Emwun Garand

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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?

 
I just posted the full teardown of both of my cards on Reddit in r/nvidia

Wow thanks.  Well, you know, I'm in my return window still but -- but, dang it, I'm a sucker for this card and really want to make it work -- since I haven't even split the plastic on the box I'm going to follow along.  I have to open my card for the pads being sent anyway...I'm going to acquire additional pads for the memory too.  As a double check, I'll need 1.5mm thickness?  And the rectangular dimensions of the in place pads are? 

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I would like to point out that...you modded your baseplate to fit that AIO. You grinded out FOUR mounting holes that hold down the baseplate snuggly against the VRAM. Sure there are five others at the corners but its even less snug.

My 80 FTW has gaps as well. its easy to see, just put a flashlight below the gpu and look from the top if the light goes between the vram and thermal pads. 
 
I didn't even blink when there was a black screen issue, didnt blink when there was a faulty vrm, didnt when VRM got hot because its within spec. but vram mem pads not touching is a sign of incompetence. 

stevenli1966

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I would like to point out that...you modded your baseplate to fit that AIO. You grinded out FOUR mounting holes that hold down the baseplate snuggly against the VRAM. Sure there are five others at the corners but its even less snug.

Very good catch on the fact that this Heatspreader was modified.  

velo-x
My 80 FTW has gaps as well. its easy to see, just put a flashlight below the gpu and look from the top if the light goes between the vram and thermal pads. 
 
I didn't even blink when there was a black screen issue, didnt blink when there was a faulty vrm, didnt when VRM got hot because its within spec. but vram mem pads not touching is a sign of incompetence. 

 
could you check the screws on the back of the card, and make sure they are fully tightened please?  

Another MAJOR issue with EVGA GTX 1080 FTW...
This is really getting out of hand. I hope significant changes will be made and a full recall will be put into action. This is not what we deserve from premium EVGA products.

1080 FTW here, no gaps.

For those with gaps, submit a support ticket to have the card replaced. There should not be gaps.

Personally, I would think this is probably standoffs with and incorrect height. I know the first card had the heatspreader modified, which is never a good idea, but a few others are seeing the same issue.

stevenli1966

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I would like to point out that...you modded your baseplate to fit that AIO. You grinded out FOUR mounting holes that hold down the baseplate snuggly against the VRAM. Sure there are five others at the corners but its even less snug.

you are right but still more and more users (with no mod at all) report the same issue. for what i have known only evga uses this type of method to hold down the cooling plate. msi gamingx/ inno3d ichill/ galax hof all use cooling plate to cool vram and vrm but none of them have that four mounting holes evga has. but i personally think this evga cooling plate is mainly for preventing users to change the cooler. if you take the cooling plate off you should fine the plate is pretty solid so i dont think my mod makes the plate being bent. 
 
and actually i can choose not to reveal i have modded the plate in the beginning. of course i am not the first one in this forum report this problem.
 

Scarlet-Tech
For those with gaps, submit a support ticket to have the card replaced. There should not be gaps.

Personally, I would think this is probably standoffs with and incorrect height. I know the first card had the heatspreader modified, which is never a good idea, but a few others are seeing the same issue.

i dont intend to mod the plate. i asked for another vrm heatsink by evga. i have no choice. and the plate is not user friendly at all. not to mention the cooling performance of the plate.