GPU Spins No Display (Red LED PICE Slots)

[LycheeJelly]

Specs:
CPU- i5-4690k
MotherBoard- Asus z97A
GPU- XFX R9 290
PSU- EVGA SUPERNOVA 650 Gold

Cousin uses my PC, he needed more room on the table so he put my Tower on the carpet. (Seriously?)
(Power Supply Fan is facing down)

As a result after an hour of usage the display goes blank. (Goes into Hibernation mode)

Take out GPU, integrated motherboard graphic kicks in and post everything seems to be working.
Put in my GPU without attaching 6pin and 4 pin connectors, fan spins and led is on.
PC post using its integrated graphics.

Put in GPU in different PCI slots with 6pin and 4 pin connectors plugged in. Fan spins and LED works, but no display. The motherboard onboard RED LED next to the word PCIE16.

I'm 80% sure I have a dead graphics card or is my PSU can't supply enough power to my GPU anymore.

Thoughts??

 

[LycheeJelly]

Also every time I turn on my PC with the GPU attached my keyboard and mouse won't light up

 

[compprob237]

Put in my GPU without attaching 6pin and 4 pin connectors, fan spins and led is on.
PC post using its integrated graphics.

Many graphics cards refuse to work when they have no power...

Your motherboard's manual recommends installing a graphics card in the PCIEX16_1 slot (topmost full-length PCI-E slot).

That red LED next to PCIEX16_1 is the "VGA_LED" that turns red, and stays red, if there's an issue with the graphics card.
From the manual for the motherboard:
"POST State LEDs
The POST State LEDs provide the status of these key components during POST (Power-On-Self-Test): CPU, memory modules, VGA card, and hard disk drives. If an error is found, the critical component's LED stays lit up until the problem is solved."


What this tells me is that the graphics card has either died or it's power supply is insufficient. My bet is that the XFX R9 290 has died on you.


Do you happen to have another system you could install the R9 290 in to test? That would be the best way to rule it out as the problem.