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why do gpus randomly need reseating?

Trox said:
Something else is wrong if you need to reseat a GPU constantly… Plug in and forget…
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I agree, but his is not constantly, it was random, and the first time for this PC,
the point is that I've seen this happen on other PCs where everything else has been tried but the reseat fixes it,.
So, I was confident that others would have experienced this too, but only two have, many haven't
I'm now wondering if it could be anything to do with the gpu contacts being made of gold, being soft thus being dented by the pcie contacts? then shrinking after being turned off for a while , removing contact tbetween the gpu and the socket contacts? but saying that, my kids always got my old gpus in new motherboards, so i'm clutching at straws here
maybe the two metals of the gpu, and the pcie react to one another over time? but doubtful because gold is pretty inert, and AFAIKpure gold does not tarnish, idk what the socket contacts are made of, nor if the gpu contacts are pure gold..
..it's a mystery to me, that is why I'm asking!
 
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Threepwood said:
I'm now wondering if it could be anything to do with the gpu contacts being made of gold, being soft thus being dented by the pcie contacts?
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Absolutely nothing at all to do with it.

I'm sure there's no need to reseat the GPU and it's far more likely unplugging and plugging in the display cable would achieve whatever you think a reseat is doing
 
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Armageus said:
Absolutely nothing at all to do with it.

I'm sure there's no need to reseat the GPU and it's far more likely unplugging and plugging in the display cable would achieve whatever you think a reseat is doing
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well,the reseat fixes it when everything else has failed over multiple computers, fixing the problem, is what I've *seen* it doing, not what I might* think* it is doing! everything else is tried before the reseat, because, ' duh!' the reseat is the last ditch attempt, and it has worked so often, just like a few days ago
 
Never needed to do it with any components. The only reason could be it wasn't installed properly to start with.
 
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Threepwood said:
well,the reseat fixes it when everything else has failed over multiple computers, fixing the problem, is what I've *seen* it doing, not what I might* think* it is doing! everything else is tried before the reseat, because, ' duh!' the reseat is the last ditch attempt, and it has worked so often, just like a few days ago
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There are certainly times it has fixed something, but for me it's always been un/mis-seated for a reason. Like during building a machine or post moving, and i get a black screen. Most often user error.

When it has occurred in the past, have you tried bios reset, or full unplug system + press power button then wait for 30 minutes. Before reseating the gpu? I totally believe and understand it is fixing an issue, I just feel like the route issue isn't a dodgy connection and is something else that's changing when it's reseated.
Part of this might just be confusion as to the impression we all got that you are reseating a gpu every few weeks/months in a machine, and have done on basically every pc you've had. Assuming that includes multiple psus, GPUs, mobos, cables and monitors.


edscdk said:
i sneak into your house from time to time and wiggle the card loose in revenge for that time 12 years ago when you cut me off at a round about
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This likely explains it. Or if you use your gpu as a cooking tray :D
 
Nasher said:
Never needed to do it with any components. The only reason could be it wasn't installed properly to start with.
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why would they work perfectly when built then?,
and why would people advise reseating ram, if it only ever happened with things that were not properly installed, but previously working a-okay
 
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Sorry if you've already stated this but is the mobo on the latest bios (there may have been pcie updates perhaps) and does this happen with different PSUs?

I also see you mention a 4090. How is that connected? Is it a newer PSU with a direct power connection or is it via adapter? I understand some of the adapters are/were a bit janky (hence the whole melting issue over time).
 
adidan said:
Sorry if you've already stated this but is the mobo on the latest bios (there may have been pcie updates perhaps) and does this happen with different PSUs?

