Motherboard not recognizing GPU in PCIE slot

Jul 29, 2018
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Hello,

First of all my specs are:

Mobo- MSI z97 Gaming 5
GPU- EVGA GTX 1070 SC
CPU- I7 4770k
PSU- Corsair HX 1000

My issue is that my motherboard is not recognizing my GTX 1070 graphics card. I had this card for about 6 months and everything was running fine, I went out of town for work for 3 months and when I came back the graphics card no longer worked. The lights that say "EVGA GEFORCE GTX 1070" come on and the two fans spin in intervals, they each do one rotation and shut off then the other fan will spin once and shut off. I set my graphics to on board to try and fix the issue, I went to my bios menu that has a board explorer, which shows you a virtual version of the board. When you hover your cursor over each part it shows what is connected, like what Cpu you have or what is in the PCIE slots. Every time I try something new it still says that the PCIE slot is empty. I have tried moving the card to all three of the different slots and still nothing. I have tried switching out the 6+2 pin for a spare I have and it doesn't work. I have tried updating all the drivers and the bios menu for my motherboard but it still doesn't work. I have the graphics out put set to PEG and not on board graphics but that doesn't work. I have the GeForce Experience app and it does not recognize that I have a GPU. I have tried cleaning the metal connector pins and using canned air to clean out any dust but to no luck.

I'm not sure why my motherboard no longer acknowledges that my GPU is in the PCIE slot. I have looked at many forums and cannot find an answer, I am completely out of ideas. Any ideas would be helpful, thank you!

Jesse
 
Jul 29, 2018
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I'll have to ask one of my friends to test my card in their machine.
Will update my results.

Sorry it took a while, but I was able to try it in another PC and it has the same results. Any other Ideas?