Gigabyte gtx 1080 wind force not found after fitting EK water block, help!

[andyrichards123]

So I finished my first custom water loop CPU and GPU, the pc boots fine and I get the beep, however i get no display. When I try the hdmi in the motherboard slot it works fine and I get a display. Please help!

 

[toshibitsu]

thermal paste? card is re-assembled properly(all screws installed/properly tightened)? in case the card is not sitting correctly, re-install the card? make sure fan connectors are installed in the correct places?

 

[andyrichards123]

thermal paste? card is re-assembled properly(all screws installed/properly tightened)? in case the card is not sitting correctly, re-install the card? make sure fan connectors are installed in the correct places?

 

[andyrichards123]

Yep I used arctic silver 5, followed all instructions correctly and it's installed as it should be, in the same slot it was in before I attempted the watercooling. I've had it out before and reinstalled no problems so assume it's something to do with the waterblock. Thanks

 

[Snipergod87]

Just checking off all bases, the power cables are connected to the GPU and the power supply right?

 

[andyrichards123]

Just checking off all bases, the power cables are connected to the GPU and the power supply right?

 

[andyrichards123]

Haha yeah that was the first thing I checked!

 

[andyrichards123]

One thing I'm thinking could be the issue is when I was removing the old thermal paste I used a q-tip, there are some spiky bits which surround the area to be cleaned which had thermal paste on, as I was cleaning them bits of the cotton were getting stuck in the spikes. Apart from that the installation was pretty simple. Is it worth removing the block and re cleaning it?

 

[Snipergod87]

The extra cotton bits shouldnt be a problem, but something is not right, have you tried a different PCI-Express slot?

 

[andyrichards123]

The extra cotton bits shouldnt be a problem, but something is not right, have you tried a different PCI-Express slot?

 

[andyrichards123]

I didn't think they would be that's why I left them. No I haven't tried that yet, can I use any slot? I'm currently using the one closest to the CPU.

Thanks

 

[Snipergod87]

Any 16x slot will work, since we are just testing right now trying to figure out the problem. If that doesn't work I would hate to suggest try putting the stock cooler back on.

 

[andyrichards123]

Any 16x slot will work, since we are just testing right now trying to figure out the problem. If that doesn't work I would hate to suggest try putting the stock cooler back on.

 

[andyrichards123]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm going to take a look tomorrow and see if I can get somewhere with it. Will post back with results!

 

[andyrichards123]

Any 16x slot will work, since we are just testing right now trying to figure out the problem. If that doesn't work I would hate to suggest try putting the stock cooler back on.

 

[andyrichards123]

So tonight I've drained the system and removed my card, just out of interest I tried an old one I've got in the same PCI slot and it's working fine, so I in the process of putting the stock cooler back on to see if that does anything. When I've removed the waterblock it looks like I've put a tad too much thermal paste on as some has spilled over the edge onto the spiky bit (not sure what else to call them!) Do you think this may have been the issue? I can't see anything else wrong with the way the block was installed.

Thanks

 

[toshibitsu]

The repair shop I used to work at, one of my co-workers always got a little crazy re-applying thermal paste on systems. Most of the time it wasn't an issue. I recall one time though that it was spilling over really bad on a cpu and the system wasn't posting properly(ended up having to clean it up myself).

 

[andyrichards123]

The repair shop I used to work at, one of my co-workers always got a little crazy re-applying thermal paste on systems. Most of the time it wasn't an issue. I recall one time though that it was spilling over really bad on a cpu and the system wasn't posting properly(ended up having to clean it up myself).

 

[andyrichards123]

Well it was either the thermal paste or something else I'm not sure about, just installed the stock cooler and retested and all good! So going to try and re attempt the waterblock, will let you know how it goes thanks for the suggestions and input!

 

[andyrichards123]

The repair shop I used to work at, one of my co-workers always got a little crazy re-applying thermal paste on systems. Most of the time it wasn't an issue. I recall one time though that it was spilling over really bad on a cpu and the system wasn't posting properly(ended up having to clean it up myself).

 

[andyrichards123]

Right so after re fitting the water block it's working all ok, or so I thought. My system now doesn't seem to recognise my card, I attempted to run some 3D mark stress tests but it couldn't recognise my card, also when I go to check temps using HWmonitor that program no longer recognises either? Any ideas?

 

[andyrichards123]

Ok ignore that last post, updated drivers and all seems to be working now!

 

[toshibitsu]

glad it's working for you now.

 

[andyrichards123]

glad it's working for you now.

 

[andyrichards123]

Thank you!