Video Card often doesn't output signal

oldmatenate

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I've been having this problem with my video card not outputting a video signal to my monitor. It started out as a fairly infrequent occurrence, but has turned into a daily thing now. I often have to reboot numerous times before it works. The card appears to be receiving power too. The whole build is new, about a month old to be exact.

I've already performed some troubleshooting:
- updated mobo bios
- uninstalled and reinstalled video card drivers
- Tested monitor with other devices
- Other PCI-e devices seem to work find in place of the gpu.

The past few times this has happened, I've switched to on board graphics and had a look in device manager. In there, the graphics card still appears there, but with an error. Opening properties gives the message:

"Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)", with the location reading "PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0".

That's basically where I'm at right now. I was tempted to send the gpu back, but I bought online, and the site charges if they find no fault and have to send the part back. So I was just after some more knowledgeable insight before making any more moves like that. Cheers.

Specs:
GPU - PowerColor HD7870
mobo - Gigabyte B85M-D3H
 

oldmatenate

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No missing bus drivers according to the device manager.
 

oldmatenate

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Yep, the video card is set as the primary video device. And nope, even as I type now the GPU is still plugged in, but I'm using on board graphics. All I did was unplug from the GPUs HDMI port and plug into the mobos HDMI port.