Steve please consider applying the entire tube of thermal compound in a future video. Don't mention it and act casual. I really want to see the reactions from the comment section.
I just applied my 1070 FTW mod using your tutorial. I'm an avid watcher and greatly appreciate all of your content. Thanks this made it fool proof. People, it was very simple and btw my thermal pads arrived within 5 days of placing the order with EVGA. THANKS AGAIN GN
fast forward to 2021.. I just bought the EVGA 1080 SC from my least fav auction site. I just flashed the BIOS and have contacted EVGA for the pads. thanks for the video.
For direct die cooling, I would recommend making sure all of the die is covered by thermal paste and that it touches the heat-sink as hot spots on the die can cause weird issues such as crashes since the temperature probe does not report the temperature difference on the die. This is also more true because of the fact that silicon is not a good heat conductor.
Likewise, thanks for putting this up. Just bought 2 1080s and then heard about this.i have not taken them out of the box yet so I'm waiting for the pads before I install.
Great way to show people on how to add the thermal pads to the video card, but the real question. How long did it take you to grow your hair that long?
Thanks dude. Just added the thermal pads on mine. Your video was very helpful. The instructions that came with the thermal pads says to take out ALL the screws at once which seemed daunting.
mine came with this from the foctory and when i took it out of the box after a whiule i noticed that the pads seem to have deposited a sticky grease like substancce everywhere
Hey Steve, thanks for doing a video on it. I thought i would be installing the thermal pads blind but with this video, I should be ready. I'm wasn't willing to botch up a 700 bucks piece of hardware because of breaking apart the card.
Had this card for 6 years now with no issues and now at idle its 50c, usually it sits around 30-40c. I'm gonna try this fix and hope it works! I could turn on MSI fan control and turn up the RPM but I'm trying to make the fans last as long as they can. Wish me luck!
Should've had that anti-static band on before you took the card apart and esp before you ran your finger over the chokes. Your ESD practice is shocking, no pun intended.
I always notice when you handle graphics cards that you have a habit of touching the fans. Those fan bearings aren't really designed to be load-bearing, they're only designed to hold a light plastic fan, not the weight of the whole card/cooler. Probably better to not touch the fans at all when lifting a card/cooler. It's unlikely to cause major damage but can cause them to spin off-axis and make noise/heat/wear/etc.
That's an entirely different type of force at an entirely different vector. There's no point comparing them. They are designed to spin around the way a fan does, not to be pushed down on one side. What the comment above yours basically says is that he's being careful not to push them too hard. Better still, is to not touch them at all. It's not like you'll harm the card by not touching the fans, but there is a risk of harming the fans by handling them. Why take a risk if you don't need to?
Because there is no risk of damage here. There is a huge difference between "push" and "touch." Being overly sensitive about this level of touching a product is needlessly worrisome. Flipping the card on its face doesn't put force on the fans, either. That's on the faceplate. And touching them while presenting is harmless.
I never said anything about flipping the card over because of exactly that. And yes, there is a difference between 'push' and 'touch', it's the amount of force exerted, and that's not visible on a video. I'm not being overly sensitive about it, I'm just mentioning it. You seem to be overly sensitive about me saying so. I've repaired a lot of devices with fans broken by people mishandling them. We'll have to disagree.
justanalt whaaaaaat ? Dude, that makes no sense whatsoever, when we talk about temps AMD vs nVidia it's always comparing the cards in the original form (Founders Edition) and that's were AMD fails.
Nice tutorial steve, thank you. I have just the regular 1080 ACX 3.0 gaming card and just waiting for my thermal pad order to get approved by EVGA so I can get this done. I've been running a custom fan curve since I bought the card because it was set too low to my liking based purely on my GPU temps which may have unknowingly helped to alleviate this issue.
no this is for cards people already bought + like he said it is optinal you can also update your bios but that will make the fans run a little bit less quieter. and new card will have that bios by default
No, EVGA stands behind their product. This is just something they are offering to customers who want it. EVGA says it is NOT necessary. They are simply doing these to appease the crowd-mentality. Whether you do this mod or you do not, if your card fails, EVGA has clearly stated they will replace the card under the standard warranty procedure. That's why it's worth buying EVGA branded products. A warranty means nothing if the company is hard to reach or has terrible customer support. Kudos to EVGA for responding quickly and appropriately to a 'mole hill' that the internet has created into a 'mountain.' Absolutely ridiculous mob mentality from people on the internet.
