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Time to RMA.

Ok so before you started getting the event id 41. Did you have an issue where it would have multiple times a minute that it would get event id 4101 (Nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered)? Also it would do event 4101 every 2-3sec then it will hard lock my computer and ill have to hit the reset button to get it back up and running. No blue screens or anything. So I know that this the normal event that generates when well you driver crashes for what ever reason. But in my case it will only happen when the computer is in idle with the screen off. I know for a fact it none of my components in the system currently but will be transferring the gpu from system to another known working system. But I am just trying to get as much info from someone that had another 980 ti go boom on them. I have this gpu in a server of mine that runs 24/7 and if it were to catch fire or do anything like that with out me home it could be very catastrophic. If you got any other info of anything happening up to the point where it caught fire that would be incredibly useful thanks.

Wait nvm about getting rid of your card, I mis-read your comment

Your report has become quite common here on the forum within the last half year. We are at approximately 1 report a week regarding a 900 series card burning up. Seems like within a year after the standard warranties expired, they started burning up at an accelerated rate. Seems like NVIDIA and EVGA value-engineered their cards' components correctly to maximize profit during the warranty period. Sad when that happens.