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suddenly my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
the smell is more like metal and not burnt plastic
how to fix this (no oc and i have the newest nvidia driver)?
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Sunday, July 01, 2018 8:29 PM
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Is the card new? If yes, you could be smelling the new electronics smell.
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Sunday, July 01, 2018 8:53 PM
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No the card is from 10 2017.
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Monday, July 02, 2018 8:00 PM
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Anyone tips or is this a RMA issue?
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Monday, July 02, 2018 8:44 PM
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☼ Best Answerby deralx Tuesday, July 03, 2018 8:09 PM
This card ? EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING, 08G-P4-6276-KRIts is hard to figure out a "smell in a PC" that we are not hands on with. Have you cleaned the card of all dust recently ? Thermal Pads should not smell (in my experience) Could it be something else like the PSU, CPU or MB ? 68 C is not overly warm for a GPU. Temps and Voltages look good for all parts of your Rig ? Performance still the same ? If your concerned it may be time for a careful inspection; not sure how comfortable you would be disassembling your card You would need the tools, TIM & new Thermal Pads With the card removed and very good lighting you could look for signs of any issues, before disassembly Higher GPU temps usually indicate a bigger load on the GPU & that = larger power draw on the PSU ---> I'd inspect the PSU 
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Tuesday, July 03, 2018 8:12 PM
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Yes this one EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING, 08G-P4-6276-KR Have you cleaned the card of all dust recently ? = Yes Temps and Voltages look good for all parts of your Rig ? = YES You would need the tools, TIM & new Thermal Pads - What is TIM and no new thermal pads add hand... Card performs as usual-- 1. Ok I will remove the grafic card and do some heavy load stuff to see if the Cpu,MB or PSU is the source 2. check visual the components of the card if no smell happen when removed Higher GPU temps usually indicate a bigger load on the GPU & that = larger power draw on the PSU ---> I'd inspect the PSU - How? Besides dust and smell source?
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Wednesday, July 04, 2018 5:33 PM
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Wednesday, July 04, 2018 6:02 PM
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I done the above it is definitely the graphic card.
I do not want to fiddle further with the card and then do not have thermal pads.
I will not be able to fix it anyway right?
Cards I free from dust and still smells.
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Friday, August 10, 2018 6:35 PM
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Ping can I turn in my card to get a replacement?
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Friday, August 10, 2018 6:44 PM
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Friday, August 10, 2018 10:40 PM
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I'm confused, did you install new thermal pads? How are you sure that the smell is from the thermal pads? I've never heard of thermal pads having a smell.
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Saturday, August 11, 2018 0:39 PM
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Hello, Would you mind answer giving a little more detail of this issue? I would recommend giving us a call here at EVGA by calling us at 1 (888) 880-3842 or email us at support@EVGA.com this way we can better understand this issue.
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Saturday, August 11, 2018 3:50 PM
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Thanks for the help i just created a support case @supportDE
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Saturday, August 11, 2018 6:02 PM
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thanks for the update give an update once its resolved 
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Re: my EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 incl thermal pads smells at approx 68c
Sunday, August 12, 2018 12:10 AM
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deralx
Thanks for the help i just created a support case @supportDE
Just to let you know that EVGA EU doesn't work the weekends so you'll have to wait during the week to get a response.
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