Oofta13425
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I just made a new pc and swapped the 2080 ti from my old case to my new one. It was working great until all of the sudden it crashed after hours and the 2080 ti had one red light above where you plug in the power cables. It wouldn't display so I took it out and put it back in and things were back to normal with the red light gone. It's been about a day now and I was playing some games and went to watch tv and when I came back it has the red light again but is working. Does anyone know what this red light means?
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Monday, April 22, 2019 4:31 AM
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Are you using one PCIe Power Cable to your Graphics Card or Two Separate PCIe Cables? Two Separate PCIe Power Cables are recommended.
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Monday, April 22, 2019 4:33 AM
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bcavnaugh Are you using one PCIe Power Cable to your Graphics Card or Two Separate PCIe Cables? Two Separate PCIe Power Cables are recommended.
Just one I believe. 8 pin to the power supply and the other end has two 6+2 pins plugged into the graphics card.
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Monday, April 22, 2019 4:51 AM
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Add a Second PCIe Power Cable. Use only One 6+2 pins from each cable.
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Oofta13425
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Monday, April 22, 2019 5:05 AM
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bcavnaugh Add a Second PCIe Power Cable. Use only One 6+2 pins from each cable.
Thank you. You think it just wasn't getting enough power?
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Monday, April 22, 2019 5:11 AM
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Sometimes, but the Ti Version Cards like having more power and 2 cables provide the needed power. What Power Supply are you using?
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Monday, April 22, 2019 5:32 AM
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I'm using the corsair RM1000X. Sounds like an easy fix. I will open it up and run another cable through tomorrow afternoon. Thanks for the help. I was getting a bit scared xD
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Monday, April 22, 2019 4:45 PM
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Not sure what a single red light means, but 3 red lights mean the card is stuck in flash mode.
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Monday, April 22, 2019 9:53 PM
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Sajin Not sure what a single red light means, but 3 red lights mean the card is stuck in flash mode.
I learned that with my first card a few months ago xD bcavnaugh Keep us posted.
I added another PCIe and my computer has been great so far. Thank you for the help I really appreciate it! I'll post if it happens again but I think you solved it. Thank you again.
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Monday, April 22, 2019 9:57 PM
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Oofta13425
bcavnaugh Keep us posted.
I added another PCIe and my computer has been great so far. Thank you for the help I really appreciate it! I'll post if it happens again but I think you solved it. Thank you again.
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Saturday, February 15, 2020 1:09 AM
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I called EVGA about a similar single red light - they told me it's probably due to a pending GPU BIOS update. I'm using Ubuntu, so I can't update it at the moment.
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 10:09 PM
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2080 Super ftw3 - red light on no red light previously; had to remove card to make nvme change, put it back together and now I have a red light... no changes, 6 pin cable inner plug, 6+2 cable outer plug, EVGA 650W Platinum power and cables thoughts?
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 10:26 PM
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nvm, just tried it with "mid-cable" 6+2 plug and light went out... interesting because it was only the 6pin for the last few months since I built the system... go figure.
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Re: 2080 TI FTW3 one red light above power cables?
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 11:18 PM
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Resolved - had a loose power cable on the PSU end. Check all your connections once.
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