CareyHolzman carey, the card failing is one thing, but if it takes out the mobo with itself or any other component in my tower then we have a problem. But hey, I don't OC or run furmark for hours so here's hoping.......
I had no idea why by 1080 sc was so crap till I saw this.. it was constantly being throttled playing BF1. From here I managed to order the mod and a few days later it arrived. 20 mins to apply. Temps immediately dropped from 84 > 55ish Thanks for the heads up!!
Called EVGA they said it was only for when the cards were new to make people feel better and isn't a big deal. Was told to go out and buy 1mm thick thermal pads and apply them if I felt I needed them.
Alcohol is not the best cleaning agent for this sort of work but it is the most often recommended. The best agent is Ronsonol Lighter fluid. It is what a lot of electronics technicians use in circumstances similar to this.
If your affected card has more than two months of heavy use without the thermal pads the vrm is probably stressed. It's a 50/50 chance. It is better to do a bios update and hope for the best. If the card is brand new or has low hours, then do the pad mod. Or if you are loosing sleep over it. It takes two weeks for it to arrive in the mail. Keep the card shrink wrapped until the kit comes. Takes some patience. You can check to see if your card is affected by registering with EVGA. Use Artic Silver 5 on the chip to reassemble. The kit has a packet of Silmore thermal compound. Don't know how good Silmore is. Just went with the good stuff.
I did the mod on the 1070 SC version. I noticed there were no pads for VRAM in this video. The kit that came for the 1070 SC has pads for VRAM. Hopefully EVGA didn't find coolong issues with VRAM as well. This is going to completely suck for those who have done a pad mod without VRAM pads in their kit.
The fact that a product so expensive isn't flawless out of the box is weird... Looking back at the very short delay between the 1080 reference and the third party designs reveals, it makes me wonder how many of those designs were rushed è_é
tbh i was reluctant at first buying my 1080 ftw as it was cheaper than most other after market 1080s, that kinda didnt sit well with me as usually evga cards are rather at the top of the prices, now I know why this time it's not the case, they pretty much cheaped out on everything and only made the gpu die iteelf have direct contact with the cooler, everything else is indirectly and insufficiently cooled because the vram and vrm are seperated by the midplate. They thouht they could get away with it cuz gpu monitoring only reports gpu die temp and not the rest, this is my first and it will be my last evga card, never gonna trust that brand again I assure you.
What exactly is the thin TIM strip on the front of the card contacting once applied? When the main cooler gets mounted it looked like the heat will transfer directly to some of the fins and not a plate.... strange? It might help a bit, but there is no metal surface area to dissipate the heat to... The back strip makes more sense.
I agree totally. I dont understand how this isnt the question everyone is asking themselves. Where is the metal mating surface the termal pad is making contact with like the older acx 2.0 coolers had.
This video was very well done! I'm impressed and will use this as my guide to do a similar video in my style on my channel. Thank you! If you ever want to collaborate on a video together, let me know!
I want to buy an EVGA GTX 1070 FTW in the next few months and I asked my self whether my card is going to have these thermal pads already installed or not? Thx for help!^^
I just did this today and my GPU load temperature is up from 75C to 80C with the fan ramping up to 2000 RPM (rarely went above 1800 on the same tests before), and with the core clock getting pushed lower. Strangely the 3dmark scores are consistently marginally higher. Idk what gives here but I'm not a fan of the louder card. I think the thermal paste they send out may actually be liquefacted garbage.
of course I will criticize your paste application. saying it doesn't matter, then you thermal throttle with slower fps, then yes it matters a lot. Use the tip of your finger in a surgical glove people, his method leaves a large area around the corners uncovered, and can lower the graphics temps by 15 degrees at least. So yes, it matters a lot.
Well I took my 1080 sc acx 3.0 heatsink off and found the thermal pad on top of the black shield and not on top of the VRMs like it was supposed too. Edit: The thermal pad was next to vrms, not on it.
