GPU Fans not spinning and Monitor saying no display?

Fillychi

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My cpu fans and case fans are spinning, however my gpu fans are not and my monitor says no signal. How do I troubleshoot this problem?
 

ddferrari

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Have you made sure the power connector is correctly and firmly plugged into the gpu? Have you tried re-seating the card in the pci slot? If those don't help, pull the gpu out and then hook up your monitor to the motherboard's outputs instead (you may need a VGA cable) so that you can try the onboard graphics built into your chip. This will tell you if your gpu is the problem.
 

Stackimaginable

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Most likely, the GPU is dead, and you'll have to RMA it, however try these steps first.
Make sure the GPU is seating correctly, and all power cables are firmly in place and attached. Also make sure PCI-e 4-pin and very similar looking 4-pin CPU connector are not mixed up in the wrong slots. If your motherboard has onboard graphics, plug monitor directly into that and make sure the GPU is actually the problem here. Pull the GPU out and disconnect power to it while performing this test.
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ddferrari

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Why don't you just copy and paste my answer next time- it'll save you some time.