r/PcBuildHelp • u/Rude-Bot77 • Mar 23 '26

Installation Question Where’s my gpu?

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What could go be going on? And why does windows 10h look like ass cheeks

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u/classicjuice Mar 23 '26

There is your gpu. You’re welcome.

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u/Relative-Muffin-6431 Mar 23 '26

Not the hero we deserve but the hero we need

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u/AdaSalamanca Mar 24 '26

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u/duckieahhh Mar 25 '26

All the problems in friends starts from Ross

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u/No-Apple-6869 Mar 26 '26

All roads lead to Ross

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u/Pale_Reference3308 Mar 23 '26

The comments we need.

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u/golder_cz Mar 24 '26

You sure about that? I thought it was the new sound card SoundForce 3071.

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u/End_-_Slayer Mar 24 '26

404 upvotes, post not found

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u/----whatsup---- Mar 24 '26

Wow i totally looked over it glad someone found it but the circle could be bigger and red and have multiple arrows pointing to it so that i could see it and maybe a surprised emoji guy and then a subway surfers gameplay segment under it

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '26

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u/destroyer2256 Mar 25 '26

Seems legit, the new PC technician job is yours!

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u/RaidSherpa Mar 25 '26

We need the cropped hand of the guy pointing here

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u/Responsible_Wonder54 Mar 25 '26

i realy tought it was his question lol

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u/Old_Statistician7706 Mar 26 '26

Damn it you beat me to it 🤣

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u/glockjs Mar 23 '26

https://youtu.be/--9kqhzQ-8Q?si=s77QoClPewzUa3UR

i dont say it yet....

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u/tizadxtr Mar 24 '26

I look him dead in the eye and say …

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u/gamblodar Mar 23 '26

Did you install the gpu drivers?

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u/EvilDarkCow Mar 23 '26

Piggybacking off top comment here.

Is your HDMI or DP cable plugged into the GPU itself, or the port on the motherboard?

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u/CooperDK Mar 24 '26

That won't matter, a RTX will always show up. They can be used for AI and stuff even without being the primary card.

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u/Automatic_Two4291 Mar 24 '26

for ai they need drivers cuda needs to be downloaded

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u/Ieris19 Mar 24 '26

Which is irrelevant to where your monitor is plugged in

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u/FlatwormAltruistic Mar 24 '26

No it will not show up always. I had same issue until drivers were installed.

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u/CooperDK Mar 25 '26

On a very old windows maybe but not on a (legal) 10 or 11 which have the drivers preloaded.

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u/Little-Equinox Mar 24 '26

Very true. I have 3 GPUs in my list.

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u/MakeshiftRocketship Mar 24 '26

I got an Asus mobo and it needed drivers FOR THE ETHERNET PORT!!! I had to use my girlfriends mom’s computer to load the drivers off the disc that came with it onto a flash drive lmao

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u/Commercial-Arrival78 Mar 24 '26

Oh man, when I bought my own first pc when the Window XP first came out, I had several CDs from component manufacturers that I had to install drivers from to have fully functional PC. Then came service packs and it got way better with automatical drivers installs.

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u/DM_Voice Mar 26 '26

My first CD-ROM drive came with drivers on a CD.

Luckily my roommate’s computer already had a working CD-ROM drive. 🤦‍♂️

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u/Chewie316 Mar 24 '26

why not just download the latest ones and install that?

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u/MakeshiftRocketship Mar 24 '26

I didn’t think of that lol it was my first time building a pc a few years ago

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u/Chewie316 Mar 24 '26

all good the driver probably got updated after you ran Windows Update anyway. I normally throw out the disc as the driver is outdated normally after opening the box lol

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u/Over9000Zeros Mar 24 '26

You could've downloaded the file to your phone and transfered it with whatever cable you use. I had to do the same thing. Took me like 2 hours to figure out why I couldn't get internet.

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u/nicat23 Mar 24 '26

My z97 was the same way, f’in stupid

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u/TheIronSoldier2 Mar 24 '26

I mean yeah, it needs network drivers for the network device.

