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I bought a PNY GTX 970 for $50 shipped that the seller said worked fine in one PC but when they put it in their new system it didn't give any output. Figured it was a simple problem to fix and that maybe the PC just didn't recognize the GPU.
I popped it into my PC to test and at first it didn't give any signal. Reseated the two six pin power connectors and it gave an output when starting the PC, SUCCESS!  Installed the drivers and it seemed to work fine, downloaded userbenchmark and it black screened...  it wouldn't give an output after that so I let the PC sit over night with the PSU switched off, and then it would give a signal. Sometimes "all the way into windows" but most often it would black screen on boot...  I have bought a HP Z220, not delivered yet, that I was planning on putting a GPU in and flip.


My first thought was that the GPU bios maybe is a bit corrupted? But my motherboard doesn't have a video out so I can't try to reflash it rn. And if a bios flash doesn't fix it what should I do? Is there any way to pass the signal through a different GPU, think the Z220 had a quadro k600, or the mobo? The Z220 has a Xeon in it so I need to replace it with a i series with integrated graphics if trying to pass it through the mobo?

 

I am in no* way an expert but I've always liked to tinker with stuff so any advice is good advice.  I can always sell the GPU and buy a new one but that wouldn't be as fun 🙁.

EDIT: Forgot to add that I’ve tried underclocking and turning up the power limit with Afterburner.

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7 minutes ago, driacon said:

I bought a PNY GTX 970 for $50 shipped that the seller said worked fine in one PC but when they put it in their new system it didn't give any output. Figured it was a simple problem to fix and that maybe the PC just didn't recognize the GPU.
I popped it into my PC to test and at first it didn't give any signal. Reseated the two six pin power connectors and it gave an output when starting the PC, SUCCESS!  Installed the drivers and it seemed to work fine, downloaded userbenchmark and it black screened...  it wouldn't give an output after that so I let the PC sit over night with the PSU switched off, and then it would give a signal. Sometimes "all the way into windows" but most often it would black screen on boot...  I have bought a HP Z220, not delivered yet, that I was planning on putting a GPU in and flip.


My first thought was that the GPU bios maybe is a bit corrupted? But my motherboard doesn't have a video out so I can't try to reflash it rn. And if a bios flash doesn't fix it what should I do? Is there any way to pass the signal through a different GPU, think the Z220 had a quadro k600, or the mobo? The Z220 has a Xeon in it so I need to replace it with a i series with integrated graphics if trying to pass it through the mobo?

 

I am in no* way an expert but I've always liked to tinker with stuff so any advice is good advice.  I can always sell the GPU and buy a new one but that wouldn't be as fun 🙁.

EDIT: Forgot to add that I’ve tried underclocking and turning up the power limit with Afterburner.

do you know how old that gpu is ?

 

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17 minutes ago, driacon said:

Release date or usage? It came in the original box and it seems very well cared about. Physically it’s in great condition.

when did the buyer buy it 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

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1 minute ago, Dravinian said:

If you can get in and boot up MSI before it blackscreens, you might be able to tinker with it...maybe down clock it, see if that works.

Tried underclocking it and turning the powerlimit up, but it blackscreened again without any real power or clock spikes.

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21 minutes ago, Dravinian said:

The only thoughts I have currently are drastic, so let's see if anyone else has any tips.

That's what I have as well but I don't want to say them lmao

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Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

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Just now, driacon said:

Example?

Shit power delivery and an over all dead card lol

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Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

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13 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Shit power delivery and an over all dead card lol

I was thinking more...

 

Clean it with water and alcohol, leave to dry for a bit.

 

Google 'baking electronics' to see whether that might assist.

 

Both are capable of destroying the card, so thought maybe someone would have a better idea.

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1 minute ago, Dravinian said:

I was thinking more...

 

Clean it with water and alcohol, leave to dry for a bit.

 

Google 'baking electronics' to see whether that might assist.

 

Both are capable of destroying the card, so thought maybe someone would have a better idea.

Think I'll try to flash the bios first, it's just weird that it works fine sometimes...

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1 hour ago, Dravinian said:

I was thinking more...

 

Clean it with water and alcohol, leave to dry for a bit.

 

Google 'baking electronics' to see whether that might assist.

 

Both are capable of destroying the card, so thought maybe someone would have a better idea.

Looks like one of the power delivery chips hasn’t had good contact with the cooler, can this be a failure point?

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On 5/2/2020 at 6:10 PM, TofuHaroto said:

Shit power delivery and an over all dead card lol

You might been right, one of the chips didnt have any cooling...  seems to run fine now in the HP Z220 with some adapeters, was able to run userbenchmark without it blackscreening this time.

 

Update: The card runs fine still, but under heavy loads the PC shuts down due to the PSU being too weak, fixed by turning down the powerlimit in afterburner and now I'm gonna flash a custom bios to limit the powerdraw.

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