Unplugged HDMI from GPU now Card Won't Start?

[StormBrew]

Hello, my friend who recently had taken my old system told me how when he was rearranging his monitor, he unplugged the HDMI cable from the GPU and now it won't start. He has tried removing the GPU from the PCI-E lane and switching to another, checking physical connections, and other troubleshooting ideas. The system starts, but not the GPU. Any advice on how to get it working, or is it a lost cause? The GPU in question is an Radeon Hd 7870 Ghz edition and is 4 years old.

 

[getochkn]

Did he do it while it was on? wiggling the wrong way or touching the cable to the casing the wrong way, etc, could have fried it. It doesn't work with vga/dvi/hdmi, nothing or have you only tested HDMI?

 

[StormBrew]

Did he do it while it was on? wiggling the wrong way or touching the cable to the casing the wrong way, etc, could have fried it. It doesn't work with vga/dvi/hdmi, nothing or have you only tested HDMI?

From what he said, he tested other inputs and nothing worked. Fan didn't start up on the gpu, the rest of the system did. I would try and do the integrated graphics test, but alas he has an AMD 8350.