GPU Spinning at 100%, No Signal

chriiispfeiffer

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Oct 25, 2016
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Hello,

This may be a popular question but I have yet to find a scenario quite like mine. My 3yo MSI GTX 650 ti Boost is now useless. I have moved on to a new GPU, but would like to figure out what went wrong.

The 650 spins by itself, at max fan speed as soon as I boot up, never slowing down. I removed the 6 pin power supply cable and it still spins by itself. It is not recognized by any GPU drivers/software and sends no signal. I also tested the GPU in other computers and had the same result. Could it be something to do with the thermal compound (as a friend suggested), or shorted out?

Thank you very much.
 

Malorn44

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May 24, 2015
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It could be a multiple of things, it does draw power from the PCI-E port so that could be why the fan spins. My guess, is that it stopped working properly over time and that is why. Though it could be many different things. The internal circuits could be damaged causing only the fans to spin but the GPU to not register.