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I'd be interested too if you don't use it, hunter. Sounds like a fun way to blow a few afternoons.

That's... Odd. The GPU should be just fine free standing. Just to be sure, you did screw it into the back of the case, right?

Er... Your GPU sits flush on the bottom of the case? I'm surprised it doesn't overheat.

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Most likely. It doesn't really sound like a PSU problem because it runs fine once it gets booted. And not wanting to wake up sounds a lot like a motherboard problem as well.

I suppose that's true. I just rather assumed that since he's running graphics-intensive software that the card was probably powerful enough to at least have a PCI-E power connector. But you're right, that may not be the case.

It seems a bit like a problem with the PCI-E slot, but I'm not convinced. I would think if the PCI-E slot was getting no power it would just boot up normally on the onboard video, and if it was getting partial power (enough to detect a card in the slot) you'd get an error. And it also seems weird th...

How do you know that it doesn't boot if you can't see a picture?

Also have you checked if there is anything on the onboard video?

This scenario is exactly why I always try to avoid getting a motherboard without onboard video of some sort. I don't yet have a parts collection extensive enough to deal with video card failure.

I don't suppose it gives any beep codes? How do you know that it doesn't boot if you can't see a picture?

I've never heard of dual monitors causing a problem like that. If there's a problem with dual monitors usually it will either display on Monitor 1 only or mirror both (My BIOS and pre-windows boot stuff is on both monitors, for example). Then again, it couldn't hurt to check, I suppose. When it does...

The first bit sounds like a loose connection somewhere, the last bit sounds like failing hardware. Can you try the card in a different slot? Also try plugging it into a different cable from the PSU, if you have multiple PCI-E power connectors.

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