New 3080 - No Display Output - HELP!

[Shteve]

Have you tried running your PC on its side? The 3080 is quite heavy and it might be sagging enough to break contact.

 

[Volare33UK]

Have you tried running your PC on its side? The 3080 is quite heavy and it might be sagging enough to break contact.

Ill try that now great shout

 

[otester]

That has certainly crossed my mind yes, would wait for 3rd party reviews but they look like strong cards. Questions around their Ray-Tracing perf tho.. will wait and see 3rd party reviews.

Looks like the consensus is dead card, thanks the help though all, very much appreciated.

That's why I haven't cancelled my 3080 order yet, still a few hundred back in the queue, so have enough time to see 3rd party 6800XT reviews to confirm and also to try and get one, but it looks like at resolutions bellow 4K the 6800XT totally dominates the 3080 even with SAM discounted and you get 6GB extra VRAM and it's £50 cheaper.

In your position though I'd consider this an easy way out, it's faulty, free return, get a cheap used GPU to tide you over until you can get another 3080/6800XT.

 

[Hybridtheory]

Bios update ? My 1080 when it was new wasnt recognised until installing lastest bios

 

[pcfarrar]

Have you got a different monitor or TV you could plug the 3080 into?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

 

[Volare33UK]

Have you tried running your PC on its side? The 3080 is quite heavy and it might be sagging enough to break contact.

So I'm writing this with the 3080 working! Absolute shout on the GPU sag thankyou so much! Without the support bracket the card looks to be mounted correctly (it clicks in and doesn't look to sag to much at all) but when I laid it down and unscrewed it so it freely rests in the slot.. bingo it works. Installed the sag bracket messed around for an hr or so and all is well.

Wonder if my motherboard (being a bit old and certainly not top end) has some iffy connections as I see loads of others not using the bracket without issue.

Thankyou so much for all your help, what a great community!

 

[Ian Evey]

So I'm writing this with the 3080 working! Absolute shout on the GPU sag thankyou so much! Without the support bracket the card looks to be mounted correctly (it clicks in and doesn't look to sag to much at all) but when I laid it down and unscrewed it so it freely rests in the slot.. bingo it works. Installed the sag bracket messed around for an hr or so and all is well.

Wonder if my motherboard (being a bit old and certainly not top end) has some iffy connections as I see loads of others not using the bracket without issue.

Thankyou so much for all your help, what a great community!

Glad you sorted it. We are the best! But 1 of us is king

 

[vapor matt]

So you get no bios display or anything? no beeps or lights flashing on card?

Glad to hear its sorted

 

[otester]

So I'm writing this with the 3080 working! Absolute shout on the GPU sag thankyou so much! Without the support bracket the card looks to be mounted correctly (it clicks in and doesn't look to sag to much at all) but when I laid it down and unscrewed it so it freely rests in the slot.. bingo it works. Installed the sag bracket messed around for an hr or so and all is well.

Wonder if my motherboard (being a bit old and certainly not top end) has some iffy connections as I see loads of others not using the bracket without issue.

Thankyou so much for all your help, what a great community!

Might want to look at a new board, B550's can be had for around £80, however you may then be tempted to get a Ryzen 5000

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Thankyou so much for all your help, what a great community!

Well thank you. Glad I could help.

I would hate a 3080 not to work once installed. At least it's resolved now. Damn saggies!

 

[no_1_dave]

So I'm writing this with the 3080 working! Absolute shout on the GPU sag thankyou so much! Without the support bracket the card looks to be mounted correctly (it clicks in and doesn't look to sag to much at all) but when I laid it down and unscrewed it so it freely rests in the slot.. bingo it works. Installed the sag bracket messed around for an hr or so and all is well.

Wonder if my motherboard (being a bit old and certainly not top end) has some iffy connections as I see loads of others not using the bracket without issue.

Thankyou so much for all your help, what a great community!

Glad it's working!!
Some of the more pricy motherboards have strengthened PCI-E sockets so they can better support heavy graphics cards. Maybe worth considering when you next upgrade

 

[adrichardson81]

Guess that answers the "do I need a bracket" question...

If you're not using bottom fans, a free standing bracket is a good investment. Otherwise the 3 slot uphere bracket is what I'm using.

 

[Visel]

I just had to say i got my 3080 evga also today , and lost my mind trying to figure out what is the problem. Once i tried it it worked perfectly! Thank you all very much !

 

[Fulvio]

So I'm writing this with the 3080 working! Absolute shout on the GPU sag thankyou so much! Without the support bracket the card looks to be mounted correctly (it clicks in and doesn't look to sag to much at all) but when I laid it down and unscrewed it so it freely rests in the slot.. bingo it works. Installed the sag bracket messed around for an hr or so and all is well.

Did the fan start when sag? Mine not working top, i've tryed everyting