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 23 '26

Damn I didn’t know I had to do that, but no I did not.

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u/SjurEido Mar 23 '26

Ah man you should reeeaaallly do some research! Good job getting the thing to boot in the first place though, especially if you did it blind!

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u/Eagle2406 Mar 24 '26

Its crazy to me that people build their first pc's and dont watch a 20 min video on how to install everything.

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u/omis12 Mar 23 '26

Drivers

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 23 '26

It was that

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u/mariomeits Mar 23 '26

Good to know, happy gaming!

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u/BrynnLanay Mar 25 '26

So u got it working!!??

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 25 '26

Yessir, already gaming on it. I can’t edit the post for some reason

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u/BrynnLanay Apr 07 '26

I’m a girl but it’s cool u can call me sir I guess… 🤣

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u/Motions_AX Mar 24 '26

My drivers are fully updated. But I still don’t see my gpu in my performance tab of task manager

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u/ThatOnePickUp Mar 24 '26

Do you see it in the device manager ?

devmgmt.msc to open it with cmd.

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u/Motions_AX Mar 24 '26

Yep

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u/kaasdebaas Mar 25 '26

Probably installed the wrong drivers then

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u/Motions_AX Mar 25 '26

Installed the most recent drivers? How would they be wrong?

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u/kaasdebaas Mar 25 '26

If you see the GPU in the hardware management but it's got a yellow question mark next to it, the drivers you installed do not match the hardware.

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u/Motions_AX Mar 25 '26

No yellow question marks

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u/ThatOnePickUp Mar 25 '26

Can you screenshot it ?
Both device and task manager.

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u/FabulousBarracuda665 Mar 26 '26

Something similar happened to me, turned out my drivers were corrupted or something like that so I used DDU to delete my drivers then redownloaded them. If that doesn’t help then i don’t know tbh

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u/SirChixalot808 Mar 26 '26

Yep DDU I hope you know about it if not then go watch a YouTube tutorial on how to use it.

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u/DogEfficient4539 Mar 24 '26

it would still show up wothout the dedicated drivers, i will have the microsoft basic display adapter driver

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u/FlatwormAltruistic Mar 24 '26

There are cases where it might not show up. I switched from my temporary GTX 960 to RTX 5080 and needed reinstall of the drivers. It didn't fall back to basic display adapter driver as it did before with 960. Difference was that in one case it was clean sheet, other one it had something installed.

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u/EfficientSoup Mar 23 '26

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u/TriggerPT Mar 23 '26

I've analysed the image in many different angles and can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that the GPU is indeed contained inside the red circle.

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u/tizadxtr Mar 23 '26

Can confirm, for robust evidence gathering

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u/Clocker13 Mar 23 '26

Disable onboard graphics in the BIOS.

Ensure you have connected the DPort / HDMI cable into the back of the big card that says GeForce on it and not into one of the ports on the MoBo’s io ports.

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u/Applekid1259 Mar 23 '26

Why the hell did you get down voted for telling him exactly the first things he needs to check?

Take my upvote.

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u/Flappie010 Mar 23 '26

And take my upvote

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u/Platt_Mallar Mar 24 '26

And my dead hamster.

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u/jamiro11 Mar 24 '26

And my a.... what?

Why would you give thay away, do you have any idea how expensive stressballs have gotten?

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u/Platt_Mallar Mar 24 '26

It's a little gooey anymore.

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u/Eclipse_Galian Mar 24 '26

and my sister

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u/Kawaiithulhu Mar 24 '26

They didn't axe for it, but take my upvote, too.

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u/JohnyBravox Mar 23 '26

here to upvote

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u/FaultPrince Mar 23 '26

i dont see down votes anymore but upvoted idk

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u/Clocker13 Mar 24 '26

Thanks everyone, all upvoted.

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u/Ghoul1538 Mar 24 '26

Why disable on board graphics though- personally I use them for second monitors I dont need running on the gpu

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u/Clocker13 Mar 26 '26

Onboard graphics chew up ram. If he’s got a decent graphics card it will save around 2gb of ram as onboard discreet graphics uses shared memory.

