Faulty Asus GTX 970 Strix?

Shad0w · Nov 28, 2014

Hi,

I just received an Asus GTX 970 Strix to replace my old Gigabyte 460.

After installing it I don't get anything on the screen though. The power led on the graphics is shining, but the VGA led on the motherboard is shining red, which indicate the graphics card is dead?

I have tried reseating the card with no luck. If I switch back to my gtx 460 it works again.

My computer consists of the following:

- Intel i7-3930k with an h100i cooler.
- Asus p9x79 deluxe motherboard.
- 16 GB corsair vengeance memory.
- Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB ssd.
- Seasonic 860 Platinum psu.
- Antec P280 case.

Do you think the graphics card is faulty?

Would be great to hear what you think

RaDiKaL_ · Nov 28, 2014

If you're 100% sure you've properly seated it and connected all of it's PCI-E power connectors then yeah it seems like it's a DOA, still, before going through the RMA process try the breadboard test to ensure it really is the GPU, also look at your mobo manual what the VGA led exactly means.

Shad0w · Nov 28, 2014

Thanks for your reply

What is the breadboard test?

I am sure that it is seated correctly, and I tried reseating multiple times.

In the motherboard manual it says "If an error is found, the LED next to the error device will continue lighting until the problem is solved".

RaDiKaL_ · Nov 28, 2014

the breadboard test is to take the mobo outside the case and put it on top of some breadbox like the mobo's box (or any other material that doesn't conduct electricity).

Then simply try to boot with only CPU, 1x RAM module and your video card, being the 970 bigger it's possible that is making contact at some point with your case or pushing the mobo making it to have contact with the case, that will result in a short that prevents your system to properly boot.

Shad0w · Nov 30, 2014

I tried updating the motherboard bios to the newest non-beta version and that actually solved the problem, the graphics card works fine now

Thanks for your help

RaDiKaL_ · Nov 30, 2014

Glad to see you solved the problem.

terry4536 · Nov 30, 2014

The new graphics drivers seem to be very sensitive to BIOS issues. I had to update the same latest driver to get the GTX 970 to work. In fact it would go to blackscreen every time I tried to update the driver.

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