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so I had asked a question awhile back about the video card not spinning, it was a gigabyte R7 260x card and after alot of un needed purchases Ive come to figure its the mobo, also a gigabyte GA-970A-D3P I noticed that when I put the card in it wobbled ... alot and wasnt snug into the slot at all, and yes I made sure I pressed down all the way and heard the snap but it still wiggled after being locking in place, now I can screw it in but the card still wont start. frustrated and about ready to call it quits.
 
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Have you put the card in the second PCIe slot just for testing? If the card spins up without an issue it could be the slot on the motherboard is damaged.

EDIT: The card will work in the second slot. It will be limited by the PCIe bandwidth but will work nonetheless. You may have to tell the motherboard to use the PCIe2 for the primary graphics card before you move the card.
 
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I want to say that a friend of mine had this same issue with the exact same board in the past but I honestly cannot remember. However, I would remove both of the cards and play around with the slots, not sexually of course, and see if they feel loose or see if there are pins that are missing from the top slot. The second slot is x4 so it will have about 1/4 the pins of the first slot by default.
 
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the slots feel snug and the pins in the slot seem fine from what I can tell, the thing is that everything else boots up fine, its just the vid cards that didnt but them being wobbly in the slot should mean something.
 
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My cards all wiggle a bit in the PCIe slots. That is pretty normally actually. What else have you done? Have you RMA'd the card? Have you tried putting a network card in the slot for testing?
 
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I bought a new vid card a r7 250, something that didnt require alot, from gigabyte also, and the fan didnt spin as well, and I dont have a network card on hand or have the time to borrow one it seems.
 
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Did you at least get video from the other card?
 
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the r7 260x requires the pci 6 pin, the 250 doesnt, the first psu I had was a raidmax 500w that did have the 6 pin connection, and it didnt do anything even connected to it, thats where my original thought of it being the card was it.
(I now have a corsair cx 600 m psu)
 
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