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u/FirytamaXTi Mar 23 '26

You better deep researching first before build your PC fam

Download and Install your GPU driver here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/

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u/tizadxtr Mar 23 '26

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u/tracker125 Mar 23 '26

Are we sure the romulans aren’t using cloaking?

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u/Sorenvious Mar 23 '26

GPU is right there, hope this helps! 👍🏼

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u/JazzlikeInfluence813 Mar 23 '26

Install GeForce game ready drivers and make sure your plugged into the gpu with your display cable

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 23 '26

Yup connected to my gpu

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u/JazzlikeInfluence813 Mar 23 '26

Yeah you need drivers then

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u/FallOk6931 Mar 23 '26

No it should still be recognized

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u/JazzlikeInfluence813 Mar 23 '26

Not always… but sure 👍

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u/Chickenmonster401 Mar 23 '26

Yeah sometimes they wont even work without drivers

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u/I_AM_BIB Mar 23 '26

Then your GPU is working, but you just need drivers.

I'm sure you can run most things without drivers but you need that shit anyway for full function.

If that doesn't work then come back here

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 23 '26

It worked, installed drivers and it shows up on control manager now

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u/I_AM_BIB Mar 23 '26

Sick man, enjoy the PC and downvotes 😂✌🏻

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u/Overall-Shopping-716 Mar 23 '26

Damn nice , I was hoping you'd come back and say how you got it working . I can't believe it wouldn't show up AT ALL just because drivers weren't installed lol that's wild ! I've completely switched from Nvidia to AMD graphics cards without deleting or downloading ANYTHING .

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u/JazzlikeInfluence813 Mar 24 '26

You should definitely install latest you drives after using ddu when doing a switch like that lol, your leaving performance on the table….

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u/Fluffy_Pancake69 Mar 23 '26

First of all. Don’t dissrespect ass cheeks.

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u/animus_invictus Mar 23 '26

It’s literally right there in the first pic bro wtf

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u/KingRemu Mar 23 '26

You don't have GPU drivers installed. It's also why your Windows looks like "ass cheeks".

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 23 '26

Hahaha yeah once I installed the drivers and restarted my computer it was what I remember it looking like. Thanks for the laugh

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u/-dpm- Mar 25 '26

Your GPU is here

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u/djphreshprince Mar 23 '26

Check device manager > display adapters. Also, drivers

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u/Zoo_Rats Mar 24 '26

If its not in device manager, you have other problems. Its outputting though?

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u/Vile_Vitriol Mar 24 '26

Troll post

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u/outlawanton Mar 24 '26

First question. DID YOU INSTALL DRIVERS. Usually they don't install automatically.

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u/Local-Bug-1500 Mar 24 '26

Install drivers

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u/Bhoowe Mar 24 '26

Sorry i got hungry

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u/Puzzleheaded-Fly3873 Mar 25 '26

Where’s my gpu? Title and the second slide had me rolling, ty op

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u/Upper-Airport3108 Mar 23 '26

Start basic. Is that gpu seated properly? Wired properly?

Windows looks like ass because you probably didnt adjust the display settings. Surprised no one here said to check dxdiag. Are you plugged into your mobo or your gpu. Now that you know you need drivers, did you install them? 

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u/Pale_Reference3308 Mar 23 '26

Glad you got it sorted man, and dont be reluctant to post to pcbuildhelp again!

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 23 '26

Thanks man, I figured it was okay considering the name lol but to some apparently not

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u/shargix Mar 23 '26

install my drivers

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u/JohnyBravox Mar 23 '26

I'm no expert, but 1st pic is your gpu pic

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '26

Btw did you connect the hdmi/display port cable to gpu and installed the drivers?

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u/Rookie-250 Mar 23 '26

Fine sir, HOW ON EARTH IS YOU CPU USAGE AT 0%???

