Very seamingly random problem, PLEASe help me!

Ok so i start my computer up, and i get no signal to the monitor, and the mouse and keyboard lights dont come on, but the computer boots up, all fans spinning etc.

So i change the pci express slot that the graphics card is in, and it boots up fine, i get a signal from the monitor, everything is working fine.

BUT

once ive shut down, the next time i turn it on, it does the same, in the same slot i swapped it too.

If i then swap the graphics card back to the other pci express slot, everything works again, so basically everytime i start, i have to change the card slots from 1to2 2to1. Its been since ive got my new ati 7970. (so both pci express slots works)

I really do not understand why i have to do this, because once i switch it EVERYTHING works fine, games vido etc everything.

Please help.

So does it start up okay in slot 2? Or only when you change slots?

Say the computer has been off overnight, and the gfx card is in slot 1.

I try to start up and i get no signal, and the mouse and keybaord dont work.

If i then change the slot the gfx card is in, it all works fine and boots up as normal.

Next day, i turn it on, with the card in the second slot (which it worked in the day before) it does the same, no signal not working etc.

If i then swap it back to slot one, i get signal and everything is fine.

So both pci express slots do work.

Trying to explain it the best i can lol.

Hmm okay. Do you have another PC you can try the card in? Seems more like a motherboard problem to me.

I dont no.

Could it be the ati drivers doing it?

I had a geforce before i got my 7970.

Did you completely uninstall the drivers before installing the AMD? But if you are getting no signal doesn't really imply driver issues as I'd expect it to still boot.

Ye i thought that, so random.

The annoying thing is, if i switch the pci express slots, it works! i dont get it.

But your old GPU was okay you said?

PC specs?

Pc specs are:

Msi p67 gd53 b3
8gb Kingston hyper x
Ati 7970
650w ocz Zs psu
500gb wd hdd
I5 2500k @ 4.2

Yes my gtx 570 was fine, never happened on that, so how could it be a motherboard problem? Also could it be because the card is pci express 3 and I was using a 2.0 card before?

No, PCIE is backwards compatible, PCIE3 isn't supported yet until Ivybridge anyway (new Intel CPUs), so everyones running their 7970 on PICE 2

Hmm, yeah maybe it is the card then. A very strange problem. Anyone got any ideas!? If not, I'd get an RMA.

When it does boot up, the 7970 works fine in games etc, the performance i expect.

using latest motherboard bios? i think i saw something on msi website about 7970 compatibility? worth taking a look

I can't find anything on the Msi website about 7970 compatibility :/

No I couldn't either, but do you have the latest BIOS anyway? I'd try that.

Do you have to flash to get the latest bios? And where would I find the latest bios? On the Msi site?

Indeed, there should be instructions on the MSI page, or in your manual.
http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-GD53--B3-.html#/?div=BIOS

Thanks. So strange tho how everything was fine with my geforce card

Yeah it is odd, but then the 7970 is a new generation so something may have changed.

Appreciate your help anyway mate, have u done a flash before? What does it entail? Il be doing it 2morrow