So with this disaster by EVGA is the thermal pads and new bios they are installing and recommending people get the REAL solution to the problem? Or is this just a temporary cover up? I would be absolutely furious if my card blew again

mmarafioti
So with this disaster by EVGA is the thermal pads and new bios they are installing and recommending people get the REAL solution to the problem? Or is this just a temporary cover up? I would be absolutely furious if my card blew again

no cover up from EVGA, they were kinda spot on the ball with pads and bios, 
 
yes it has taken down my temps, keeping my voltage up 1.094-1.081 compaired to it drop to 1.051 without pad and bios,
 
BUT... these cards need waterblocked pure and simple and anything else is just a band aid
 

The best (impartial) news I can give you is that evga has your back.
 
The best (fanboy'ish) news I can give you is that , you were unlucky the first time round, the bios & pads are only simple upgrades to an otherwise quality card, everything is working within spec, every manufacturer has a similar fail rate, people moaning should stop because were talking about a handful of cards that have failed and evga are the best when it comes to customer service.
 
The best (doomsayer) news I can give you is buy a fire extinguisher if you own one already, buy any other brand but evga if you are contemplating a 10 series card, there service is no better that anyone else's and they are linked with global warming.

mmarafioti
So with this disaster by EVGA is the thermal pads and new bios they are installing and recommending people get the REAL solution to the problem? Or is this just a temporary cover up? I would be absolutely furious if my card blew again

The resistors that keep failing have failed in the past on other cards and on other brands to include many AMD cards. This didnt require heat to have a failure. It happens.

I won't be doing the bio update on my GTX1080 FTW, not sure if i will install the thermal pads. When i registered my card, i extended the warranty to 5 years, so why not see what happens. 
 
 
 
 
 

It seems that there is more than just overheating, thermal pads and bios will or  might fixed things temporarily but I hate to say, just a matter of time I'm sure it will happen again.
 
The 10 series cards are not the best of generation, even thou they are less power consumption  and the clocks are higher but there is more failing of them among users everywhere.
 
My nephew just got 2x 1080 founders (blower style) on November 2nd, both are gone within 3 days, something have burned on them during you tube videos so it's not only FTW cards, he  RMA both of them, but this is the first time he ever had 2 cards failing on him at once and worst part, they literally smoked .
 
He put his 2 Titan Blacks back on for now and its all good and as soon as he gets replacement cards  he is selling them and not even looking back on this gen of cards.

I don't know.  I now have (finally) a FTW 1080 with good TIM (MX-4), and all the thermal pads in place.  Everything seems to be going good now, and the card is running very cool. No issues.
 
The only thing that is gnawing in the back of my mind is resale value.  The depreciation for graphics cards after a new gen comes out is already bad enough.  But to have a card that had some possible heat issues, well I'm betting I end up keeping this 1080 for a LONG time, because its going to be a hard sell to someone used.
 
But all in all, I still like EVGA as a company, and I am happy right now with my card.

Well, when i mean cover up i mean bandaid. I dont mean a conspriacy. This isn't happening  with other brands just EVGA. So EVGA should not be saying that its happening with other brands.

I truly hope this doesn't happen again when I get my card back. 

Well, when i mean cover up i mean bandaid. I dont mean a conspriacy. This isn't happening with other brands just EVGA. So EVGA should not be saying that its happening with other brands.

I truly hope this doesn't happen again when I get my card back.

 
That's a good 1 but very well being true I honestly think 
 
 

IMO the thermal pad, especially the VRAM chips thicker pads are a good fix. I did it quite a while ago with my own stuff. As for the new BIOS, I like it, I always have liked moderately aggressive fan curves so I'll keep it. But, IMO it's not a fix by itself. Those memory modules need proper heat plate contact cooling. Non of mine were touching anything! So please don't consider only the BIOS change as a fix. May help, but largely irrelevant if a card is like mine. I know some people will have proper contact, but I didn't.
 
Purely my opinion and findings relating to my particular card. Not looking for any kind of flame argument.