neoguyver1
New member
Hi Guys!
Bought a faulty "powercolor pcs+ 6970" off ebay pretty cheap @£90 it's problem is it starts and works until the drivers are installed then it just gets to the windows welcome screen and goes blank.
I see there have been several issues with certain drivers.
I have a few fixes I have in mind:
1) heat paste might be not transferring heat (reapply).
2) might need washers to get extra pressure from heatsink to gpu (overheating possibly)
3) wrong BIOS was flashed on to it so it goes mental(flash with proper bios)
4) capacitor needs changing (new capacitor)
5) possible bad joints(reflow)
6) driver issue as it supposedly works without installation(hope it is this one)?
I don't get it till next week, anyone encountered similar problems and what did you do to resolve it?
Thanks in advance for any advice!

Bought a faulty "powercolor pcs+ 6970" off ebay pretty cheap @£90 it's problem is it starts and works until the drivers are installed then it just gets to the windows welcome screen and goes blank.
I see there have been several issues with certain drivers.
I have a few fixes I have in mind:
1) heat paste might be not transferring heat (reapply).
2) might need washers to get extra pressure from heatsink to gpu (overheating possibly)
3) wrong BIOS was flashed on to it so it goes mental(flash with proper bios)
4) capacitor needs changing (new capacitor)
5) possible bad joints(reflow)
6) driver issue as it supposedly works without installation(hope it is this one)?
I don't get it till next week, anyone encountered similar problems and what did you do to resolve it?
Thanks in advance for any advice!