View Full Version : new 5850 died?
stingush
11-22-2009, 07:06 AM
hi, i had my 5850 running 950/1300 @ 1.225V for the last 2 weeks, today i came home from work and the computer won't even boot... no post...
i can see the GFX running, the power check is fine but cant see nothing on the screen(boot stops)
for RMA i put a 7900GT on the other PCIE slot and the 5850 on the first PCIE slot and flashed to its old original bios..(atiflash can see the card)
have this happend to one of you?
Gamer
11-22-2009, 07:25 AM
What if you try booting the 7900GT and second card the 5850 ?
Does windows recognise the 5850 ?
stingush
11-22-2009, 08:32 AM
atiflash does, didn't try to boot to windows as when i put the card on the second PCIE slot i cant use all the sata ports and i need all of them for the RAID :( also im going to RMA it so i dont want to :banana::banana::banana::banana: it harder...
CL3P20
11-22-2009, 08:51 AM
..Lots of folks have been having this same issue on OCN.. a few have purchased 3x GPU's...and all have died after light-med use and just a week or two. All on stock cooling, stock voltages..just OC. Seems the 5850's might have an issue with its voltage circuitry for GPUv...
stingush
11-22-2009, 12:04 PM
i dont think so, if they did, why have MSI invented and support OC with voltage increase via software... if they know the cards are dying after a while.. they dont want a stock of ruined 5800's...
Oho... Im getting worried.:(
Piotrsama
11-22-2009, 03:09 PM
hi, i had my 5850 running 950/1300 @ 1.225V for the last 2 weeks, today i came home from work and the computer won't even boot... no post...
Go back to stock to see if it changes.
Oho... Im getting worried.:(
Don't overvolt, be on the safe side.
stingush
11-23-2009, 08:28 AM
i flashed the card to msi bios, but yesterday when i saw it won't work i flashed it(with the 7900GT on the other slot) back to the original...
can the company see that i've been flashing bioses and stuff?
Locke
11-23-2009, 12:09 PM
i had this problem too. sometimes i just could not get posts on my p35. I took 2 gigs of ram out and it posts fine. The older boards are having an issue with these, it may or my not post, but the card is most likely NOT dead.
stingush
11-23-2009, 02:49 PM
it isn't dead, but i tried it on 3 different comps no1 works.. also it worked on this one for 2 weeks FINE!
i tried it with 512mb ram/8GB didn't try 4GB/2GB