Is the GPU inserted?

[Nex6]

I have the dreadful no HDMI signal coming to any monitor from my PC. The computer seems to be running just fine (although of course I can't see anything), and HDMI cable and the monitors are fine, as they work with my laptop. I tried display port and my usual HDMI port, no luck.

 

The relevant hardware is:

6900XT, watercooled

MSI Godlike X570

 

I'm attaching a photo of the GPU connection and I can't decide whether it's in or out. I know that some people will think I'm just lazy, but... it's REALLY painful to get in there with all that water cooling hardware. Also, the computer has been working fine for 5 months till today, and there was no movement of the case between yesterday and today when I woke up. I thought it was impossible for GPU to come out on its own?

 

If the consensus is that it's out, with my experience with watercooling, it's probably going to take me 2 days to get in and reinsert the GPU. Anyone has an idea what's the easiest way to do it? I tried to push in, but it doesn't move into that direction (it moves a bit if I try to pull out)

 

There is no way for me to check (through some motherboard tool?) whether GPU is inserted or not?

 

 

[Jurrunio]

if it worked before, I would check for card sag first

 

[Nex6]

30 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

if it worked before, I would check for card sag first

 

I've tried handling it in different ways to see if there is some kind of contact issue between PCI and the card, but nothing helped.

I see RADEON blinking at the bottom plate, but I assume it would blink even without it being inserted (anyone knows?) because it's connected to the LED hub. The cooling capacity is too high for it to get warm during idle so I'm not even sure if it's working or not. The plate is almost cold.

 

If it really is "in" and the contact is fine, what else is there? Card dead?

[Jurrunio]

33 minutes ago, Nex6 said:

, what else is there? Card dead?

not always fully dead, but partially dead such as the display outputs.

[Nex6]

Solved for now. I wanted to test whether Radeon caption would show with card being unplugged from power. And as expected, it did, but MB showed also VGA error. Ok, so motherboard did see the card. I plugged the power back in, turned the PC on... and it works now. So basically unplugging power from the card, turning on-off and plugging power back in. The power was the first thing I checked and it was definitely plugged in alright. That's what concerns me a bit, but ok...

[Mavendow]

20 minutes ago, Nex6 said:

Solved for now. I wanted to test whether Radeon caption would show with card being unplugged from power. And as expected, it did, but MB showed also VGA error. Ok, so motherboard did see the card. I plugged the power back in, turned the PC on... and it works now. So basically unplugging power from the card, turning on-off and plugging power back in. The power was the first thing I checked and it was definitely plugged in alright. That's what concerns me a bit, but ok...

That's very weird, but consistent with phantom power. Turning on components without the power connected is standard practice for clearing out such problems. That's why techs often tell end users to unplug their router or whatever isn't working. But it's not normal on a PC since they have a PSU to presumably clean incoming power. I would check whether you have a ground fault somewhere in the PC, power strip, or wall socket.

[Nex6]

9 minutes ago, Mavendow said:

That's very weird, but consistent with phantom power. Turning on components without the power connected is standard practice for clearing out such problems. That's why techs often tell end users to unplug their router or whatever isn't working. But it's not normal on a PC since they have a PSU to presumably clean incoming power. I would check whether you have a ground fault somewhere in the PC, power strip, or wall socket.

Thanks, good point. I am planning to clean up the power situation a bit by connecting it through a quality UPS and then go from there. Quality of electricity in my place is definitely not great.