R7 240 Black Screen during game play

Graphics Card
MSI R7 240 2GD3 LP
Stock No over clocking
AMD Catalyst Driver Version, and Driver History
Driver Version: 13.251.0.0
Cant get CCC to work properly
Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Issue Details
Game wont show picture just black screen music will play and will change cursor if game requires a special cursor
Motherboard or System Make & Model
Dell 0RY007
Intel G33 (Bearlake-G) + ICH9R
Power Supply
http://diablotek.com/v2.0/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=2&category_id=25&flypage=tpflypage.tpl&page=shop.product_details&product_id=36&vmcchk=1&Itemid=2
CPU Details
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500
2 CPU Cores
Motherboard BIOS Version
System Model: Inspiron 530
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

I am surprised that it works at all, sometimes. PCIE 1.1 slot.
ATI/AMD cards after the 5000 series have compatibility issues with most older chipset MBs like yours.
Seeing that you seem to have it working, my next suspicion is that your PSU may just not be up the task. Numerous reports in the past have exposed the diabolical behaviour of Diablotek PSUs.
Suggest you test your system with a quality single 12V rail PSU of 30A or more.
My gut feel is that the card will still give problems even with a better PSU. A test is the only thing that will confirm that.

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