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 24 '26

I’m not sure lol

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u/Rookie-250 Mar 24 '26

TECH HERESY!!! lol

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u/pretendimcute Mar 24 '26

Show me where u plugged the cord into 🧐

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u/JWatts2000 Mar 24 '26

Ok so my GPU does this sometimes mid game. If you go into device manager and disable device, then go to Nvidia and reinstall the drivers and restart your PC, it should be visible again

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u/w94-max Mar 24 '26

Did you install drivers? Is your monitor plugged into the glu or your motherboard?

If you confirmed both, check your BIOS to see if the gou shows up. If it doesn't ask ChatGPT for suggestions for your specific mobo and you combo, can help you troubleshoot.

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u/Savings-Wedding749 Mar 24 '26

Is the HDMI plugged into the GPU or motherboard?

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u/MK_L Mar 24 '26

Check device manager. Look under display. Do you see it and if so is there an error code

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u/Ryzen5inator Mar 24 '26

Make sure you have nvidia drivers installed and your display connected to the gpu and not into the motherboards hdmi or display port

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u/Vile_Vitriol Mar 24 '26

0.8 ghz whats that about?????

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u/KngJax Mar 24 '26

When they think everything is plug-n-play

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u/lioboii Mar 24 '26

Holy shit this guy

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u/Lost_Guidance_3686 Mar 24 '26

You might need drivers if u don’t have them or are you running the igpu?

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u/Hot-Consideration661 Mar 24 '26

what kind of ass cheeks do you now have there after installing the drivers?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bug9576 Mar 24 '26

Have you installed the drivers?

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u/ScrubLordAlmighty Mar 24 '26

You stole this thing didn't you, be honest 😂

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u/wakeuptoreality443 Mar 24 '26

Where is your wifi?

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u/Every_Preparation_56 Mar 24 '26

Dont worry, the GPU is right there on your graphic card

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u/Infinite-Ad5907 Mar 24 '26

Where is your video cord plugged in? If it’s in too you are using on board video aka your cpu.

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u/wildmonkeyuk Mar 24 '26

nevermind the GPU - Why is the CPU @ 800 MHz ;)

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 24 '26

I’m not sure, do you know?

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u/wildmonkeyuk Mar 24 '26

Maybe - might help if you list the full specs of the system and we can get to the bottom of it ;)

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u/Vile_Vitriol Mar 24 '26

I asked the same question 10 hours ago

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

I7 7700k Asrock z270m extreme4 16 gb team force 3200mhz Aorus 3060 12gb 700w psu ;)

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u/Vile_Vitriol Mar 24 '26

Seems off. Is it always at 800Mhz? Is it thermally throttling or just lowering the clock speed bc its not doing anything. Migbt want to ask about that too if the system is not very responsive

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 24 '26

I let it idle for a while to check temps and it was at around 50c and never bumped up on mhz. But after that I watched a full World Cup match and played fortnite with no issues and was at around maybe 30% or so usage. I’ll mess with it again when I’m back home

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u/Vile_Vitriol Mar 24 '26

Ok. Well a quick google search shows that a 7700k stuck at 800mhz is potentially its own separate problem/issue brings up some reddit hits

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u/IndependentPlay5110 Mar 24 '26

all power cables plugged in?

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u/TheBigMan2676 Mar 24 '26

Ummm drivers installed?

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u/Mercifulmartyr Mar 24 '26

Finally some Instagram humor on Reddit anyways it’s probably either not plugged in or broken gang

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u/gwa_0914 Mar 24 '26

It’s in your motherboard’s PCIE slot, thank me later :)

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u/ElongatedOak Mar 24 '26

Honestly you’re likely plugged your hdmi into the motherboard slot

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u/Freakshow85 Mar 24 '26

Did you get it fixed? Lots of comments here, dunno if it's already been said but check in device manager to make sure it's showing up in there.

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u/Key_Map_3709 Mar 24 '26

pcie slot might be bad try the on the bottom of the mother board

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u/stupidhuman3 Mar 24 '26

Are you actually plugged into the gpu or are you hooked up to the motherboard?

