Hey guys, I just wanted to ask 3 quick questions regarding the RTX 2080 Ti Kingpin Edition:
 
1. Will I automatically void my warranty just by flipping the BIOS switch over to the 3rd BIOS?
2. Every now and again, I'll hear a sound which sounds like the liquid coolant trying to shoot its way through the tubing. Is that normal behavior, or should I be concerned?
3. I don't recall seeing any options at checkout, but does anything exist in the way of additional extended warranties so I can protect this beast long-term?
 
Thanks for any help. :)

Thanks, Crimsonghost99. I must have totally missed that. I hope it's not too late. 

https://www.evga.com/warranty/extended/
 
All the details are in that link.  You can purchase the extended warranty after you register your GPU  - 90 days from Date of Purchase
 
(excerpt from top of page - from link above - I added spaces for readability)
 
Starting on March 1st, 2013, products registered within 90 days of purchase with the part number suffix -KR* with the exception of peripherals or power supplies will have the option to purchase an extended warranty within the regions of the Contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, and Europe.

The product must be purchased as new and from an authorized EVGA reseller to qualify for the Extended Warranty Program.

The extended warranty will be available for purchase by the original owner within 90 days of the purchase date and a receipt from an authorized reseller is required to verify the purchase information and to validate the Extended Warranty purchase.

Customers will have the option to purchase either the 5 year or 10 year program, extending the warranty by an additional 2 or 7 years respectively.

Thanks so much for all of the help, guys. I appreciate it. 
 
I have the radiator installed to the lower rear panel side of the case (it's a Corsair Obsidian 900D)

 
Here's a very, very crude illustration:

 

:/ swishing sound with the way you have it currently mounted.. yeah I'd be concerned.. dry pump prob at start up.

Try tipping the case to the left where the front of the case is up so hopefully you can trap any air at the top of the right side of the rad.. and hopefully somehow it stays put. Do this carefully while the system is running.

So since posting this over a month ago, I've tried resituating my radiator, I've tilted the case, fiddled with the tubing, removed and gently shook the whole unit (at the suggestion of EVGA tech support), and still, the problem remains. 
 
Now it seems like I've run into yet another problem - "Fan 3" has randomly stopped working, at least in Precision X1 (v03.19.0).
 

 
Yepp. All of a sudden I can no longer get a valid readout or control the individual speed of Fan 3. It runs nonstop at, what seems to be ~50%, regardless of what I set the percentage to.
 
As you can see from the screenshot, the software is reporting 0 RPM, but looking into my case, even as I type this message, I can clearly see all 3 fans spinning. This happens whether the fans are "locked" or "unlocked," auto or manual.
 
 
While I'm at it, I guess I should also mention this other very strange thing I've noticed - let's say I set the speed of "Fan 1" (the GPU fan) to anything less than 20%, it makes this odd choking sound, like it's struggling to start up, spins for a bit, and then goes through the process again, over and over. The noise is quite noticeable, and it's alarming because I don't know if that means the fan is dying or if there's a defective bit of onboard electronics or a bad controller? Everything is stock, in terms of fans in use, cables, wiring and anything else. The fan issues are present across all 3 BIOS. I have never made any changes to the onboard BIOS, installed a "modified" BIOS, or used exotic cooling.
 
I'm not sure what else to do. 

Mcwrah
The fan 3 is fine (afaik). I have a kingpin too and theres no readout on fan3, don't even know why its there but anything 03.16 and up has it at 0rpm. Only fan 2 (rad fans) and fan 1(on the card) are actually connected as far as I know (+ pump that you can't control).

Fan 3 is there for if you have an additional fan plugged into the external fan header on the end of the video card, if nothing is plugged in to that header it should always be at 0 rpm

Mcwrah

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Mcwrah
The fan 3 is fine (afaik). I have a kingpin too and theres no readout on fan3, don't even know why its there but anything 03.16 and up has it at 0rpm. Only fan 2 (rad fans) and fan 1(on the card) are actually connected as far as I know (+ pump that you can't control).

Fan 3 is there for if you have an additional fan plugged into the external fan header on the end of the video card, if nothing is plugged in to that header it should always be at 0 rpm

Ah fair, my bad, didn't know that since my ftw3 hybrid doesn't have that if theres nothing plugged in, if nothing is plugged it doesn't even show up in px1. (It does when I plug in a fan tho)

Unless they changed that in an update it used to always be there

You can't put the fans that low of a speed since some fans don't support such a low PWM %.  Like you said, it struggles to stay on.  Just leave it at a higher setting but a tolerable one that you're satisfied with.

redarman
What was your solution to the gpu fan struggle? New kingpin owner here and mine makes a click/clack noise every time it starts and stops.
 

