Emwun Garand
One of my cards has a noticeable gap between the pads and memory, the other does not. I plan on doing a heavy gaming session this weekend to see if any of the issues pop up on either card. 

would you mind to take a photo on that and upload it here?

Emwun Garand
One of my cards has a noticeable gap between the pads and memory, the other does not. I plan on doing a heavy gaming session this weekend to see if any of the issues pop up on either card. 

Read this first before you try to over stress your cards. Wait for thermal pads!
http://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/2661-evga-mosfet-failure-possible-from-thermal-runaway-scenario
EVGA are going to replace any card the owner doesn't want totry and fix themselves.

yeah right, thats not the impression I have gotten from evga support. I've been asking for an rma with thermal pads installed by them and they haven't said they will do it. I had to quote posts from their own reddit page where they say they will add them to rma cards. Still no dice!
I'm going around in circles emailing support.

DSP1

Emwun Garand
One of my cards has a noticeable gap between the pads and memory, the other does not. I plan on doing a heavy gaming session this weekend to see if any of the issues pop up on either card. 

Read this first before you try to over stress your cards. Wait for thermal pads!
http://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/2661-evga-mosfet-failure-possible-from-thermal-runaway-scenario
EVGA are going to replace any card the owner doesn't want totry and fix themselves.

the pads request is for the back plate...but the problem we are talking is the mid plate pads failure too... 

acxcoolerssuck

DSP1

Emwun Garand
One of my cards has a noticeable gap between the pads and memory, the other does not. I plan on doing a heavy gaming session this weekend to see if any of the issues pop up on either card. 

Read this first before you try to over stress your cards. Wait for thermal pads!
http://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/2661-evga-mosfet-failure-possible-from-thermal-runaway-scenario
EVGA are going to replace any card the owner doesn't want totry and fix themselves.

the pads request is for the back plate...but the problem we are talking is the mid plate pads failure too... 

Both problems are for the mid plate but on different sides (the component side of the mid plate and the heatsink side of the mid plate).
 
From my understanding the pad EVGA are supplying will go between the mid plate and the heatsink, breaching the void and allowing heat to transfer from the plate itself to the heatsink.
 
And on the other side of the mid plate some people are finding the thermal pads covering the memory aren't making contact with the mid plate itself.
 
Either way both problems aren't allowing for optimal heat transfer and I'd avoid putting your card under extreme loads. Especially if you have a gap between the memory and mid plate because there is nothing at all cooling it.

shannonjpower

acxcoolerssuck

DSP1

Emwun Garand
One of my cards has a noticeable gap between the pads and memory, the other does not. I plan on doing a heavy gaming session this weekend to see if any of the issues pop up on either card. 

Read this first before you try to over stress your cards. Wait for thermal pads!
http://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/2661-evga-mosfet-failure-possible-from-thermal-runaway-scenario
EVGA are going to replace any card the owner doesn't want totry and fix themselves.

the pads request is for the back plate...but the problem we are talking is the mid plate pads failure too... 

Both problems are for the mid plate but on different sides (the component side of the mid plate and the heatsink side of the mid plate).
 
From my understanding the pad EVGA are supplying will go between the mid plate and the heatsink, breaching the void and allowing heat to transfer from the plate itself to the heatsink.
 
And on the other side of the mid plate some people are finding the thermal pads covering the memory aren't making contact with the mid plate itself.
 
Either way both problems aren't allowing for optimal heat transfer and I'd avoid putting your card under extreme loads. Especially if you have a gap between the memory and mid plate because there is nothing at all cooling it.

thats what i am worrying about. the most important part should be the contact between mosfets & vram and the cooling plate.
 

DSP1

Emwun Garand
One of my cards has a noticeable gap between the pads and memory, the other does not. I plan on doing a heavy gaming session this weekend to see if any of the issues pop up on either card. 

Read this first before you try to over stress your cards. Wait for thermal pads!
http://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/2661-evga-mosfet-failure-possible-from-thermal-runaway-scenario
EVGA are going to replace any card the owner doesn't want totry and fix themselves.

we need thicker pads to replace the stock pads......this is the most essential part..

I've just pulled apart my replacement FTW 1080 and taken some photos, as i thought I saw a gap between memory chip and thermal pad.
 
Here it is, thermal pads are clean and unblemished by chip indents. 
 
Looks like I'll be submitting another RMA....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TPI_The_Axeman
I've just pulled apart my replacement FTW 1080 and taken some photos, as i thought I saw a gap between memory chip and thermal pad.
 
Here it is, thermal pads are clean and unblemished by chip indents. 
 
Looks like I'll be submitting another RMA....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

sorry to hear that, could you upload yours photo of the gap here?
maybe waiting for evga to send thicker pads for replacement is better choice. 
rma costs the shipping fee and time....

TPI_The_Axeman
I've just pulled apart my replacement FTW 1080 and taken some photos, as i thought I saw a gap between memory chip and thermal pad.
 
Here it is, thermal pads are clean and unblemished by chip indents. 
 
Looks like I'll be submitting another RMA....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I see dents but ok. Another user creating his own problem.