Asus gtx 680 causing BSOD but boots and runs fine with it disconnected

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gtx680-dc20-2gd5 has been causing me to bluescreen, I was messing around with ASUS GPU TweakII and set it to gaming mode, and was playing pubg with my mates, when i blue screened. since then, with the gfx card connected, it wouldnt let me install my vga drivers, so i disconnect my gfx card and booted my pc back up. and sure enough it worked. My drivers installed. I am just about to connect it back up and see how it goes. if it still BSOD, what would be causing it? Not enough "voltage" getting to the card or something else.

specs are:
Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz 33 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 667MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z77-D3H (Intel Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz) 30 °C
Graphics
Standard Monitor (1920x1080@1Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Gigabyte)
Storage
111GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB ATA Device (SSD) 29 °C
119GB SanDisk SDSSDHP128G ATA Device (SSD) 28 °C
2794GB TOSHIBA HDWD130 ATA Device (SATA) 31 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224BB ATA Device
Audio
NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)

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Solution
Your motherboard does not recognize that GPU has been connected. That is caused by either damaged PCIe slot on motherboard or dead GPU. Your mobo has second slot, it works only at x4, not enough for regular use but should be enough for test. Install your GPU into second slot, if it won't output display then the card is dead. However if it works as second slot, your motherboard is faulty.

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so iv just conect it back up and my res is stuck @ 800x600 and cannot be changed. It wont install vga driver even tho they are installed. says "this computer doesnt not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software."

It also didn't work on the monitor intill i plugged it into my gfx card.
 
Your motherboard does not recognize that GPU has been connected. That is caused by either damaged PCIe slot on motherboard or dead GPU. Your mobo has second slot, it works only at x4, not enough for regular use but should be enough for test. Install your GPU into second slot, if it won't output display then the card is dead. However if it works as second slot, your motherboard is faulty.
 
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