Two faulty GPU's?
My son and I built a from-scratch hi-spec PC so that we could run FS2020. Actually, he did all the hard work and I just paid for it!
We had it up and running on Christmas Eve and all seemed fine, but mid pm on Christmas Day on trying to reawaken the machine after lunch, the Motherboard had ceased detecting the GPU, and the Mobo LED lit up to that effect.
We tried everything. We swapped out stuff, uninstalled and reinstalled drivers. The PCI-E cable pinouts from the power supply all show the correct voltages, albeit not under load. An old lower spec GPU (which does not require as much power) works OK in that same PCI-E slot. My son tried the GPU in his own PC but it didn't work there either.
So we concluded the GPU was faulty and arranged for it to go back to suppliers CCL in Birkenshaw, Bradford who took it back without question (3 year warranty) and very quickly sent out a replacement. However, with this one we didn't get it working at all. It appeared to be DOA. The only thing we haven't tried yet is the latest GPU in my son's PC, which we will do over the weekend.
CCL have said they will take the latest one back too, but before I do so just want to check there is nothing I have missed.
Have I been incredibly unlucky in getting two faulty GPU's? It is a GForce RTX 3060Ti, which has only been on the market a few weeks.
Or could something else have partially failed and taken the GPU down with it? Does anyone have a similar experience with this GPU or any other similar one?
Motherboard is MSI MPG X570 + AMD5600X. 650W PSU