GPU not recognized

[deeej]

Hello everyone,

I'm asking for a friend here, whose GPU (MSI GTX 980 Ti Golden Ed.) isn't being recognized after having run in my PC just fine for a few weeks. I wasn't there when they took it out, and swapped it over, so I place my bet on the possibility that they fried it while transplanting it. What was also weird was, that the computer wouldn't even show a splash screen when using the first BIOS, and stay on the debug Code 'AE' (Gigabyte Z87x-oc force), but that's a topic for a separate post. Switching over to the second BIOS fixed that.

Now I'm wondering wether or not the GPU, or the MoBo has some kind of defect. Does anybody here have experience with this? I haven't been able to find posts with this exact issue, and normally, I'd be more than capable to troubleshopot this, but I'm at a loss here, and would appreciate some feedback.

 

Thanks in advance, and stay awesome!
 

[Tarun10]

You can't really fry a GPU while transplanting(nice term btw) unless they dropped it or were very irresponsible. The best thing to do would be to refit it in your PC where it worked and see whether it works. Then it is probably a Mobo issue.

[deeej]

3 hours ago, Tarun10 said:

can't really fry a GPU

Well, I don't know if they handled it 'ESD safe'. Meaning that they touched it while on carpet or something... :I

[Tarun10]

10 hours ago, fredih said:

Well, I don't know if they handled it 'ESD safe'. Meaning that they touched it while on carpet or something... :I

Sure but just make sure its not a problem with that particular PCIe slot or the motherboard.