nvidia-smi no devices were found, Arch

Graphics / Linux Linux
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Hey,
I have a Geforce 1070Ti in an external case (Razor Core V2)

Driver nvidia-39xx works fine.
When I use driver 430.26 neither Tensorflow / Cuda nor nvidia-smi can detect the device.
nvidia-smi outputs “No devices were found”
lspci -v outputs:

3e:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070 Ti] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070 Ti]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 
        Memory at 2fd0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) 
        Memory at 2fe0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) 
        I/O ports at d000 
        Expansion ROM at d9080000 [disabled] 
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [250] Latency Tolerance Reporting
        Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
        Capabilities: [420] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
        Capabilities: [900] Secondary PCI Express <?>
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

3e:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GP104 High Definition Audio Controller
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        Memory at d9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

Looking forward for recomendations.
Regards,
Felix

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (548 KB)

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You’re running into

NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x31:0xffff:842)

Which was already present when you last ran the 390 driver.
Might be a hardware failure either with the external casing, cabling or graphics card. Try to reseat it, check if it works in another system.

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It really was the thunderbolt cable from the external case to the laptop. I didn’t test everything yet but nvidia-smi finds the card with a different cable.
Thank you for your help!