2 ATI Radeon HD 5870 (crossfire): Intermittent loud fan and non-functioning secondary card

Posted by Merritt on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Merritt
Published on 2010-07-16T00:58:35Z Indexed on 2011/01/30 7:27 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 471

Filed under:
|

Installed 2 5870s.

Left off the left side panel of my case(cooler master haf x), started my computer, installed the drivers and set up the crossfire... yada yada yada... everything worked fine.

Then turned off computer, put left side panel back on, turned on computer, and heard a very loud buzzing (asssuming it was a gpu fan). Checked status of cards (in Windows 7) and the secondary card did not appear.

Turned off the computer, took off left side panel, jiggled power connectors into secondary card, then turned the computer back on, and it worked again. Put the panel on, turned on computer, worked.

Sometime later, turned on computer, and there's that loud fan sound again. What gives?

© Super User or respective owner

Related posts about fan

Related posts about ati-radeon