Issues with EVGA 980Ti SC

[gailjon]

Hi all,
I am building my new rig at the moment and thought all was great until I powered up for the first time. There was no display from the card (I'm using an HDMI cable at present) and the fans did not seem to be working properly on the 980Ti. They were kind of stuttering on for a split second, stopping, then stuttering on, then stopping. I was wondering if there wasn issue with the power supply to the card.
Any ideas?

 

[VincentHanna]

Have you connected both the 8 pin and 6 pin connectors to the GPU?

 

[gailjon]

Have you connected both the 8 pin and 6 pin connectors to the GPU?

Thanks for the reply.
Yes, I made sure that both were connected and I think it is in the right power socket on the psu.
I will check that it is seated proper ly and give it another go.

 

[EVGAdominik]

Hi, usually when you start the card the fans power up just for a bit of a second and then go to semi passive mode.
Are you able to just give the card a try in a different system? At this point this would be the most simple way to get to know if the card is ok or if there is any issue with the system.

 

[xix6xix]

I have the same card and my fans used to do the same, think one fan used to just twitch and spin slightly for a second when it was in silent mode, would never have known had I not had the side panel off. Other than that it worked as expected.

Have you configured your BIOS to use your card and not the onboard graphics?