GTX 660 not showing up under device manager.

foffer3000

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Oct 22, 2017
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So i have used the GTX 660 for about 5-6 years by now, but suddenly it has stopped showing even though the fans are still spinning. I have tried putting it in another PCI-e slot, but i did nothing. And also uninstalling the drivers, but now when i try to install them again i get the message that "can't find compatible graphics hardware" from the installer.
Updated the BIOS just now to ensure that was not the problem either.

Specs:
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.50GHz 30 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
8,00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z87-K (SOCKET 1150) 28 °C
Graphics
BenQ XL2420Z (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4600 (ASUStek Computer Inc)
Storage
931GB ATA ST1000LM014-1EJ1 SCSI Disk Device (SATA) 26 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224BB SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

Hope someone has a solution to this. Thank you!
 
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That's not good, especially if the fans are still spinning and it has worked for years. Typically they do tend to degrade their performance before they croak (graphical artefacts, lines across the screen, changes in colors and so on), but sometimes they can die suddenly. I would take out your gpu and get it into repair shop for testing. Likely it's well and truly dead but might as well check. If it is, you'll need a replacement.

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That's not good, especially if the fans are still spinning and it has worked for years. Typically they do tend to degrade their performance before they croak (graphical artefacts, lines across the screen, changes in colors and so on), but sometimes they can die suddenly. I would take out your gpu and get it into repair shop for testing. Likely it's well and truly dead but might as well check. If it is, you'll need a replacement.
 
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