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I recently purcahsed a used MSI Twin Frozr III HD 7950 which was claimed to be working perfectly. I received it, installed it in my system alongside my Sapphire Dual-x HD 7950, and was able to run crossfire in games perfectly for that day. I then went on vacation for two and a half weeks; upon returning, there was no video signal to my monitor. Over a period of around 4 days, I got crossfire to work perfectly another two times, as well as having countless instances of my PC locking up upon the launch of a game or even just being on the login screen, or no video signal again. However, by testing the two cards individually, it would seem to be a problem with the used card.
My Sapphire card has worked perfectly since its purchase in December of 2012, and still does. The MSI card, however, still has the problem of no video signal upon turning on my computer. Despite this, I am still able to get it to work properly, usually through reseating card. However, reseating does not always work; it did yesterday, but did not today. When it is working, it works perfectly - the exact performance I should be getting, no graphical glitches of any kind, etc. - and it works until I shut down or sleep my computer and leave it for an extended period of time.
When I got it working on its own on Sunday, I rebooted it several times to make sure it would continue working, and even later installed my Sapphire card and crossfire worked, again through numerous reboots. The one time I used sleep, I was away for ~1 hour, and there was no video signal when I tried to wake it up. However, reseating the card did work in this situation.
Aside from reseating the cards repeatedly, I've also tried a few different drivers, although not extensively - two 14.6 betas, as well as 14.4. I've been running exclusively 14.4 for the past few days. However, I have not tried reinstalling Windows. Also, I've been used the DVI port on my PC aside from Sunday; Sunday, I used HDMI with my TV and it worked on the first try, however I had the same problem the following morning where there was no video signal.
PC specs (everything at stock):
i5 3570k w/ Hyper 212 evo
Asrock Z77 Extreme3
2x4GB G.Skill 1600 Mhz DDR3
Sapphire Dual-x HD 7950 & MSI Twin Frozr III HD 7950
Corsair MX100 256GB & WD Caviar Green 1.5 TB
Corsair TX650 650w power supply (single +12v rail @ 53A)
Corsair Carbide 400r w/ various case fans
Windows 8.1
Thanks for any help.
My Sapphire card has worked perfectly since its purchase in December of 2012, and still does. The MSI card, however, still has the problem of no video signal upon turning on my computer. Despite this, I am still able to get it to work properly, usually through reseating card. However, reseating does not always work; it did yesterday, but did not today. When it is working, it works perfectly - the exact performance I should be getting, no graphical glitches of any kind, etc. - and it works until I shut down or sleep my computer and leave it for an extended period of time.
When I got it working on its own on Sunday, I rebooted it several times to make sure it would continue working, and even later installed my Sapphire card and crossfire worked, again through numerous reboots. The one time I used sleep, I was away for ~1 hour, and there was no video signal when I tried to wake it up. However, reseating the card did work in this situation.
Aside from reseating the cards repeatedly, I've also tried a few different drivers, although not extensively - two 14.6 betas, as well as 14.4. I've been running exclusively 14.4 for the past few days. However, I have not tried reinstalling Windows. Also, I've been used the DVI port on my PC aside from Sunday; Sunday, I used HDMI with my TV and it worked on the first try, however I had the same problem the following morning where there was no video signal.
PC specs (everything at stock):
i5 3570k w/ Hyper 212 evo
Asrock Z77 Extreme3
2x4GB G.Skill 1600 Mhz DDR3
Sapphire Dual-x HD 7950 & MSI Twin Frozr III HD 7950
Corsair MX100 256GB & WD Caviar Green 1.5 TB
Corsair TX650 650w power supply (single +12v rail @ 53A)
Corsair Carbide 400r w/ various case fans
Windows 8.1
Thanks for any help.
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