GTX 970 Suddenly Not Being Detected

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Commendable
Jul 27, 2016
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Setup:

ASUS Z97-A Mobo
MSI GTX 970
Corsair CX750M PSU

I've been using this setup for a little over a year with no issues, I recently updated to windows 10 for a few days and suddenly my monitor goes black, reboot, nothing, switch the HDMI cable to the iGPU and it works fine. Go into BIOS and it does not show the 970 even though the card's fans & lights are working while installed.

Could the Windows 10 update have caused issues with the card using old drivers and is my card salvageable?

What I've tried so far:
1. Updating BIOS
2. Switching the card to the other PCI slot
3. Wiping the old drivers with DDU (Computer doesn't detect card so it wont let me install the new drivers)
4. Switching back to Windows 8.1

If the computer has been off for a while (about a day) and I try to plug in the GPU and boot it will show up for about 20 seconds on screen before going black, any idea why?
 
Solution
Yeah this is definitely an issue with your card itself. Check the wiring to see if its properly connected to the motherboard. Even without the drivers installed it should at least detect the card. I think this may be due to dust in the cables. Specifically check the wires connecting the card to the motherboard as thats probably where the problem lies. If that doesn't solve it, then you might want to get it checked by an expert.

nexusrev

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Yeah this is definitely an issue with your card itself. Check the wiring to see if its properly connected to the motherboard. Even without the drivers installed it should at least detect the card. I think this may be due to dust in the cables. Specifically check the wires connecting the card to the motherboard as thats probably where the problem lies. If that doesn't solve it, then you might want to get it checked by an expert.
 
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Alright, it just sucks because the card is only about a year and a half old and it still runs properly (fans and lights working ect.) and the past two days I was using it fine and suddenly today it just stops getting detected again.

Thanks for helping though