I have to remove my GPU, turn my computer on, shutdown, put the GPU back in, and then it will work.

[Fizgig_138]

Operating System Windows 10 Home 64-bit

CPU Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.00GHz 27 °C Haswell 22nm Technology

RAM 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (11-11-11-28)

Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GRYPHON Z87 (SOCKET 1150) 28 °C

Graphics XB271HU (2560x1440@59Hz) 4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (ZOTAC International) 27 °C

Storage 223GB BP5 (SSD) 30 °C 465GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA050 (SATA) 34 °C 223GB Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 (SSD)

Power: Corsair RM750i

So I have had the zotac 1080 amp extreme for less than a month and it has 2 8pin power connector slots. First off it will only boot if 14 out of 16 pins are plugged in other wise I get a blank screen and my Z87 will light up "VGA-LED." In a review one person said this was an option which is why I tried it but I could not find that review again unfortunately and the instructions have zero information about anything helpful. I thought it may be the slot too but when I put my old 980 into it there was no problem.

Everything was fine for a while but this week it will not boot unless I fully remove the gpu, boot into windows, shutdown, and then reinstall the gpu physically (Not the drivers or anything, just to physically remove and then put it back.) If I do not do this my Z87 will show the "VGA-LED" indicator and I will get a blank screen.

Thoughts?

 

[hang-the-9]

Test the card in a known good system, if that passes, contact Corsair to try some new PCIe cables, or you could not be plugging in the power cords properly.

 

[Fizgig_138]

Yup, bad PCIe cable, thanks!