MSI 4890 OC Cyclone - Black Screen , Flickers , Polygon , Streaks , BSOD Issues

I purchased the MSI 4890 Cyclone OC and whenever I launch a video or video game it goes black like the monitor was in standby mode. Audio is still playing, but I can't do anything unless I restart the computer. Sometimes it will flicker first then go all black. All video clips show artifacts or some kind and black and white line streaks horizontally across the display. A couple times it would give me the BSOD.
I did everything I was suppose such as wipe out old drivers, install latest drivers (9.8 catalyst), temps are good, etc.Both DVI and RGB connectors do the same thing.
What's going on here? This card has given me nothing, but headaches. Any help would be appreciated!

Quote from: Svet on 26-August-09, 06:48:33
Test VGA in another machine then, as i doubt in Ultra's quality.
I did and it is doing the same thing. I have been reading around and other 4890 owners had encountered this problem.
I click on a video file and it would freeze up to a black screen, and throw me VPU recover errors. Temperature 52c.
This thread describes exactly what is going on with my card:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/263520-33-4890-problem-plese-help

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Last edited by niklaas (2013-08-18 07:02:01)

srs5694 wrote:My hunch is that you're running into the bug that's under discussion here. If so, you may be able to get it working more reliably by switching boot managers (to rEFInd or to the version of rEFInd that's built with GNU-EFI) or boot loaders (to GRUB or ELILO).
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I guess, I also tried this before having the same outcome.
But I still do not understand what's happening when I select my second SSD; because there's still gummiboot loaded and I can still boot the system with the USB-drive. Does anybody know what's happening there? I'm totally clueless why the system is somehow accessing the flash drive?!
Last edited by niklaas (2013-08-18 07:02:31)

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