Hi community, I have a big hardware problem and I'm here looking for suggestions.
20 days ago, while playing Kingdom come, my gpu died. It was a sapphire nitro+ RX470 8Gb.
I replaced it with a new gpu, an XFX RX590 8Gb.
After installing the new GPU, some problems occurred:
The PC will not recognize the network adapter. Fixed backrolling gpu drivers. Then black screens and random crashes, and most of USB ports not working properly. I thougt all this problems comes for all the mess of new hardware, drivers unistalled and reinstalled lot of times, regedit sometimes and so on..so I decided for a format and clean w10 installation and all updated drivers and things.
Today, after 12 days of life, the new RX590 died, while I was looking at the "the end" screen of Kingdom come.
Now the big question is, which component is causing my GPUs to die?!

PSU EVGA SUPERNOVA GQ 650W
MB GIGABYTE AB 350 GAMING3

OTHER SPEC
CPU RYZEN 7 1700
RAM CORSAIR VENGEANCE 2X8GB
HD WD 1TB
SSD SAMSUNG 850 EVO

I really need your help

4 years ago

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DISCLAIMER: I will not be held responsible if anything happens to your files or PC due to user error or mistake.

I think the best thing you should do is to recover your windows. Just make sure you have a backup of all the files you need first. If needed go to C:\Users\ and backup the folder with your username, just to make sure you have your savegame files and other important data you may forget to backup.

Once everything is ready, go to Settings>Update & Security>Recovery> Reset this PC and follow the instructions.
I personally recommend to reset EVERYTHING but that's up to you. Just don't forget to backup first.

If you're not sure or don't know much seek help from someone near you who knows what he's doing.

4 years ago
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I think you haven't read all my post

4 years ago
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I have. If you have intergrated CPU graphics do a recovery just to be sure it's not a software error. As for hardware I would say m/b or psu or bad overclocking settings if you have done such a modification. However in order to go after a hardware error you should be sure there's no software errors involved. You said you're messing with regedit and such so there's that possibility

4 years ago
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I already formatted and reinstalled a clean w10. There's no mess actually on my PC, only drivers, steam, kingdom come. My new gpu is dead That's It XD

4 years ago
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so I decided for a format and clean w10 installation and all updated drivers and things.

He was messing with the registry prior to reformatting.

4 years ago
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Did you try turning off and on pc?

4 years ago
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of course I did, and now I can't do anything cause I've no integrated gpu

4 years ago
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I am not an expert but i would try another PSU.

4 years ago
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Sounds like a power supply issue to me. The weirdest shit happens when your PSU starts failing. It could also be the motherboard, but the PSU is easiest to test and rule out.

4 years ago
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The easiest way is to try a new PSU, and if the problem is the mobo and I burn another new gpu? Is there another way to test the psu?
For example, to be sure problems were solved, I run 1h of videobenchmark and everything was ok. yesterday I played like 8-10 hours of kingdom come without problems. Today I've lost my gpu after the first 15min of gaming.

4 years ago
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If you live somewhere close to a store with a PSU and 30 day return policy, test if that is the issue then onto the next piece I guess :(

4 years ago
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There are high probabilities that both components are bad, maybe your PSU started to fail, that burned your GPU, and also damaged your Motherboard.

4 years ago
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+1

4 years ago
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I use a multi-meter to test. It's a good tool to have around anyway, and worth picking up. You can usually get a decent one for about $20-$25.

yesterday I played like 8-10 hours of kingdom come without problems. Today I've lost my gpu after the first 15min of gaming.

It is possible you got a bad GPU out of the box, if everything else is running fine. It does happen. I wouldn't worry too much about that, because XFX is good about RMAs. I'd still check your power supply, though.

4 years ago
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wait, I have a multimeter somewhere. what should i specifically do?

4 years ago
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr70VyoACPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac7YMUcMjbw

I didn't watch either of them fully, but they started off right, so I assume they know what they're doing.