QUESTION: Is it bad to OVER TIGHTEN the Spring loaded Screws for the heatsink? Awesome subtle tip there I suspect... Note to future self, DO NOT touch linty-tissue to sticky pads! It leaves behind: LINT! (I just did that to my Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1060 6GB 9GBPS Rev 2, and am now awaiting some K5 Pro Viscous Gel to ,... 'Heal' my Pads LOL it comes tomorrow 'by 8', WHEW!)
tbh I do think the method you showed for the thermal compound is more adapt for the CPU (since there is a heatsink over the die) If you need to cover a naked die, like a GPU, you should spread it out. OFC the difference is not so big, but still a bit :P
So on the flip side, it's the back plate that now serves as a heat sink for the VRMs? Seems it's not very well designed for that. If, as you say, the back plate is trapping the heat then just remove it. As seen in your previous video, the cold plate configuration used on the EVGA hybrid would do a better job, even if it was air cooled. If another cold plate could be extended to the flip side (the back plate side) and connected to the front side cooler, then all the hot spots would be taken care of.
are the pads on the 1070 sc already applied? & i would like to know if the led´s on the logo are naturally super weak? it almost looks like they´re not even turned on despite having the led power on 100%. thank you :)
lol,, true. however i think evga will do it for you. what they should really do is send you a card that is free of any defects and a box to send them back your defective gpu.
feelingtardy it's the type of situation where people move off of a brand for good. the lack of quality control here for a device that is 1000 canadian dollars (each) is appalling.
TwiceBakedPotato the only acceptable fix is a refund. you don't pay thousands of dollars and then do a "repair job" on it. this situation is gross negligence.
All you have to do is download the VBIOS update, the pads are optional and free. Why should they give you a full refund when they are fixing the problem, if they really wanted to they could had said FU and did nothing, they have all the rights in the world to do so.
I broke the wires connecting to the 4 pin with the orange wire; They were very brittle. Any idea how i fix this? Are these just LED wires or for the fans?
Even with all the screws undone, removing the front plate was impossible for a friend and I. Lots of force was used (the card is fine and in use) and the plate never came off so we skipped the vrm pads.
Steve , Can you also explain us about the VRAM not making contact with the thermal pad ... should we be concerned about this reducing the cards longitivity .. what is EVGA doing about this issue ...Thank you ...
I am really regretting the evga 1070 ftw rgb i just bought. Comes Tuesday I wonder if I should send it back without even opening the box and buy a different card. selling you card and telling consumer to fix it has to be one of the most messed things i have ever heard. Going to look into the return policy right now
Steve please consider applying the entire tube of thermal compound in a future video.
Don't mention it and act casual. I really want to see the reactions from the comment section.
Phantom Ninjar Ha! One day...
the amount of comments about the fucking thermal paste is so played out, (yeh i know i am adding to that list)
Watch Jayz2cents or w/e his video about it. He actually does it.
Gamers Nexus 9:05 what size of giant grain of rice are y’all eating LOL
I came from the grim, dark future of 2021.
The mad lad did it.
I just applied my 1070 FTW mod using your tutorial. I'm an avid watcher and greatly appreciate all of your content. Thanks this made it fool proof. People, it was very simple and btw my thermal pads arrived within 5 days of placing the order with EVGA.
THANKS AGAIN GN
are both pads 2mm?
I was waiting for this video!/ Really glad you managed to release it in the same day as the previous one.
Heck, if you're taking coolers off video cards you're half-way to water-cooling. Might as well go the extra step, people. Great video as usual, btw.
That's true!
Sure, you paying for the other half? ;)
Considering picking up one of these during the great pandemic GPU shortage - seller claims the VRMs are running hot, this video is still useful.
Sharing this video, hope owners of these cards will be able to watch it and fix them before they get damaged!
If they get damaged it would be a manufacturer defect to EVGA would be losing a ton of money.
Present day Steve would have roasted evga for this issue.
Why’s that
Now imagine today's Steve.
fast forward to 2021.. I just bought the EVGA 1080 SC from my least fav auction site. I just flashed the BIOS and have contacted EVGA for the pads. thanks for the video.
I use Afterburner anyways so I don't see a difference just yet. I have had some crashes and now i know why. LET ME GET SOME PADS..
