven testing again.

Run Heaven looping:

1100/1315mhz, +75mVoffset/+100mVauxoffset=(1.181-1.201-1.275Vm), 270Wpl, 84Tcore/88Tvrm 219Wavg/236Wmax - @1h16min no blackscreen.
If i put the computer to sleep or hibernation and run tests after waking it up it will blackscreen on these settings after 2-5min.

1075/1250mhz, +125mVoffset/+100mVauxoffset=(1.206-1.226-1.300Vm), 270Wpl, 85Tcore/90Tvrm 227Wavg/245Wmax -
@1h42min no blackscreen.
If i put the computer to sleep or hibernation and run tests after waking it up it will blackscreen on these settings after 2-5min.

1050/1315mhz, -25mVoffset/+75mVauxoffset=(1.106-1.120-1.131) 312Wpl, 81Tcore/83Tvrm - @4h30min no blackscreen.
If i put the computer to sleep or hibernation and run tests after waking it up it will blackscreen on these settings after 2-5min.

1025mhz, -31mVoffset/+12mVauxoffset=1.120Vavg, 312Wpl, 79Tcore/81Tvrm 169Wavg - @4h30min no blackscreen.
If i put the computer to sleep or hibernation and run tests after waking it up it will sometimes run Heaven for hours, sometimes blackscreen on these settings after 2-5min.

1000mhz, -38mVoffset/+12mVauxoffset=1.120Vavg, 312W, 80Tcore/81.5Tvrm, 167Wavg - @6h10min no blackscreen.
If i put the computer to sleep or hibernation and run tests after waking it up it will sometimes run Heaven for hours, sometimes blackscreen on these settings after 2-5min.

975mhz, -25mVoffset/+12mVauxoffset, 270Wpl, 80Tcore/80Tvrm - @8h15min no blackscreen.
If i put the computer to sleep or hibernation and run tests after waking it up it will sometimes run Heaven for hours, sometimes blackscreen on these settings after 2-5min.​

Why is it so that i first of all are stable when the computer hasnt slept? And why is it stable sometimes after sleep but mostly not stable after sleep? Ive spent so much time on this, its driving me crazy, every day i try new stuff just to reach 100% stability.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

And if you guys are wondering why i need sleep and/or hibernation. I just hate to set up all my word-documents/pdfs/desktops/matlabsessions. So i tend to leave my computer in hibernation over extended periods of time until im done with a project. then ill let it restart and update etc etc.


Thanks so much in advance for any constructive tips and tricks!