4 years ago
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DDU before a new GPU
MoBo settings may be reset too
PSU seems to be the problem BUUUUUT maybe, and just maybe could be bad luck, RMA your new card

4 years ago
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Worst luck then realizing psu is faulty at the cost of 2 gpus? xD
however, after the format I've made all clean. Amazon will replace my gpu, but now I've to change another part between psu and mobo :(

4 years ago
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read some people having issues with ram (and related with the red led), try one stick at time, later be sure they are in dual

The four memory sockets are divided into two channels and each channel has two memory sockets as following:
Channel A: DDR4_2, DDR4_4
Channel B: DDR4_1, DDR4_3

CPU seems compatible with F3 BIOS

I read many people saying was RAM error, one I red said was this brand issue CORSAIR Vengance a special kind of issue

4 years ago
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Fixing 101 make sure to test the gpu's in another pc to make sure they are "dead".

While people often look at specific hardware they often forget about a possible broken motherboard and what crazy things that can lead to.

4 years ago
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Old gpu is dead for sure, tested it by a friend of mine in his pc.
New gpu, same issue. Power on, bios wont start, red vga led on mobo

4 years ago
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Did you overclock?

4 years ago
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never

4 years ago
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Run DDU in fail safe and then install new driver and see if it fixes the problem.
If its not software related it could be something wrong with your motherboard or PSU. Are you sure your old card doesnt work in another computer?

4 years ago
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Old gpu is dead for sure, tested it by a friend of mine in his pc.
New gpu, same issue. Power on, bios wont start, red vga led on mobo
Software excluded, formatted both disks

4 years ago
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maybe use a software to test your hard drives for bad sectors.
I'm having a problem with my hard drive currently where yesterday my pc works just fine, then I boot it and I get an error saying my firewall app couldn't launch. I reboot and now it works.
It was the same with unity game engine. I reinstall then it works, reboot and I get an error message.
If the problem for you are bad sector within the windows directory, it might explain all your problems.
It's more likely that it is a PSU/motherboard problem but it's worth a shot

4 years ago
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already tested both my disks and they are fine

4 years ago
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My money would be on the PSU being the issue, but... I can't confirm that 100%. It could be your mobo based on some of the other issues you've encountered, but at the same time, the PSU could be killing the motherboard as well, in which case it might be best to replace both for safety reasons? I dunno. Wish I could give some advice for testing to find out which is the problem, but unfortunately the only way I know of doing such is swapping parts. Don't know if there are better methods, I've never had to look into it as I've never had those kind of issues.

4 years ago
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My only method is to swap, changed in fact a gpu and burned it. now the best option seem to change the psu, hoping the bad guy isn't mobo

4 years ago
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if the gpus were tested in another computer and turned out dead there as well it can basically only be the psu or the motherboard.
psu seems more likely but evga usually isn't selling trash. or how old is your psu?

there's no really good way of finding out other than getting a new & good (!) psu...and another gpu.
btw was the "new" and now dead RX590 actually new or bought used?

also do you have the newest bios on the motherboard? the first ryzen cpus benefit greatly from updated bios.

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Looks like PSU problem if 2 GPU died in that short of time. Are you sure the GPU is completly dead? If it is, you can still RMA?

4 years ago
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PSU is throwing bad voltages, it will soon kill everything in your system.

4 years ago
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It's either the PSU or a bad firmware on the mainboard (or maybe bad settings if you overclock your gpu)

4 years ago
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I highly doubt that the motherboard would cause any trouble to the GPUs through the PCI express slot. Therefore, I think that the root of the problem is the PSU (at least by 99%). EVGA has a very good name in the PSU market and many of their PSUs have a 10 years warranty. That alone tells a lot about their quality. Unfortunately, even if we have the best case scenario that doesn't mean it will be problem free...
GL and I hope that you'll get a solution asap

4 years ago
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Probably PSU, and might problem extend to motherboard. Could be also problem of heat, not good airflow burned the GPU. interested is the game you played both times. Check forums of same problems. Or overload GPU by that game. I face the same problem. 2 AMD GPU burned up to my PC. I check PSU and output were good without negatives. I took finally Nvidia GTX 1660.

4 years ago
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Was the first graphic board really broken?
Did you check by connecting to another computer?

It seems to be a problem caused by insufficient power supply.
If the power supply of the personal computer is used for a long period of time, the power supply capacity of the catalog specifications will be lost.

Insufficient material to reach a conclusion.
But doubtful.

4 years ago
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The most common way for a GPU to die is overheating. Did it get enough ventilation?
The old 3RLoD comes to mind. Lost 3 consoles to that sheet.

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