VGA light Red on motherboard upon boot up

[mochi]

Hello all!
New PC Build! Was working fine until I removed the GPU to install some cable upgrades. The VGA light on motherboard lights up red when booting up and the PC won’t display a picture! PCIE latch clip also broke off prior to this happening, and the gpu is kinda wiggly when inserted now and doesn’t seem properly seated.

When booting, fans spin, aio, ram, gpu and everything lights up, but no display. if i go off of integrated graphics, it works fine. If I unplug the power cable from the GPU, the 4090 still lights up from the PCIE slot alone.

Basically, I’m not sure if it’s the PCIE slot being damaged, or the GPU is faulty. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

Specs
i9-13900K CPU
Gigabyte Aero OC 4090 GPU
Corsair Dominator RAM 6400 Mhz CL32
H9 Elite Case
NZXT Kraken Elite 360 AIO
AsRock Z790 PG Sonic Motherboard
WD SN850X 2 TB NVME SSD
Corsair HX1000i PSU

[PeterOz]

clip also broke off prior to this happening

Is the clip broken OR has it just come apart.
Can you see a break on the clip?.
At times they just come apart.

[phillpower2]

I’m not sure if it’s the PCIE slot being damaged, or the GPU is faulty.

One way to find out, try the GPU in the second PCI-E slot, if al is ok the primary PCI-E slot is hosed, if still no display the GPU is at fault.

[mochi]

Is the clip broken OR has it just come apart.
Can you see a break on the clip?.
At times they just come apart.

It’s for sure broken

[mochi]

Yep the 2nd slot didn’t work either. And I tested the 1st slot with my old 970 and it worked. Is there any fix or do I need to return the GPU?

One way to find out, try the GPU in the second PCI-E slot, if al is ok the primary PCI-E slot is hosed, if still no display the GPU is at fault.

[phillpower2]

Does the 970 work in the primary PCI-E slot.

Have you been connecting the 16-pin to four 8-pin power adaptor and likewise fitting the anti sag bracket.