No display output
I have a 3060ti, an asus tuf gaming x570 mobo, and a super flower leadex iii 750w. I built the pc a few weeks ago and it's worked great. I've taken it back home with me in the car (2 hours each way) a couple times since building it, and upon trying to boot it for the first time today since driving back from home, there was no display output. What I should have done at this point is check the fans on the GPU to see if they were running (I assume this would have told me if it was getting power), but I did not do that.
Instead, I took off the side panel and pushed in the gpu slightly (it barely moves) as well as tightened the power cable slightly. Everything looked perfectly fine before I did anything to it anyways, but after doing this it booted fine while I continued holding the gpu slightly pushed in.
Now, it works perfectly fine even after multiple restarts, and wiggling/moving the case around doesn't cause any problems at all. My question is: should I be concerned about this becoming an issue again later down the line when I can no longer return the parts? I know I should have done a better job troubleshooting the issue in the first place, but what're the odds I have a faulty pcie slot on my mobo, a faulty gpu, or even a faulty psu?
Thanks for any advice.
Posted Jan 7, 2021, 3:37 PM UTC
Let me guess, the PC was upright while in transit? It doesn't sound like anything is faulty, more like you've damaged the pcie slot with a bouncy road trip. Apply an anti-sag solution and remove the GPU before thinking about traveling with it again.
Edit: Wait, I misread... You don't need to hold in the GPU for it to work? It's fine after you pushed it in? All you did was loosen the GPU in transit, which was fixed when you fully seated it again. Still, at least put the PC on its side, if not remove the GPU, for travel.
It was upright, and probably decently bumpy. Oops. Thanks so much for the reply, I’ll definitely take it out in the future. Yes, it’s completely normal now. So, no harm done, or would you expect it to loosen enough to become an issue down the line?
It's probably fine.