MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC Not picking up GTX 560 Card

Just upgraded my PC to a Z97 Gaming 9 AC Board along with a i7 4790k and a Corsair 750RM Power supply + Coolermaster Stryker Case. I completed the build up last night and when I switched it on, it would not actually pick up my GTX 560 card at all, and when I went to the BIOS and checked the plugged in feature, it shows the PCIe slot is empty, but my GPU is plugged in, also tried all the PCIe slots, and there is nothing in Device Manager, just the Intel HD 4600.
What I Tried:
Set it to PEG, still nothing
Updated the BIOS to latest version
Tried the GPU in diff PC and it worked.
Tried a diff power supply in my new PC and still same thing, not picking it up.
So I don't know what to do anymore, also did a fresh install of windows 8.1.
Any help would be appreciated thanks.

Quote from: richyware on 28-February-15, 04:32:02
Fixed, was a bad connection with the WiFi adapter to the motherboard, just re-inserted it properly and now GPU is working aswell.
can you explain it better?
what connection wifi adapter has with the video card recognition?

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