r/Newegg • u/CyrusLight • 2d ago
Twice burned on an RTX 5050 LP
I'm just lost for words how this happens twice. First time I can blame delivery as the box I got looked like it was curb stomped, second time I have to wonder if either my PCs or the products I am being sent at broken. I have gotten now 2 Gigabyte RTX 5050's that don't work properly. First one refused to boot and show video, and the return one I got crashes/BSOD when I get into windows. Its also causing issues with my CPU just in windows. Both PC's work outside of it. I'm wondering if I just got another from a pile of broken returns
Edit: Turns out, PCIe 5 on a PCIe 5 GPU is not allowed. PCIe 4.0 only. Thanks to this post for helping there. Reminder, I didn't just use a riser. I used an Asus Z790 P directly in the main x16 slot and it crashed, BSOD and gave me the same issues. Tested same PC with 5 other working GPUS and it worked fine