@@lotust251 did they send you pads?
Got to love that retro '80's banger hair.
For direct die cooling, I would recommend making sure all of the die is covered by thermal paste and that it touches the heat-sink as hot spots on the die can cause weird issues such as crashes since the temperature probe does not report the temperature difference on the die. This is also more true because of the fact that silicon is not a good heat conductor.
Hope all EVGA users with those cards wont get burned, good luck! :)
Likewise, thanks for putting this up. Just bought 2 1080s and then heard about this.i have not taken them out of the box yet so I'm waiting for the pads before I install.
Such a huge fail by EVGA .I remember there 970 had a manufacturing defect where one of the heat pipes wasnt touching the gpu.
Great way to show people on how to add the thermal pads to the video card, but the real question. How long did it take you to grow your hair that long?
Uther years m8
Uther about two and a half years to grow.
That LG monitor ad roll is truly epic.
Thanks dude. Just added the thermal pads on mine. Your video was very helpful. The instructions that came with the thermal pads says to take out ALL the screws at once which seemed daunting.
Thanks for this, I just ordered a used card and now I know I can check if this has been done by removing the back cover
EVGA sould release a new CIY Card, Cool it your self, the Card ships with no cooling what so ever and can be purcased separately.
The2808erik that might not go so well for some..
Basically, they've done that. I believe it was unintentional though. :)
That would be a neat Idea for people who plan on watercooling, that way you only pay for the pcb and not the fans.
I just blow on my cards when they get too hot.
OhManTFE not really an option if a user has asthma genius.
Thanks so much man Its pretty easy to do, i was scared to do this first
mine came with this from the foctory and when i took it out of the box after a whiule i noticed that the pads seem to have deposited a sticky grease like substancce everywhere
Hey Steve, thanks for doing a video on it. I thought i would be installing the thermal pads blind but with this video, I should be ready. I'm wasn't willing to botch up a 700 bucks piece of hardware because of breaking apart the card.
Had this card for 6 years now with no issues and now at idle its 50c, usually it sits around 30-40c. I'm gonna try this fix and hope it works! I could turn on MSI fan control and turn up the RPM but I'm trying to make the fans last as long as they can. Wish me luck!
Received the thermal pads today ,they included the ram Tpads too.
they sent mine out. just found out about this a week ago and have my new pds now
Should've had that anti-static band on before you took the card apart and esp before you ran your finger over the chokes. Your ESD practice is shocking, no pun intended.
I always notice when you handle graphics cards that you have a habit of touching the fans. Those fan bearings aren't really designed to be load-bearing, they're only designed to hold a light plastic fan, not the weight of the whole card/cooler. Probably better to not touch the fans at all when lifting a card/cooler. It's unlikely to cause major damage but can cause them to spin off-axis and make noise/heat/wear/etc.
The fans are fine. You seem to think they are being pressed a lot harder than they are. The force from shipping would be far greater.
You also have to remember they are designed to spin so damn fast, so the way Steve is pressing it is nothing basically.
That's an entirely different type of force at an entirely different vector. There's no point comparing them. They are designed to spin around the way a fan does, not to be pushed down on one side. What the comment above yours basically says is that he's being careful not to push them too hard. Better still, is to not touch them at all. It's not like you'll harm the card by not touching the fans, but there is a risk of harming the fans by handling them. Why take a risk if you don't need to?
Because there is no risk of damage here. There is a huge difference between "push" and "touch." Being overly sensitive about this level of touching a product is needlessly worrisome. Flipping the card on its face doesn't put force on the fans, either. That's on the faceplate. And touching them while presenting is harmless.
I never said anything about flipping the card over because of exactly that. And yes, there is a difference between 'push' and 'touch', it's the amount of force exerted, and that's not visible on a video. I'm not being overly sensitive about it, I'm just mentioning it. You seem to be overly sensitive about me saying so. I've repaired a lot of devices with fans broken by people mishandling them. We'll have to disagree.
Nvidia: Hey, AMD!
AMD: What?
Nvidia: Uh, where can we buy some cheap fire extinguishers?
AMD laughs, Nvidia laughs, everything catches fire.
yo do realize this has nothing to do with nvidia what so ever right ? it's completely evga's fault.
