Jayteescout
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I have a gtx660, and it stopped working out of the blue one day a few months ago. I replaced it, assuming it was the card, but the new one didn't work either. I just replaced the motherboard, thinking if its not the video card, it must be the PCI-E port. And still, nothing. The card worked fine for a few months, then suddenly stopped. The only thing I can think of that might have had an effect was that I unknowingly had my computer hooked up to a non-grounded outlet for a few weeks, and that might have screwed with the PSU. I was, however, using the card fine for about another month after I switched to a grounded outlet, before it suddenly stopped. Unless PSU damage can be gradual and take effect weeks after the cause is gone, I don't think that is plausible either. I don't have another rig to test hardware on, so I have the inconvenience of having to send back a part which I only suspect might be causing the problem, definitely not ideal :/ I'm running an 880gm-le fx mainboard, a gtx660, and a corsair cx500 if that's of any help to you guys, thank you! ----EDIT---- Maybe I should mention what "stopped working" actually means *facepalm* As I said the card was working fine, then one day it wasn't recognized at all. While the fan in the card is spinning fine, the BIOS doesn't see it and neither does GeForce Experience. When I plug the DVI from the monitor into the card the monitor's message saying "no source found" goes away, but then it just goes to black screen. So to actually use the computer I need to plug into the mainboard.
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