Error displayed during startup for Gigabyte GTX 1060 with 6GB RAM
Error displayed during startup for Gigabyte GTX 1060 with 6GB RAM
Hi everyone! I'm Rob, a repair guy in Spain. My friend brought over a PC that needed thermal paste replacement on his CPU. The build was really disorganized—no cable management at all. After organizing the cables, I changed the thermal paste and reassembled the system. I reinstalled the GPU, tested it, and got a warning: "Please Power down and connect the PCIe power cable for this Graphics card." I checked the GPU in my rig too—it didn’t work either. I disassembled it and found nothing obvious wrong. After reconnecting the power cable to the GPU, everything worked on the motherboard. The PC boots normally with integrated graphics when the GPU is removed. Here are the specs: Motherboard: MSI Z170A, CPU: i7 multi-core, PSU: 650W, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1060 WindForce OC 6GB, RAM: 16GB DDR4, Thermal paste: mx4 non-conductive. What could I have missed?
Checked for any wear on the graphics card power connectors. Tested using another power supply to confirm their condition.
My friend didn't take it out to fix the PC in an hour-long drive. Could the damage have occurred during transit? I just unplugged it and placed it on an antistatic mat while changing the thermal paste on the CPU. The card looks undamaged.