I also see you mention a 4090. How is that connected? Is it a newer PSU with a direct power connection or is it via adapter? I understand some of the adapters are/were a bit janky (hence the whole melting issue over time).
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this is not a recurrent problem, and it is fixed now, by reseating!
My PC is running just fine now,
I've just had to reseat a gpu a lot of times on various PCs that I've had, and the kids PCs too, when all else fails, the last option is to reseat the gpu, and that has tended to fix the no signal problem
I'll answer your questions for the fun of it though, yes, I keep my PC on the most recent BIOS
No, I've not tried any other PSUs I cba to wait 3 weeks for my computer guy to come try another psu, and there is no point, because a simple reseat cured the no signal problem!
I mentioned the 4090 because that is my current gpu, it is plugged right into the reinforced pcie socket, and the power cable is the new 16 pin 12VHPWR connector, I wasn't going to spend 3k on a system and then rely the adaptors that would have been daft, this is my long term PC, and I think that 16 pin connector will be around for a long time so I spent the extra and did it right by buying once, with a long term view, rather than having to have my PSU changed in the future, and having to pay for it, and it to be fitted too, when I don't even know if I would have the money then
also, when I mention my 4090, my e-penis gets even bigger:eek:
thanks for trying to help though, I appreciate your time trying
 
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Threepwood said:
this is not a recurrent problem, and it is fixed now, by reseating!
My PC is running just fine now,
I've just had to reseat a gpu a lot of times on various PCs that I've had, and the kids PCs too, when all else fails, the last option is to reseat the gpu, and that has tended to fix the no signal problem
I'll answer your questions for the fun of it though, yes, I keep my PC on the most recent BIOS
No, I've not tried any other PSUs I cba to wait 3 weeks for my computer guy to come try another psu, and there is no point, because a simple reseat cured the no signal problem!
I mentioned the 4090 because that is my current gpu, it is plugged right into the reinforced pcie socket, and the power cable is the new 16 pin 12VHPWR connector, I wasn't going to spend 3k on a system and then rely the adaptors that would have been daft, this is my long term PC, and I think that 16 pin connector will be around for a long time so I spent the extra and did it right by buying once, with a long term view, rather than having to have my PSU changed in the future, and having to pay for it, and it to be fitted too, when I don't even know if I would have the money then
also, when I mention my 4090, my e-penis gets even bigger:eek:
thanks for trying to help though, I appreciate your time trying
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Well I hope it keeps on working.

The 4090 that is, your e-peen is your business :cry:
 
adidan said:
Well I hope it keeps on working.
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Me too, my boy and me have a saying now " I hope it's not the 4090," I had a problem once that turned out to be a "faulty " monitor, we'd tried everything except a different monitor,we went to bed saying, I hope it's not the 4090, and that we would try the spare monitor the next day
then my computer guy showed up the next day, to trouble shoot, he checked everything over, and said
" have you tried another monitor."
then we all tried the spare monitor, and boom, it worked!
I ended up sending my 4k 144 hz monitor back to ocuk, and bought another one, fully expecting to get my money back for the original, one week later it gets delivered back with no faults found, so we plugged it in to make sure it was fine after it had been delivered, and been in transit, etc, powered everything up, no signal
That's when I thought screw this and bought a new display cable, capable of doing 8k, since I will move up from 4K to 8K one day next year, this fixed the no signal error on that occasion, and it is still pretty new tbh,, the supplied cable that came with the original monitor must have bit the dust, then I saw a linus video talking about not trusting supplied video cables that come with monitors, thinking back, when we tried the spare monitor we used an hdmi lead, because the sparemonitor does not have a DP, maybe that should have been the givaway

TLDR: once it turned out to be the cable, so no amount of reseating could fix the problem that time
that is all moot now though, pc is working fine, I get 144 fps on my 4KUHD 144 hz monitor in classic wow raids on maxed out settings, very happy!
 
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Never had to do, but as I’m always changing something, never had a PC that stayed “untouched/changed” for more than few months.
One issue that I’ve only encountered with Liam Li (Air mini and Evo) was that the motherboard screws were short, causing the motherboard to seat lower than it should, causing the GPU to not connecting all the way as expected. It was a 1 or 2mm shorter than it should. Once connected, the locking part of the GPU would be under a lot of stress and it was a pain to unlock the PCI-E locking mechanism. Luckily I noticed the issue before any damage.
 
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