For clarification, you are powering down the machine to change cards?
Just remember that signs to problems may not be so easily interpreted. By that: I mean it may not be the GPU at fault, even though signs are pointing to a faulty GPU. Other hardware in the system could be causing issues with GPU drivers operating the card.
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I don't think the following will help, but it is worth a thought.
One of the biggest problems I find in a system are caused by bad memory modules. Or at least trashy connections between the modules and motherboard. There are occasional problems in SATA connections as well. My sister even had a SATA connector catch fire due to bad connection in power pin. But usually it is bad data transfer that is problematic.
It may be time to unplug everything in your system and re-seat their connections. I'm not suggesting this is a fix all. But if you are suffering from bad data integrity, it could help.
Yes I am powering it down, and this hospital monitor like beep and the constant on and off with different iterations is contributing to my misery LOL!
I will do that.
I assumed it might be my card because on occassion my screen would randomly black out, or give me a weird pinstripe and a skipping sound I would be forced to hit the reset button.
Today after booting up I got a black screen. Followed by beeping on reboot, then a loading to a black screen no log in, to another reboot no beeping but still no login screen.
So I opened her up and went at her with a bicycle pump to get rid of most of the dust, and used a fine combed brush for the rest.
After riding myself of static, came and booted her back up to this infernal beeping, and I have used my native card for this machine for a total of 30 seconds today.
Yesterday I was working just fine. This is also a first.
I will try that, and make an effort to get thermal paste for the heat sink on the cpu and gpu and see how it goes.
Still open to other suggestions, and thanks so far
My native card is an R9 270x btw