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when I was installing my GTX 1070 I noticed that thier was a hole near the slot bracket (same with my old GTX 770 ACX) what always make me nervous is when I try to mount the screws is they could slip and fall inside the video card so I used a piece of masking tape as a temporary safeguard This problem should really be fixed evga needs to add a piece to the side of the card to cover that hole 
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
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Inventive... to say the least.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 17:57:10
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when I was installing my GTX 1070 I noticed that thier was a hole near the slot bracket (same with my old GTX 770 ACX)
what always make me nervous is when I try to mount the screws is they could slip and fall inside the video card so I used a piece of masking tape as a temporary safeguard
This problem should really be fixed evga needs to add a piece to the side of the card to cover that hole
What about that giant 'hole' where you mount the second screw? My solution is to put the screws in with a magnetic screw driver and with the GPU's horizontal with the case upright. That way you don't have to worry about the screws falling in the GPU or onto the motherboard. And, for aesthetic purposes, you can adjust the GPU so that it has little or no sag.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 18:14:38
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HeavyHemi "magnetic screw driver" Same Here But being that you do not have any Power Going to the MB you would only need to remove the Graphics Card and dump the screw out.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 18:35:20
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"Design Flaw" lol. "User Error" perhaps.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 19:27:53
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 19:57:25
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when I was installing my GTX 1070 I noticed that thier was a hole near the slot bracket (same with my old GTX 770 ACX)
what always make me nervous is when I try to mount the screws is they could slip and fall inside the video card so I used a piece of masking tape as a temporary safeguard
This problem should really be fixed evga needs to add a piece to the side of the card to cover that hole
What about that giant 'hole' where you mount the second screw? My solution is to put the screws in with a magnetic screw driver and with the GPU's horizontal with the case upright. That way you don't have to worry about the screws falling in the GPU or onto the motherboard. And, for aesthetic purposes, you can adjust the GPU so that it has little or no sag.
Having the case upright would put stress on the PCI-E slot due to the weight of the GPU not a very good idea to do that as for the magnetic screw drivers its ussually not a good idea to have anything magnetic around the computer
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 20:00:11
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Magnetic screwdriver=better than taking the card out, turning it upside-down and shaking the dang screw out, lol. Its happened a few times.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 20:56:10
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 21:03:12
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I am not sure it is a flaw when it is all the rage. :-)
Now this thing escaped my attention. looks like Inno 3D where onto the VRM thing and dedicated an extra fan to it. I like it.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 21:21:01
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Why no magnets? The magnets inside the hard drive are some of the more powerful magnets I have owned.
Take apart a spinner hard drive and see what I mean. Put the two together and it is very hard to pull them apart.
"Neodymium" magnets. Can pin a phone book to your fridge with those. Seriously tho, saying this is a "Design Flaw" is kinda erroneous when you look at the bigger picture with other cards. I've been working with computer hardware for 22 years, and this is a pain of the trade you just gotta live with, unless you set about it with a technique of your own. I found my groove by laying the case flat on its side (if its a tower) with the mobo pointing up. and position myself at the right angle to be careful and steady enough while inserting GPU or peripheral screws. Anyone that builds their own PC's really should have a well magnetized philips head to work with at all times. Saves alotta trouble.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 21:29:19
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What about that giant 'hole' where you mount the second screw? My solution is to put the screws in with a magnetic screw driver and with the GPU's horizontal with the case upright. That way you don't have to worry about the screws falling in the GPU or onto the motherboard. And, for aesthetic purposes, you can adjust the GPU so that it has little or no sag.
I found that placing a thin large washer on the top screw anchors things down very well. Done it with many builds. I even keep a special stash of them lol.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 22:03:20
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Yeh nice. I used to wire up an old E core transformer i had put away as spares. One with a decent high rating that could produce a reasonable field.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 22:23:52
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What about that giant 'hole' where you mount the second screw? My solution is to put the screws in with a magnetic screw driver and with the GPU's horizontal with the case upright. That way you don't have to worry about the screws falling in the GPU or onto the motherboard. And, for aesthetic purposes, you can adjust the GPU so that it has little or no sag.
I found that placing a thin large washer on the top screw anchors things down very well. Done it with many builds. I even keep a special stash of them lol.
I slightly enlarge the holes and use black anodized screws with nyloc nuts. 
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 22:29:42
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ooo stylish. lol. another good one, using the phillips head thumb screws you typically get with side panels. Their thread fits PSU's as-well.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 22:36:21
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 22:55:08
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I do like those screw-less peripheral covers you get on some cases. Don't see em enough.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/26 22:58:12
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/27 06:19:58
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I hated my ACX cooled 770 SCs, I vouched to never buy that cooling type ever again. Noisey, and not good for actual case cooling. Since I returned to radial cooled 1080 GTX F|E my case temps are way down due to the heat from the gpu being tossed out the back of the case and not down into the center of Motherboard/PSU. I can't believe their able to market the ACX/axial cooled cards as cooler running, yeah sure maybe the gpu itself runs a hair cooler, but the rest of your hardware is eating all that hot air from the ACX fans blowing on the hardware components. I'll argue this with anyone, that radial designs are overall better for motherboard componenets, PSU and rest of case hardware.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/27 06:55:26
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Radial or reference style coolers also run hotter on average, and throttle a lot sooner. I'd rather a custom card over
them any day. You just have to compensate with case air flow to dump the hot air out faster than it can accumulate.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/27 07:14:31
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Ehh... You have two hands right. Use one hand to hold a small carton in front of the hole and hold the screw in place at the same time, use the other for your screwdriver. Problem solved, and no ugly tape on your GPU. Design flaw... To me this looks more like a flaw of common sense or general hand-eye coordination :)
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/27 11:13:49
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I've dropped the screw into the shroud before.  The large pcb/cooler on the FTW doesn't make it any easier to hold the screw in place. Screwdriver was magnetized too, haha.
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Re: Design Flaw that really should be fixed on ACX cards
2016/10/27 11:49:21
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I just ask my wife to do it. Smaller, less clumsy hands. Rofl
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