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Of course there's a catch! Why the hell wouldn't there be?
Long story short: I think I bricked them, yes 2 out of my 3 mobos. Two brand new MS 890FXA GD65 boards that never experienced the joy of mining (okay one did for about 5 minutes as a test). But all I did was uninstall AMD Catalyst drivers now the damn things won't even POST. I already tried to flash the BIOS; but good luck with that because the USB ports aren't working. The CPU fans spins and a lane of 8 blue lights gives off the calmest illumination... but nothing.
Now for the terms:
* It's a contest! Post something to make me LOL (I need this while I'm waiting for my replacements) multiple entries allowed but you can only have one
* If you manage to fix, you must post the solution (No one should ever have to go through what I did the past few days!)
* Two winners must promise to play it forward - do something for someone else, why don't you
* Oh - And you pay for shipping (it'll be arriving from SC) I'll pack it up nicely as if they actually worked
Anyhoo - I'm hitting the sack now but will check back later today when I get off from work.
Game on!
And no, it's not a bad CPU or PSU. I have two Consair AXi 1200w and tried the CPUs on another board.
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did you tried Smos for scrypt mining , or Pimp for scrypt-n
No, I haven't even gotten that far - I'm just trying to get Windows to recognize all of my cards  I'm not familiar with either of these but I'm checking Google now... |
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Well, still no go, even after updating BIOS. This board seems to only recognize 2 GPUs!
And I bought 3 of these shitty ass boards.
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Just to update you guys - it appears that changing the screen resolution was the culprit for the blackscreen. What crust!
Anyhoo, I was able to successfully install the 13.12 drivers and now the one card I have connected says AMD Radeon R9 290 series. The monitor defaulted as high res so I don't need to change it. I'll be shutting down and adding cards! Wish me luck!
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Well damn.
Just curious... how much BTC do you need?
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OP, have you tried to get a BTC loan? Last thing you want to do is sell your account and it's used to scam. You have a long time presence here... think about the consequences.
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What the hell. Windows launched start up repair on my ass and of course you cancel it. I'm not sure why I got the black screen this last go round - MSI Control Center should have nothing to do it.
Would changing the screen resolution have anything to do with this?
YES it does! System Repair got me back up and running and when it turned back on, the resolution was back to 800x600. Well isn't that something. I'm leaving that alone while install the catalyst drivers |
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What he said. Please use escrow!! This sounds way too good to be true. People, please use an escrow to avoid scams. I'm not saying that I don't trust OP, but exercise common sense before buying.
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What the hell. Windows launched start up repair on my ass and of course you cancel it. I'm not sure why I got the black screen this last go round - MSI Control Center should have nothing to do it.
Would changing the screen resolution have anything to do with this?
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Any idea which version of AMD Catalyst to try?
13.12 shows it has the 13.25 Display drivers
This is fine. Okay - Will install as soon as I'm back in... looks like MSI Control Center was the culprit this last go round. Uninstalling it from the control center in safe mode got me back to where I see the Windows logging in screen, but it jumps back to black. Nothing - blackscreen, monitor isn't on |
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WTF?!
While waiting for the drivers to download, I updated MSI Control Center - and guess what! Monitor went black and jumped off. Switched power off, uninstalled it in safe mode and trying to boot back up now. I don't understand what the MSI Control Center has to do with it - I hadn't even installed the AMD drivers and this happened!
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Any idea which version of AMD Catalyst to try?
13.12 shows it has the 13.25 Display drivers
13.9 shows Display Driver ver 13.152
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Should be 90 days or so for the windows trial.
I'll be doing this later tonight  |
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that's a good one - I tried it. Even got the black screen with one card connected. Just a thought regarding the black screen.
Is there any chance one of the other cards have become the 'primary' card? Next time you get a black screen try swapping the DVI connection to one of the others.
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I can almost bet Windows load just fine - just no pic. Same thing happened with Ubuntu as well. In windows I can start it up in safe mode but it won't let me uninstall or reinstall drivers, so I'm left with reinstalling the entire OS. Windows 8 I intend to try as well, eventually - I'm just several thousand into this and don't want to invest more right now.
I wonder if I update the BIOS on my board if that'll work? It just takes windows so damn long to install I hate getting the black screen of death!
Could help giving you a visual while loading. Though I wonder when you said you got black screen does it mean the PC crashed or is it still loading just no visual? I have that issue with my R9 290 btw.. There's no visual at all, but windows loads fine. Luckily I had an old HD 6850 lying around which I used to access windows and install TeamViewer. So now my rigs are headless and mine flawlessly. |
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I'm going to create a restoration disk before preceding. Maybe I can restore from it if the black screen happens again.
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Regarding Windows 8, bear in mind you can download 8.1, install and use for a period of time without a key. This will give you enough time to confirm whether it's working or not.
Oh shit! lol, I didn't even know that! |
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Windows 8 I intend to try as well, eventually - I'm just several thousand into this and don't want to invest more right now. I wonder if I update the BIOS on my board if that'll work? It just takes windows so damn long to install I hate getting the black screen of death! If you can get 4 GPUs to show up in your device manager when using windows7 then theres a strong chance the 5th will appear when you move up to windows8.
Source: I had 5 280x running off an MSI Z77A-G45
I ran into all sorts of problems and windows 8 was the only OS that would let me utilise the 5th card. This may be down to some other components I used of course, maybe even bios verisions and UEFI options couldve been the culprit.
Also I had to return a number of 290s due to the dreaded black screen issue. They would basically crap out after a while doing anything at all, even when idle.
If windows 8 fails you then you may want to try BAMT or something of a similar flavour.
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