I recently bought a new GPU (MSI R9 390), which replaced my XFX Radeon 7870. After installing the new card the Bios boot screen was all glitched in weird colors. However, my OS still booted and I dont have any graphical errors while running Windows 10. I'm also able to access BIOS settings and those screens look fine. I've tried clearing cmos, but the glitched boot BIOS screen is still happening. I'm also noticing that after an hour or so of running my whole computer freezes and I'm forced to reboot. Please help me :(
PSU: KINGWIN ABT-850MM 850W Mother Board: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 CPU: AMD FX-8320 RAM: 4x G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB
OLD GPU: XFX Double D Radeon HD 7870 NEW GPU: MSI Radeon R9 390
How do I know for sure if the PCU is good enough? I thought it would be ok since its 850w, or is there something else I should be looking at to determine quality?
Everything has been running fine besides the glitch on the BIOS and the random lockup. I didn't properly uninstall the previous GPU drivers, so I'm gonna do that tonight, and I feel like that might explain the random lockup but I'm still concern about the BIOS screen.
If my Mother Board doesn't have integrated graphics would it rely on my GPU to display the splash screen? And do you think uninstalling all GPU drivers and reinstalling might fix it?
Yes, it would, and you would get a "no video card" beep code if it didn't detect any video.
It's worth a shot to do a complete uninstall/reinstall of the drivers, but I doubt it will do anything. Try it anyway, won't hurt. Do you have the cards in crossfire has this replaced the old card. Your information in the OP is a little vague on that.
Not exactly true. 80+ certification is a marketing scam. You just have to know what their guidelines are and read good reviews on PSUs.
Edit I meant driver reinstallation won't solve the boot screen problem. This would most likely stop the Windows lockups though.
So would it make sense to assume updating the BIOS might fix the splash screen as it could have comparability updates for the GPU? And my computer freezing is most likely a driver conflict from not uninstalling my old GPU drivers? (Note: there both AMD GPUs).