Computer black screen when gaming

tjiax1

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Hi, my new computer keeping getting black screen when playing game. Sometime it will crash my game and return to desktop. Worse, it will black screen and after that, restart my com. Occurred when gaming for sometime 2min, 30min. Using amd catalyst 14.4.

My rig spec:
i5-4760k (No OC)
asrock extreme 4
8 gb g-skill ram
250 samsung evo ssd (OS Win 8.1 64bit)
1 Tb WD black Hdd
Powercolor r9-290 pcs+ 4gb
Seasonic 650w
 

tjiax1

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Sometime, playing for a few hour fine and suddenly black screen problem. No time to save game.
 

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Check out the temps.

Load furmark program and monitor. See where it stops.
 

hlots123

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check if problem still occurs when u reduce clocks abit (or up voltage abit)...
 

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he prolly asking you underclock it because its producing too much heat which might cause your black screen . But even if you underclock it at most -2-5 fps its okay :s22:
 

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i go to Amd catalyst control center AMD overdrive. There are option for power limit, Gpu clock, high performance memory clock and manual fan control. Which one to reduce?

Power Limit 0%
GPU clock 0%
High performance memory 1350mhz
 
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