ATI 5850 OC Causes Wifi Loss

[Collider]

As weird as the title sounds this is actually happening to me. I'm able to reproduce this multiple times. This is w/ the 1st build in the sig. The wifi card is a PCI slot Lynksys card.

I'm running a 5850 @ 825/1200 w/o any issues, everything is fine. But if I push it to 835/1225 I suddenly loose wifi, the device still shows up in device manager but I am not able to detect any access points. This happens in windows even w/o any load on the GPU.

My first thought was power requirements but I am running a 850 Corsair PSU w a single GPU and a CPU @ stock, I do have 3 HDD + SSD but I doubt I even come close to saturate all 850 watts.

This almost seems like a weird mobo issue. If anyone has experienced anything similar or has an idea on what could be causing this/how to resolve please let me know. Thanks!

 

[Mopetar]

Have you tried moving the card to a different PCI slot? It might be useful to determine if it's one particular slot causing the issue or not.

 

[VirtualLarry]

heat problem?

 

[MrWizzard]

Sounds like the card is leaking electric noise when pushed.

Hope you never wanted kids…..lol

 

[Collider]

The heat is not really an issue, I have a huge case and temps are very low OC GPU less then 80F, and CPU around 45F all under load, case has very good air flow.

 

[Collider]

Sounds like the card is leaking electric noise when pushed.

uhmm... please expand on this, esp on the kids part lol.

Is this really possible?