F(ire)TW!

On a more serious note; I would get the thermal pad EVGA offers, or if you don't want to do that for whatever reason; just RMA/return the card.

That one caught fire because it wasn't plugged in.
 
Not really but we've seen this image a bunch of times now.

You were asking about fire safety, were you not? I was using common sense to provide an answer to your question. Never mind, disregard my previous comments. Good day.

because you don't want to come home with your house burned down... that's why.  
 
however unlikely that is, it just needs to happen once.  
 
also sounds like a huge waste of energy... what are you doing that you need it to run 24/7? Seeding Torrents? Folding @ Home?  
important enough to risk it?  
 
electrical fires can happen anytime anywhere, unless you got a automated fire suppression system or someone stays at home... turn that stuff off.

Exactly. I answered your question. It's obvious you are too simple to understand common sense/logical reasoning. Turn it off when not home, then no need to worry about fires, etc. I'm still paying on the house, not too keen about fires while I'm at work, from my 1070 or any other reason.

Balubish
Note this is not my card, im just worried though.
 
Is this something we need to worry about? I have my PC running constantly, even when im not at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAbl0fLY06U
 
http://wccftech.com/nvidi...ga-catches-fire-video/
 

You are Totally Wrong Here it was not the VRM.
So the Tile of your Thread "EVGA CARD VRM Catching fire" is really a Lie.
I am only saying this because you are about the 5th member to say this on the Forum.
Looking at this did you not think that it was the Power going to the Motherboard that caused this to happen in the first place.
No different then if that user put his card in a toaster.
Drop a small screw between the PCB and the Back Plate and see what happens to your card.
Anyhow I only wanted say everything in this post is all hearsay and nothing more anyway.
 

bcavnaugh

Balubish
Note this is not my card, im just worried though.
 
Is this something we need to worry about? I have my PC running constantly, even when im not at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAbl0fLY06U
 
http://wccftech.com/nvidi...ga-catches-fire-video/
 

You are Totally Wrong Here it was not the VRM.
So the Tile of your Thread "EVGA CARD VRM Catching fire" is really a Lie.
I am only saying this because you are about the 5th member to say this on the Forum.
Looking at this did you not think that it was the Power going to the Motherboard that caused this to happen in the first place.
No different then if that user put his card in a toaster.
Drop a small screw between the PCB and the Back Plate and see what happens to your card.
Anyhow I only wanted say everything in this post is all hearsay and nothing more anyway.

Ok so its bogus then. Then I know. Never thought WCCFtech would post videos and pranks but I guess i got fooled :)
Then I leave.

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Posts like these are click bait. Only fueling mass hysteria, panic, and unproven rumors. A few people have had issues, I get it. But we need a solution to said problems, not adding more fuel to the fire.

Balubish

bcavnaugh

Balubish
Note this is not my card, im just worried though.
 
Is this something we need to worry about? I have my PC running constantly, even when im not at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAbl0fLY06U
 
http://wccftech.com/nvidi...ga-catches-fire-video/
 

You are Totally Wrong Here it was not the VRM.
So the Tile of your Thread "EVGA CARD VRM Catching fire" is really a Lie.
I am only saying this because you are about the 5th member to say this on the Forum.
Looking at this did you not think that it was the Power going to the Motherboard that caused this to happen in the first place.
No different then if that user put his card in a toaster.
Drop a small screw between the PCB and the Back Plate and see what happens to your card.
Anyhow I only wanted say everything in this post is all hearsay and nothing more anyway.

Ok so its bogus then. Then I know. Never thought WCCFtech would post videos and pranks but I guess i got fooled :)
Then I leave.

Having just come to this forum myself a couple of days ago after my GPU burned out.  Just be aware, 98 percent of the people here have no business answering anything.  As you can see by every answer that was given to you.  My advice is to head to reddit or some other forum that isn't full of fanboys/girls either just being sarcastic or handing out mis information.  Good luck to you.

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I'm not trying be an ass or disrespectful. But the whole front page is full of posts like these. For people that have legitimate issues I understand. But just for smiles and giggles? Grow up.. RMA if that worried about it.

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If there were a serious, potentially dangerous problem... Don't you think Evga would issue a product withdrawal like Samsung for the Note 7?

DeathAngel74
If there were a serious, potentially dangerous problem... Don't you think Evga would issue a product withdrawal like Samsung for the Note 7?

And how long did it take for them to issue that recall?  Even after so called replacement units were issued...  This is starting to feel exactly the same, only hopefully the replacement and newer units will be fine for EVGA.

aka_STEVE_b
That must be 1 heck of a miracle power draw through the Pci-x slot , since the card doesn't have either of the power plugs on it ??  
 
 
* I call fake

Nice catch there Steve heck I never even looked that close.