Z97 Gaming 5 PCIe slots empty?

New build and mobo has never detected any graphics cards. I have flashed the bios and now have latest versions of bios (1.9) and me (9.1.25.1005), cleared CMOS and reset bios defaults but still no joy, PCIe slots still show as empty.
Anyone else had this issue?

have you done this? if yes what are the results?
Quote from: Svet on 12-February-15, 21:33:18
have you attached all power cables to the video card?
and have you connected monitor cable to it?

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Try all PCIE slots no luck? Does the black screen always happen on one certain monitor or both?
I tried both the first and the second PCIe slot. No difference except for the fact that in the second slot the card only works at x8 bandwidth.
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