R9_280X_GAMING_3G - flickering/blinking in 2D

Hello,
I bought a R9_280X_GAMING_3G some time back and on 2d I got flickering/blink.
There is problem with my reseller, becouse he close shop and I cant contact with him.
Is any possibility to sent GFX card directly to MSI Warranty Service? Card is on warranty, I brought it 1 year ago.
Or can You help me here with new BIOS or smt.
note: I tried running the GPU in a different PC & I got the same issues.
System Specs:
Main Board: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Bios Version: P2.30
Video Card: MSI R9 280X 3G - with newest BIOS from MSI Live UPDATE 6
PSU: OCZ Modxstream Pro 600W
CPU:   Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
Memory: Corsair DDR3 4x4096MB 1600MHz CL9.0 XMP Vengeance
Operating System: Windows 7 x64
Driver: 14.12 AMD Catalyst Omega Software and 14.9 whql
R9 280X GAMING 3G - S/N:602-V277-31SB1403001536

Quote from: Svet on 15-December-14, 19:18:26
since you have it from 1 year,
is this flickering are from the beginning or introduced recently?
can you save and upload its current vbios and give a link to it?
have you tried a different VGA drivers? [from msi web for your card, latest one official or beta from amd.com]
Sorry for missunderstanding, this card have 1Y, I buy it few months ago, and didnt notice flickering until last month.
I used 14.12 AMD Catalyst Omega Software and 14.9 whql, with that same flickering problem.
my bios

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