Tommy On EVGA
Ahhh, ok, thanks for clarifying everyone. :) I never really stopped to notice that "Fan 3" must have always been reading 0 then, and it was "Fan 2" that was actually controlling both radiator fan speeds this whole time. I guess my sense of worry is heightened with all of the other stuff I've been dealing with, so I'm super vigilant to everything now.
 
What do you guys think about the odd sound coming from Fan 1, the GPU fan? Like I've mentioned, if I try to sustain that fan at something like 10%, or 15%, it just chugs away in a depressing loop. I've also noticed it (momentarily audible) when I switch speeds, from, say, 100% to 50%, it makes that struggling sound first and then it'll spin at 50%, for example. 
 
Believe me, I can live without running the GPU fan at 10% or 15%, and I only really noticed this messing around with different fan speed settings. I just want to know and be sure it's not any of the hardware dying inside. 
 
As for the original problem, I honestly don't see how there's a fix for that, aside from maybe an RMA at this point. At this rate, I feel like the pump will go bad in no time at all if it's what  eluded to.
 
Thanks for any additional help in advance all.

I guess if your wondering about the fan issue here if you don't want the fan to start and stop create your own fan profile or just set them to manual at your own speed. In px1 software fan 1 is the vrm fan, fan 2 is the 2 radiator fans hooked with a y connector reading as 1 and fan 3 is the external fan header by the power connections so will read 0 unless a fan is plugged in to it. Another option is flash the ln2 bios to the OC bios position so you get the capability for all fans to run at the full potential and keep protections in place. The way they are in normal or OC position from the factory if you put the fans at 100% in px1 they are only at 70 or 80 percent. Also if you replace your radiator fans with a high performance higher rpm fan they will not read the proper rpms in px1 fan 2, in that case you can use a y cable for your higher rpm fans and plug them into the external fan header instead and they will read properly from fan 3.

redarman
Thanks for the advice. Does flashing the ln2 bios to the OC position void the warranty? I'm still considering returning card because of the clicking fan and fridge-pump noise. I'll make my own thread about the click/clack fan noise.

sparetimepc

redarman
What was your solution to the gpu fan struggle? New kingpin owner here and mine makes a click/clack noise every time it starts and stops.

Tommy On EVGA
Ahhh, ok, thanks for clarifying everyone. :) I never really stopped to notice that "Fan 3" must have always been reading 0 then, and it was "Fan 2" that was actually controlling both radiator fan speeds this whole time. I guess my sense of worry is heightened with all of the other stuff I've been dealing with, so I'm super vigilant to everything now.

What do you guys think about the odd sound coming from Fan 1, the GPU fan? Like I've mentioned, if I try to sustain that fan at something like 10%, or 15%, it just chugs away in a depressing loop. I've also noticed it (momentarily audible) when I switch speeds, from, say, 100% to 50%, it makes that struggling sound first and then it'll spin at 50%, for example. 

Believe me, I can live without running the GPU fan at 10% or 15%, and I only really noticed this messing around with different fan speed settings. I just want to know and be sure it's not any of the hardware dying inside. 

As for the original problem, I honestly don't see how there's a fix for that, aside from maybe an RMA at this point. At this rate, I feel like the pump will go bad in no time at all if it's what  eluded to.

Thanks for any additional help in advance all.

I guess if your wondering about the fan issue here if you don't want the fan to start and stop create your own fan profile or just set them to manual at your own speed. In px1 software fan 1 is the vrm fan, fan 2 is the 2 radiator fans hooked with a y connector reading as 1 and fan 3 is the external fan header by the power connections so will read 0 unless a fan is plugged in to it. Another option is flash the ln2 bios to the OC bios position so you get the capability for all fans to run at the full potential and keep protections in place. The way they are in normal or OC position from the factory if you put the fans at 100% in px1 they are only at 70 or 80 percent. Also if you replace your radiator fans with a high performance higher rpm fan they will not read the proper rpms in px1 fan 2, in that case you can use a y cable for your higher rpm fans and plug them into the external fan header instead and they will read properly from fan 3.

It does not void your warranty, only using the xoc bios voids your warranty. Here is a link for your with the kicks and tricks for the kingpin. https://xdevs.com/guide/2080ti_kpe/

Also make sure your firmware is up to date, open px1, then click the little circle in lower right corner by the version, when it opens click where it says update, then a folder will open with firmware files, click the E200_FA42 file, that's the newest for the kingpin.