Hello folks,

Needing some assistance please.

I was upgrading my rig from an i5/Asus ROG/3080Ti to an i7 12700KF/Mag Z690 Tomahawk and was going to transfer the graphics card to my new machine. I still have my 1070 in the box from the old setup when I upgraded the card a few months ago and threw that in the new build while I install windows. When the operating system completed, the computer booted up properly, so i was going to power down both machines and transfer the 3080TI to the new rig, and be done with the hardware... simple right?

While I got the 3080TI out of my old build and put it in the new I has having issues with it fitting flush on the PCIe slot on the new MSI MAG Z690. After playing with it for awhile I could screw the card into the case but noticed the back clamp on the motherboard that keeps the GPU in fell off.

It still felt secure in and wasn't wiggling so I went to power on the new computer with the 3080TI in it.

..nothing. the monitor lit up like its getting some signal, but no video at all, not even a BIOS screen.

After double checking everything and troubleshooting and didn't get anywhere with it I put the 3080Ti back in my old machine to reach out the internet for any ideas, when i powered up the machine... nothing. Black screen, but the monitor getting an "awake" signal to get out of power save mode. I put the 1070 back into my new machine that it was just working in... nothing. Black screen with a flash of the MSI splash logo for a blink of an eye, then just black. Monitor still getting some backlight and some sort of signal but not video feed.

Neither machine will show graphics now using either card.

What have I done folks... any ideas, or assistance would be wonderful.

Thanks.

New Rig Specs:

• MSI Z690 Tomahawk
• Corsair 4000X RGB Case
• Gigabyte RTX 3080TI
• EVA 850W PSU