Question Help: GTX 470 Fans spinning but saying "there is no signal coming from your computer. press any key or move your mouse to wake it up."

[Superfly935]

I was recently trying to put a gtx 470 into a 2012 computer I found at a thrift store. When I use integrated graphics, it works fine with 3 different monitors but when using the 470 I get the error message show in the title. I've tried using a dvi to vga and dvi to dvi cable, along with making sure the 3 monitors I tested it with where taking input from the right place each time. I've tried reseating the ram and cleaning it and the gpu. Its a Gateway DX 4870 motherboard (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gateway-DX...-AR-REV-1-02A-DB-GDQ11-001-Win8-/182098295898). It also has a i3-2130 and I upgraded the ram to 8 gigs recently. Anyone know what I could do to fix this?

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

have you tested the GPU in another system?
by the symptoms it just sounds like a malfunctioned card.

 

[Superfly935]

A friend let me use their computer to install the 470 into and it worked so I think it was probably a motherboard issue, thanks for helping