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Topic: Need Help: 5970 not start after 1 hour break (Read 758 times)

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lol...wait you physically hit the card?!

manually hit

Seems like you have problems describing the situation. Get a friend over and get him/her to talk to you and write down the situation.

Is a manual hit the same as a physical hit? Temps? Software? PSU? Is it properly situated in it's slot? etc.

It's a bit like asking for help with your bread-baking, and it turns out your oven was at 50 centigrades and no yeast in the dough.
hero member
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Have you excluded a software issue. Try using the card in another system.
newbie
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do you have the cards overclocked and memory underclocked at first run?

5970's have problem with what they call cold solder and can have problems till they warm up.

i have 1 5970 on air that has to run at default clocks till it warms up abit before i change values.

pain in the ass but yeah
legendary
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Watch the temps on it.  Is it overheating?
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lol...wait you physically hit the card?!

manually hit
legendary
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lol...wait you physically hit the card?!
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Well if you have to physically hit it, then there's obviously a break in a connection somewhere.

I checked physically card is ok.

any help?
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Well if you have to physically hit it, then there's obviously a break in a connection somewhere.
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After providing some hits on the gpu card was working fine. But today it is not starting.

Any solution?

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My 5870 has died in a similar way.  Mines for a little while, hits 92C, dies.  Won't mine again until it's cold.  Heat sink is fine, fan is working. 

When I run it as the only GPU in the machine, I can see artifacts all over the screen, so the memory must be stuffed.  It's just knackered.  Angry 
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Hi,
I'm always facing the same problem. When my ATI 5970 stop running for 1 hour it needs little hit to start again. Without hit it stays inactive.

Any solution?


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Is the fan not starting to spin without the hit?

Fan start with 100% speed.
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Is the fan not starting to spin without the hit?
newbie
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Perhaps check your 6 and 8 Pin connectors on the GPU. I've had a case where one of those metal contacts became loose.
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Hi,
I'm always facing the same problem. When my ATI 5970 stop running for 1 hour it needs little hit to start again. Without hit it stays inactive.

Any solution?
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