R9 390 crashing on me

[cen1]

New PC, worked flawlessly for the past 3 weeks, today suddenly all DX11 games crash as soon as launched or after a few seconds/minutes.

Catalyst 15.7.1

Tried:
1. DDU and 15.7.1 reinstall
2. 15.10 install
3. Several system restore points (going back several days)
4. Updated BIOS

Usual errors:
Graphic driver stopped responding,, device not avalible, game.exe has stopped working etc.. no BSOD yet.
it seems like TDR problem because game would freeze for a few seconds, then continue and finally crash.

I can easily reproduce the crash with Unigine Heaven, crashes asap or a up to a minute into the bench.

What else can I try?


Specs:
i5 6600
Asus Z170-A
Crucial 500GB bx 100
16GB ram
Powercolor PCS+ R9 390
Thermaltake Smart SE SPS-630M 630W

 

[Z15CAM]

Check your power cables from the PSU to the GPU and they are connect properly.

 

[cen1]

All seems good. 8+6pin, wiggled them around a bit, both locked into place. PSU and GPu fans spinning (GPU fans are idle but they tend to spin up for a bit just before crash)

 

[Azix]

Do windows updates get removed with system restore? Weird if it started happening after working fine. Something broke

 

[JackTheB]

I had similar problem. I solved it with program msi afterburner.
In my case i increased voltage from 1000ma to 1025ma. ( increase slowly, by 5 or 10 then test it, going to high can burnout your GPU
The result was no more crashing. let's say GPU is now more stable.

 

[cen1]

Removed gpu and drivers completely and let windows install it via update. Same thing.

@jackTzheB: will try to play with it but I am losing hope at this point

I guess the only thing that really changed recently is that I was installing a PCI parallel printer port in x4 slot but it did not work because printer lacks windows 10 drivers so I removed it shortly after.


edit: it seems that combination of stock windows driver with +6 overvolt made it stable. Altho after a while setting the voltage back to 0 or even undervolting did not make any difference. As if the card needs to worm up or something.
I guess I'll stick to windows driver a slight overvolt and increase the TDR for now, hope that helps.

 

[Rvenger]

No need to over volt if it can't maintain stock clocks. RMA.