R9 390 Nitro Tri-X doesn't display...

xfile102

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My son's computer has an R9 390 Nitro Tri-X in it, and he has been grounded from the computer for almost 8 months, so it has just sat, unplugged and not being used. I tried powering it up the other day, and no video. I tried the card in 4 other systems, and no video.

The card lights up, but it just doesn't output video. 3 other cards tested in his system work fine, as does the IG.

I hate to just throw a $300 card away. Is there a way to troubleshoot, or any company that repairs GPU's?

FULL SPECS:
i5-6600K Stock
16GB LPX 3000
Nitro R9 390 8GB
EVGA 650 GQ

 
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That being said and the graphics card isn't under warranty. You'd be better off purchasing a new more power efficient 1000 series nVidia graphics card. Not only will you get your money back via electric bill (joke), you'll be able to get a really good price to performance on the 1000 series cards, as they are going to be discontinued due to the 2000 series launch next month. Did you try a different display port, monitor and cable?

Barty1884

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Please post the full system specs.

Could be a faulty GPU, could be an inadequate PSU (or a PSU that's degraded to the point of being inadequate), or a number of other things.

As for repairing a GPU, it's rarely economically viable, if even possible.
 

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Updated above,
i5-6600K Stock
16GB LPX 3000
Nitro R9 390 8GB
EVGA 650 GQ
 

xfile102

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Not all. But 2 systems have EVGA 850 G2 PSU's.
 

That being said and the graphics card isn't under warranty. You'd be better off purchasing a new more power efficient 1000 series nVidia graphics card. Not only will you get your money back via electric bill (joke), you'll be able to get a really good price to performance on the 1000 series cards, as they are going to be discontinued due to the 2000 series launch next month. Did you try a different display port, monitor and cable?

 
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