My card's fans will spin, but no output to monitor.

[Vynstes]

I've read through other solutions on the site, but none of them seemed to work for me. Maybe by shedding light on my own situation I can get some help:
Last night, my computer randomly went to a blank, gray screen. I was watching a video at the time, and I could still hear the audio fine. I turned it off and went to sleep. Came back at it today, and even though the computer would start, I could not see anything on the screen. After testing various other HDMI and DVI cables, I deduced that it was not my monitors (I tried two). At this point, I remove the GPU - an XFX Radeon 7970 - and plugged my HDMI cord into the MoBo. The computer then turned on, and alas - the trusty windows icon appeared.

Does anyone know what the issue could be? Something with the motherboard, maybe? Or is my GPU just fried? I'd rather not go dropping 2-3 hundred dollars on another, but if I have to...

Also worth mentioning, when my computer did turn on after unplugging the GPU, it wanted me to repair my version of windows (windows 10). After doing this, I thought somehow maybe my AMD drivers got corrupted or something, so I uninstalled them and tried the card again. It didn't work.

Thank you all in advance!

 

[heavyartillary9]

do you have a second gpu to test to see if that one works ?

 

[stuartturner34]

You could try uninstalling with this DDU tool: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
Often times uninstalling the drivers through Windows doesn't fully uninstall. Once that's done, reinstall the drivers from the disc that came with your GPU. If you don't still have that, no big deal, just get them from AMD's site.

 

[heavyartillary9]

You could try uninstalling with this DDU tool: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
Often times uninstalling the drivers through Windows doesn't fully uninstall. Once that's done, reinstall the drivers from the disc that came with your GPU. If you don't still have that, no big deal, just get them from AMD's site.

but would the drivers go bad while watching a video ?

 

[Vynstes]

You could try uninstalling with this DDU tool: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
Often times uninstalling the drivers through Windows doesn't fully uninstall. Once that's done, reinstall the drivers from the disc that came with your GPU. If you don't still have that, no big deal, just get them from AMD's site.

Thank you very much! Working perfectly now!