EVGA and nvidia are 2 different companies.
justanalt whaaaaaat ? Dude, that makes no sense whatsoever, when we talk about temps AMD vs nVidia it's always comparing the cards in the original form (Founders Edition) and that's were AMD fails.
***** the Gtx 1080 still runs cooler than the rx480 while being twice as fast.
It also consumes 20watts more than a 480 ha ha
grg cost is irrelevant since the chips probably don't cost any more to manufactor.
Twice as fast, but the same wattage.
Da fuck is AMD doing
Nice tutorial steve, thank you. I have just the regular 1080 ACX 3.0 gaming card and just waiting for my thermal pad order to get approved by EVGA so I can get this done. I've been running a custom fan curve since I bought the card because it was set too low to my liking based purely on my GPU temps which may have unknowingly helped to alleviate this issue.
AMD makes some nice monitors.
and the monitor he shows is a LG!
10/10 thermal paste application
thanks! i will come back to this video when my kit arrives
Wait a sec, so someone buys a 700€ card and still need do shit like this so that expensive card runs fine? WTF?
no this is for cards people already bought + like he said it is optinal you can also update your bios but that will make the fans run a little bit less quieter. and new card will have that bios by default
Eduard Marcinek You got it backwards, this is a FTW card not a WTF card
No, EVGA stands behind their product. This is just something they are offering to customers who want it. EVGA says it is NOT necessary. They are simply doing these to appease the crowd-mentality. Whether you do this mod or you do not, if your card fails, EVGA has clearly stated they will replace the card under the standard warranty procedure. That's why it's worth buying EVGA branded products. A warranty means nothing if the company is hard to reach or has terrible customer support. Kudos to EVGA for responding quickly and appropriately to a 'mole hill' that the internet has created into a 'mountain.' Absolutely ridiculous mob mentality from people on the internet.
CareyHolzman
carey, the card failing is one thing, but if it takes out the mobo with itself or any other component in my tower then we have a problem.
But hey, I don't OC or run furmark for hours so here's hoping.......
Just the EVGA FTW model, and you have to do shit like this because EVA fucked it up.
I had no idea why by 1080 sc was so crap till I saw this.. it was constantly being throttled playing BF1. From here I managed to order the mod and a few days later it arrived. 20 mins to apply. Temps immediately dropped from 84 > 55ish Thanks for the heads up!!
When you say thermal paste should be grain of rice size, what kind of rice? basmati rice? jasmine rice?
Martian. From Mars.
Jusst want to add great vid and help as always keep up the good work and stay happy :)
I definitely chuckled a few times.. Steve looks young
I think that's how aging works
"This is brought to you by AMD.."
That's one we don't hear very often.
How come
Sorry for noob question, but what's thermal pad and what's for? Does GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming PP have thermal pads?
Thank you so much for making this video. I ordered the thermal pads for my card but was really worried about installing them.
1/3/2020 and you've solved my red dead 2 crashes because of this issue that I stumbled apon, thank you so much I've been extremely frustrated!
Called EVGA they said it was only for when the cards were new to make people feel better and isn't a big deal. Was told to go out and buy 1mm thick thermal pads and apply them if I felt I needed them.
thanks for this video!!! Im waiting for mine to come in the mail for mt 1080
Alcohol is not the best cleaning agent for this sort of work but it is the most often recommended. The best agent is Ronsonol Lighter fluid. It is what a lot of electronics technicians use in circumstances similar to this.
oh please shush Alcohol does the job just fine stop being so picky
If your affected card has more than two months of heavy use without the thermal pads the vrm is probably stressed. It's a 50/50 chance. It is better to do a bios update and hope for the best. If the card is brand new or has low hours, then do the pad mod. Or if you are loosing sleep over it. It takes two weeks for it to arrive in the mail. Keep the card shrink wrapped until the kit comes. Takes some patience. You can check to see if your card is affected by registering with EVGA. Use Artic Silver 5 on the chip to reassemble. The kit has a packet of Silmore thermal compound. Don't know how good Silmore is. Just went with the good stuff.
