Is my graphics card dead?

[Faizan Badar]

I have a gtx 960 and i tried turning it on this morning with no luck. It was working perfectly yesterday, but today it doesnt display anything when i connect any of the ports to the monitor. It isnt the psu as the graphics card lights up, its not the monitor or the cables because i have tested them with another device, i also tested my motherboard with vga and that worked perfectly fine. Im suspecting either the 960 isnt working, or its the pci express slot - But how do i find out? Theres only one pci port and i dont have any other computers to test it out. Is this common with the 960? I could get a refund and upgrade to the 1050ti, but id rather find a solution.

Update: im not sure if you can see it in the image attached, but theres some sort of sticky-liquid on the card. Could this be the issue?

[Gonio]

You had any changes in the system, or had an update? Would say you need to try in another PC to be sure.

[Faizan Badar]

2 minutes ago, Gonio said:

You had any changes in the system, or had an update? Would say you need to try in another PC to be sure.

No, my computer has been offline for a while now it cant be an update. It just happened randomly..

[Gonio]

You know if that sticky stuff was there before today?

[Faizan Badar]

3 minutes ago, Gonio said:

You know if that sticky stuff was there before today?

Last time i checked, no, it wasnt there

[Gonio]

If it is conductive it could have shorted something. Still only way to know is try in different PC.

[captain cactus]

It can be dust shorting out stuff. 

[dotchetter]

I'd give Isopropanol and a lint free cloth a shot to get rid of the goo. I've recovered some logic boards from liquid damage at work that way.

[Faizan Badar]

Thank you all for the help. I fixed the issue by removing the dust from the card. My pc was in storage for a while.

[just tilt]

@Faizan Badar mark the thread as solved please.