ASUS STRIX GTX970 only sends a signal to the monitor for a few seconds

[VaultBoy13]

My monitor lost signal from my graphics card earlier today. I ended up trying a few other connection types to see if it was an issue with my HDMI cable, but nothing fixed it.

I hooked the monitor up to another PC, and it worked fine. So, that told me that it wasn't a monitor issue.

I hooked the card up to another monitor and still no signal.

I pulled the card. Reset the BIOS by pulling the battery. Started up the PC without the card using the on board GPU and that works fine.

I put the graphics card back in, switched the cables to use the GTX970, it was working for about 10 seconds and then no signal. I powered off the PC and powered it back on, and this time the signal lasted for a few seconds.

The card has been working for a about 4 years with no issues. Any additional steps I should take to troubleshoot this? Unfortunately, my other PC is too old and doesn't have a PCIE2 slot to test the card.

Additional info about the PC:
MB: ASRock H97 Anniversary
CPU: Intel i5-4460 @3.2Ghz
RAM: 8 GB RAM

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[RARRAF]

no idea what psu you are using or the age of the unit but would look at that first maybe try gpu in friends machine if they do not mind.

 

[alexoiu]

Try testing different power supply. If still the same, it could be a graphics card issue.

 

[VaultBoy13]

System is about 4 years old. Some more details:

PSU: EVGA - SuperNOVA GS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
GPU: Asus - GeForce GTX 970 4 GB STRIX Video Card
CPU: Intel - Core i5-4460 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor
RAM: G.Skill - Ripjaws X Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
HDD: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
MB: ASRock - H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

I'll see if a friend or family member has a PC where I can try the card.

 

[VaultBoy13]

Tried it in another PC with the same result. Signal is sent long enough to see the BIOS screen then to see the Windows loading screen.

Other PC is quite a bit older:
MB: Asus - M4A79XTD EVO ATX AM3
CPU: AMD - Athlon II X4 620 2.6 GHz Quad-Core
RAM: G.Skill - ECO Series 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) DDR3-1333
PSU: Antec - EarthWatts Green 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
GPU: Sapphire - Radeon HD 5770 1 GB (this is what I swapped out)

 

[RARRAF]

well then you now know you need a new GPU

 

[VaultBoy13]

Any recommendations on a replacement?

 

[RARRAF]

well I do not know that much about gpu's but I got my 1070 from a good ebay seller for £250 and I am very pleased with it might be worth having a look.