I did the mod on the 1070 SC version. I noticed there were no pads for VRAM in this video. The kit that came for the 1070 SC has pads for VRAM. Hopefully EVGA didn't find coolong issues with VRAM as well. This is going to completely suck for those who have done a pad mod without VRAM pads in their kit.
I've read that there have been issues with the thermal pads not being thick enough to touch the affected areas.
The fact that a product so expensive isn't flawless out of the box is weird... Looking back at the very short delay between the 1080 reference and the third party designs reveals, it makes me wonder how many of those designs were rushed è_é
tbh i was reluctant at first buying my 1080 ftw as it was cheaper than most other after market 1080s, that kinda didnt sit well with me as usually evga cards are rather at the top of the prices, now I know why this time it's not the case, they pretty much cheaped out on everything and only made the gpu die iteelf have direct contact with the cooler, everything else is indirectly and insufficiently cooled because the vram and vrm are seperated by the midplate.
They thouht they could get away with it cuz gpu monitoring only reports gpu die temp and not the rest, this is my first and it will be my last evga card, never gonna trust that brand again I assure you.
Thanks very much for the video- great tutorial!
Why not showing temp results before and after?
Agree.
What exactly is the thin TIM strip on the front of the card contacting once applied?
When the main cooler gets mounted it looked like the heat will transfer directly to some of the fins and not a plate.... strange? It might help a bit, but there is no metal surface area to dissipate the heat to...
The back strip makes more sense.
I agree totally. I dont understand how this isnt the question everyone is asking themselves. Where is the metal mating surface the termal pad is making contact with like the older acx 2.0 coolers had.
Hey... You did the thermal paste wrong...... It's suppose to be orange, not gray like yours.
Sharing this on my instagram page, thanks again guys!
Hope this can let me overclock a tiny bit further.. ;P
Nice video as always, keep up the good work.
This video was very well done! I'm impressed and will use this as my guide to do a similar video in my style on my channel. Thank you! If you ever want to collaborate on a video together, let me know!
Steve, you do (insert action here) 2% different than I do! You're doing it all wrong Steve, you're going to break your card!
:(
I want to buy an EVGA GTX 1070 FTW in the next few months and I asked my self whether my card is going to have these thermal pads already installed or not? Thx for help!^^
Can we use one big thermal pad to cover the entire back side of the pcb?
That's what I want to know.
This ARCTIC Thermal Pad (145 x 145 x 1.5 mm) is sufficient for EVGA 1070 FTW?
ward
Nvidia gtx 1080/1070 vrm repair. brought to you by amd... with, perfect timing
great tutorial! Thanks Steve!
Does this need to be done with every EVGA GTX 1070s and 1080s?
I just did this today and my GPU load temperature is up from 75C to 80C with the fan ramping up to 2000 RPM (rarely went above 1800 on the same tests before), and with the core clock getting pushed lower. Strangely the 3dmark scores are consistently marginally higher. Idk what gives here but I'm not a fan of the louder card. I think the thermal paste they send out may actually be liquefacted garbage.
of course I will criticize your paste application. saying it doesn't matter, then you thermal throttle with slower fps, then yes it matters a lot. Use the tip of your finger in a surgical glove people, his method leaves a large area around the corners uncovered, and can lower the graphics temps by 15 degrees at least. So yes, it matters a lot.
can you show that for the 3080?
Does the overheating issue only affect FTW cards?
Well I took my 1080 sc acx 3.0 heatsink off and found the thermal pad on top of the black shield and not on top of the VRMs like it was supposed too.
Edit: The thermal pad was next to vrms, not on it.
QUESTION: Is it bad to OVER TIGHTEN the Spring loaded Screws for the heatsink? Awesome subtle tip there I suspect... Note to future self, DO NOT touch linty-tissue to sticky pads! It leaves behind: LINT! (I just did that to my Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1060 6GB 9GBPS Rev 2, and am now awaiting some K5 Pro Viscous Gel to ,... 'Heal' my Pads LOL it comes tomorrow 'by 8', WHEW!)
u cannot overtight it. u screw it till it stop
I have a evga 1080 SC. Should I be worried. Should I look into thermal pads?
tbh I do think the method you showed for the thermal compound is more adapt for the CPU (since there is a heatsink over the die) If you need to cover a naked die, like a GPU, you should spread it out. OFC the difference is not so big, but still a bit :P
So on the flip side, it's the back plate that now serves as a heat sink for the VRMs? Seems it's not very well designed for that. If, as you say, the back plate is trapping the heat then just remove it. As seen in your previous video, the cold plate configuration used on the EVGA hybrid would do a better job, even if it was air cooled. If another cold plate could be extended to the flip side (the back plate side) and connected to the front side cooler, then all the hot spots would be taken care of.