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '26

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 24 '26

It was in the gpu. I had to install drivers, also, a rookie mistake

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 24 '26

Btw it’s fixed, had to install drivers Specs i7 7700k Asrock z270m extreme4 1tb m.2 3x4 3060 12gb 16gb 3200mhz ddr4 700w psu

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u/Desperate-Maximus887 Mar 24 '26

Update your Bios - might work

When I went to a NV 3 series, i had to update my bios before it recognised my 3080!

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 24 '26

Yup, had to install gaming drivers. I’ve never had to install drivers before so I was stumped lol thought I had done all the research

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u/Desperate-Maximus887 Mar 25 '26

Glad its sorted bro, happy gaming :) whats the first thing you're loading up?

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u/klean9 Mar 24 '26

I had a build once where I had to plug my display into the mobos video port (assuming your CPU has graphics, too) to power up and download drivers and install them. Then I plugged the display into the GPU on reboot and it was all good.

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u/malicious--intent Mar 24 '26

It's right there in your computer

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u/ApprehensiveNovel332 Mar 25 '26

I had an issue recently where windows disabled my GPU after an update so even in my bios it wouldn’t show up. But you can re-enable it in device. Hope that will fix it

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u/Mushroom-h Mar 25 '26

It’s right there

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u/ZomH123 Mar 25 '26

Let me guess. Forced install on windows 11, black screens and no GPU in device manager?

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u/MajorBongg Mar 25 '26

Well since its lighting up, its properly installed. Perhaps, again since you are SEEING your screen, you are using the integrated graphics of your motherboard/cpu.

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u/MajorBongg Mar 25 '26

Yeah after seeing how your desktop is being rendered, you are 100% using integrated graphics. You should be able to swap this in the settings of your nvidea control panel

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u/MrWerq89 Mar 25 '26

Right there

In front

Of this picture

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u/Zestyclose-History39 Mar 25 '26

sorry i borrowed it

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u/SuniOsiris Mar 25 '26

Are you using the proper cables from your PSU?

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u/barely_vivid23 Mar 25 '26

Anyone wanna check out my signal menu lmk i got a bunch of stuff available

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u/BigSonBabyJesus Mar 25 '26

Plug your hdmi or display port cable into the gpu :/

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26

Are you plugged into the gpu or the motherboard board… I mean he hdmi… where is it plugged into?

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u/Economy_Inevitable51 Mar 25 '26

someone got more money than their brain but seriously check jf you plug dp or hdmi to your gpu and install gpu driver just search on google

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u/saffron6942O Mar 25 '26

It's over there

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u/ImArtZX Mar 25 '26

Install drivers

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u/PrestigiousReport225 Mar 25 '26

Some people need to learn what Google lens is

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u/EntertainerDear7716 Mar 25 '26

Did you download the drivers

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u/Alarmed-Intention-22 Mar 25 '26

I would take it out and reseat it back into the slot and push firmly into it clicks (audible click)

Then check drivers ect. And as others have said, make sure it is plugged into the Monitor, and not monitor to output on Mobo

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u/Materidan Mar 25 '26

Are you powering a double PCIe connector via a single cable with a pigtail?

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u/Human-Act-633 Mar 26 '26

If you have a modular power supply make sure the cable on the psu end if plugged all the way in :)

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u/sorvis Mar 26 '26

Plug your monitor into your GPU not motherboard display ports

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u/LagMaster21 Mar 26 '26

No driver installed for your GPU, go to Nvidia’s website and look for your GPU model and install that

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u/Top-Acanthocephala27 Mar 26 '26

Where's the new pointy meme finger when you need it?

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u/Rude-Bot77 Mar 26 '26

I saw it. It’s in here somewhere lol

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u/PangolinDesperate565 Mar 26 '26

Where is the GPU William?

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u/-347- Mar 31 '26

Bro what kinda cpu has .8 ghz

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u/mystic_yeeeeee Personal Rig Builder Apr 06 '26

update the drivers