graphics card winding up but no display on monitor

trejin1

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My friends R9 280x has fans spinning but not picture on monitor. he says the fans spin on then spin off and repeats and he says he doesn't see anything on the monitor. is his card faulty? it worked earlier but when he uninstalled his motherboard to put on the Hyper Evo 212 cpu cooler and put it back into the case, his grapics card spins its fans on then off and no picture. He has a EVGA 750 B1 power supply with a msi Mini atx am3+ motherboard.
 

trejin1

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all components are properly seated and the power connecters are plugged in. I honestly think its a faulty gpu since it worked before but stopped but he says the cpu runs and fans are spinning. just not the gpu itself.
 

trejin1

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Alright, i'll try to set up a day to bring my pc over to his house. i run a i5 4690k and a r9 290 so my build should run anything. I'll post if i find anything
 

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Turns out the motherboard couldn't support the cpu fan. When he installed the stock cooler the card started to work again. His motherboard was a Msi 970a G46 with a fx 8350.
 

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.... that makes no sense. unless the cpus fan were not spinning causing the cpu to overheat and shut down.