Thank you for doing this!
EVGA has been cost cutting for years now. Out of all the manufacturer's, I'm not at all surprised it's them suffering from QA issues.
are the pads on the 1070 sc already applied? & i would like to know if the led´s on the logo are naturally super weak? it almost looks like they´re not even turned on despite having the led power on 100%. thank you :)
I have a question. Why did you install thermal pad on throttles? Isn't VRAM located to the left from throttles under metal plate?
what if we dont have a backplate, how are we supposed to aply the pad? i have a 1070 sc black edition and it doesnt have a back plate
I put the narrow thermal pad upside down, with the stickier side touching the vram. Will this cause a problem, or does it not matter?
Jesus christ what kind of rice were you eating back in 2016
Does anyone know he best pads or a kit with enough pads to do this mod? EVGA has no more pads they claim... I contacted them.
great job, Thanks
the only "mod" that is necessary is a full refund and apology from the company.
lmao
lol,, true. however i think evga will do it for you. what they should really do is send you a card that is free of any defects and a box to send them back your defective gpu.
feelingtardy it's the type of situation where people move off of a brand for good. the lack of quality control here for a device that is 1000 canadian dollars (each) is appalling.
TwiceBakedPotato the only acceptable fix is a refund. you don't pay thousands of dollars and then do a "repair job" on it. this situation is gross negligence.
All you have to do is download the VBIOS update, the pads are optional and free.
Why should they give you a full refund when they are fixing the problem, if they really wanted to they could had said FU and did nothing, they have all the rights in the world to do so.
So what's the final thermal temps difference between doing this and not doing this ? With thermal pads too
is it not necessary to clean the side of the die? is it dangerous to do so?
I broke the wires connecting to the 4 pin with the orange wire; They were very brittle. Any idea how i fix this? Are these just LED wires or for the fans?
What happens if you don't peel off the plastic stuck on the thermal pad??
Köszi a bemutatót. ☺️
I suffer of cancer on my eyes when i see him utilize screwdriver, but nice video ;)
"YOU DIDN'T DO THE THERMAL PASTE RIGHT!"
lmao xD
thanks, Cisco Ramon :)
Anti-Static Wrist Strap - Thumbs up.
Do they upgrade the existing cards they haven´t sold yet ?
Even with all the screws undone, removing the front plate was impossible for a friend and I. Lots of force was used (the card is fine and in use) and the plate never came off so we skipped the vrm pads.
I have four rectangular thermal pads. Should they be placed around the center inside the gpu?
Mine came with an aggressive fan profile and a pad... its still in the 75ish degrees... my titan v was in the 90 degrees....
Can I use two 1mm thermal pads stead of one 2mm thermal pad?
Cards bought like say, today, will have those already applied?
Steve , Can you also explain us about the VRAM not making contact with the thermal pad ... should we be concerned about this reducing the cards longitivity .. what is EVGA doing about this issue ...Thank you ...
I am really regretting the evga 1070 ftw rgb i just bought. Comes Tuesday I wonder if I should send it back without even opening the box and buy a different card. selling you card and telling consumer to fix it has to be one of the most messed things i have ever heard. Going to look into the return policy right now
Your hair... IS MAJESTIC! I just wanna touch this magic on your head.
there is a difference between 2mm, and 1.5mm thermalpad?
excellent! i payed $670 dollars for a hobby kit video card
Just out of curiousity, given the nature (hardness) of IC Diamond, would you personally apply it to GPUs?
No it's too abrasive. It's fine on a regular non-delidded cpu, but a gpu has no lid.
I've seen all kinds of opinions on it, that's why I'm curious about Steve's too
Now, on 22nd december 2016, have all the evga cards with acx 3.0 cooler the VBIOS upgraded??