After I press Y the little progress line (dots) appears and the windows closes itself, does that mean the update is done?

yes, just restart the pc, and run gpu-z to verify after reboot.

This is one beautiful card and I would not like to see her burned. I've installed latest vBIOS, procedure done in 10 sek and I'm waiting for those thermal pads. I removed my OC and everything is on stock. Today, after work I've done some gaming and to me it's not noisy, well that high dB is on MAX fan speed? I'm not going to run max fan speed ever so...
 
Nevertheless, this is not a pleasant situation at all. Just imagine someone who's not going to have a spare time at all to hang on YT, EVGA forums and other forums. Ok just imagine that scenario! And one day his GPU is burned to death! All in all, damage is done but damage control is strong which I personally like and support. To EVGA top menagement : Next time please don't play with other people's earned money, some of them are not kids or teenagers, I wish you all the best and I would like this situation to be resolved as quickly as possible. 

spazmaster667
So I own an EVGA 1080 SC that I upgraded with the Hybrid kit. I'm assuming this means that my card will not be affected by this? I run a custom fan profile anyway (though not nearly as aggressive since it's just cooling the PCB and not the core) but I'm curious anyway.

As stated in the first post, hybrid cards are not affected. Only ACX3.0 models.

Cptdinckelman
After I press Y the little progress line (dots) appears and the windows closes itself, does that mean the update is done?

Yes, just reboot and you are done.
 

Bar81

vampyren
@:ivadjon
I totally agree, bios update is fine but for such a premium card i should not have to take it appart and do what they ask us to do even if they claim its optional.
All the videos i seen shows that the thermal pads make a huge difference keeping the heat down and without the fan going extremly loud. The whole point when i selected this card was the quiet fans. Now with this bios it can go up to 2200rpm which is crazy. Normally i goes to 1600RPM and with the pads it will be around 86 degree which is totally fine.
Hopefully my RMA will also be approved so i can swap this for a new card with the thermal pads. Otherwise its going back to the shop.

You do realize there won't be thermal pads, right?  All they'll do is flash the BIOS (30 seconds of effort) and send you back a refurb.  But if that's what you want, go for it.

I wont send it in unless i know for sure there will be thermal pads installed and i get a new card! Thats how this is suppose to work. I didnt pay 700-800 euro for a second hand hard and to be scared to push the card + extra noise.
If EVGA dont fix my card i can always return it to the shop and get another. For another week or so i have that option so i hope EVGA takes care of this in the right way. I understand these things happen but whats important is how the company handles it from now on. Sending out pads is not an option. Sorry i dont feel comfortable to open the card like that.

Just wanted to say the new bios improved memory clocking greatly for my 1080 acx sc with Micron memory.
 
Before the bios update, I was unable to do any memory overclock (+200mhz crashed while gaming). After the update I am now able to run +850Mhz stable gaming for hours. Performance also improved.
Default gpu voltage after bios update is 1.062v. It boosts to 2100Mhz and ~70% fan results around 55c ingame. (Precision settings to: +100mhz / +850mhz / 120% power target / 92c temp target, stock voltage)
 
Now awaiting thermal pads to apply those as well. Meanwhile I think I am good with these temps. (Netherlands is cold lol)
 
Greets from Amsterdam.

DJSeb
 
"EVGA has updated its manufacturing line for all these cards to add the thermal pads as standard."
Can't post links, but it's on pcmag site.

Excellent news. I'm still within 30 days but still its not fair to the others who payed just as much.

vampyren

Bar81

vampyren
@:ivadjon
I totally agree, bios update is fine but for such a premium card i should not have to take it appart and do what they ask us to do even if they claim its optional.
All the videos i seen shows that the thermal pads make a huge difference keeping the heat down and without the fan going extremly loud. The whole point when i selected this card was the quiet fans. Now with this bios it can go up to 2200rpm which is crazy. Normally i goes to 1600RPM and with the pads it will be around 86 degree which is totally fine.
Hopefully my RMA will also be approved so i can swap this for a new card with the thermal pads. Otherwise its going back to the shop.

You do realize there won't be thermal pads, right?  All they'll do is flash the BIOS (30 seconds of effort) and send you back a refurb.  But if that's what you want, go for it.

I wont send it in unless i know for sure there will be thermal pads installed and i get a new card! Thats how this is suppose to work. I didnt pay 700-800 euro for a second hand hard and to be scared to push the card + extra noise.
If EVGA dont fix my card i can always return it to the shop and get another. For another week or so i have that option so i hope EVGA takes care of this in the right way. I understand these things happen but whats important is how the company handles it from now on. Sending out pads is not an option. Sorry i dont feel comfortable to open the card like that.

I have submitted and RMA but EVGA support doesn't seem to know whether or not a card with all "three fixes" (support man's words, not mine) will be sent out.

vampyren

DJSeb
 
"EVGA has updated its manufacturing line for all these cards to add the thermal pads as standard."
Can't post links, but it's on pcmag site.

Excellent news. I'm still within 30 days but still its not fair to the others who payed just as much.

 
Me too. Still within original 30 days. I have exactly 5 days to decide whether to RMA or not. Prolly will keep it unless artifacts of glitches appear by then.