Question VGA red led fault gtx 980 strix 4gb edition

[HelloHelpMeTechies]

Hello today i purchased a second hand gpu (gtx 980 strix 4gb edition) to put into my sons build, i tested it on his setup and it wont post the fans do spin, i have the red VGA light showing on the motherboard and im just wondering if the card itself is dead, the cpu has integrated graphics (i5-7600) i disabled that feature in the bios to make sure it was not that, the board is a gigabyte B250 HD3P ram used was Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO i tried one stick and duel channel, ssd M.2 970 EVO, psu 600w 80plus bronze, can confirm it posts and boots with my 3060 OC.

 

[logainofhades]

Have you tried a CMOS reset, after installing the card?

 

[HelloHelpMeTechies]

Have you tried a CMOS reset, after installing the card?

Hello yes i have tried a cmos reset it still refuses to boot with the gpu installed.

 

[logainofhades]

Have you tried the 980 in your system? As your 3060 is working in their system, I would suspect it is a bad card.

 

[HelloHelpMeTechies]

Have you tried the 980 in your system? As your 3060 is working in their system, I would suspect it is a bad card.

i have not as i do not wish to drain my loop I'm going to guess that its just a bad graphics card as everything else in this config works, do you know how difficult / expensive repairs are for these older cards?

for now he can just use my old 3060OC which is complete overkill for his rig lol.

i can test this card on my brothers mobo this weekend to rule out compatibility issues.

 

[logainofhades]

Is it not possible to return the card? I do not know of any repair services for repairing a GPU.

 

[HelloHelpMeTechies]

Is it not possible to return the card? I do not know of any repair services for repairing a GPU.

I'm sure i could but i got this from a charity shop and feel morally wrong doing so lol.
on the plus side i only paid £30