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So today I got a black screen While playing wow. did the normal checked drivers, updates ect. so after a few hours of going through the motions I decided id strip down pc give a good clean just incase it was over heating even tho it appeared to be fine via benchmarks, seemed to keep being wow related. So cleaned pc noticed the GPU felt a little oily/sticky in places. re assembled pc reasonable happy with the clean. Back in wow 20 mins in pc just shut down completely, when I tried to power on the rgb would flicker and nothing. So started trying to trouble shoot this. I disconnected the gpu first completely from psu and mobo. hit the power button and it fired up. hmm. Swapped the gpu with one in another pc at home a 960 I think. anyways it fired up and wow was working fine. my main gpu, in the other computer however same problem, a flicker of life then wouldn't even try to boot. removed gpu and that pc also without the 1080 in it also fired up. So decided to have a closer look at what ever this oil was. I removed the back plate and found a fairly large oily patch. Is this something that can be fixed?
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 15:42:34
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Thermal Pads do leave the oil ... not an issue the oil is non-conductive ... was there a Thermal pad in that area ?
sounds like the GPU needs to be RMA if still under warranty
If you have an AIO in your PC (cooling the CPU) & it leaked onto the back of the GPU ... thats a problem - probably not covered by warranty on the card
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 15:43:59
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Thanks for the reply what sort of time frame would a warranty last for?
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 15:46:48
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If your the original owner ... 3* yrs (check suffix) from time Purchased ... unless you bought the Optional extended warranty https://www.evga.com/warranty/ *The length of the Limited Warranty is determined by Product according to the suffix associated with each Product's identification number as set forth below and will be measured beginning from the date of purchase: - 3 Year Standard Limited Warranty Product Suffixes: -A1, -A2, -A3, -A4, -AR, -AX, -CR, -CX, -DX, -FR, -FX, -SG, -SX, -KR, -K1, -K2, -K3, -K4, -K5 -KB, -KA, -KF, -KM, -KP, -KS
- 2 Year Standard Limited Warranty Product Suffixes: -LA, -LE, -LR, -L1, -LX, -T1, -T2, -TR, -TX
- 1 Year Standard Limited Warranty Product Suffixes: -B1, -BR, -BX, -DR, -RX
- 90 Day Standard Limited Warranty Product Suffix: -RB
Second owner that Time starts from when EVGA first shipped the card Is it Registered ?
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 15:48:35
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it may be where would I check if its registered?
I think ive owned it since Aug of 2016 :(
and yep original owner bought it from new from Scan.
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 15:51:17
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 15:52:21
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I do have a corsair AIO and nope nothing leaked my card did sit vertical in the thermaltake case.
Yes I am in Uk
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 15:54:05
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 16:03:53
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Thanks for helping me have registered and will try to see if it can be RMA. I hope so a good chunk of cash if its just going in the bin. and will be unable to replace it for some time
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 16:10:47
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actually you can get more than just a few buck selling it for "parts only" ... if it is out of warranty
surprising how much some people will pay for non-working cards
Customer Service can run that serial number & tell you if it is in warranty
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 16:17:54
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 16:23:58
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Yeah I was thinking would end up on ebay as a non working card and try to recover something atleast.
Yes that's the card. I have not tried the other bios will give that a go now. the thought didn't even cross my mind to be hoenst as there seemd to be no life in it atall.
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 16:42:18
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Tried both the master and slave on side nothing.
when I first turn power on at psu I get some lights on mobo.
soon as I hit the power button on case. I get a flash of light on the rgb AIO cpu
and on the rgb psu. then nothing only way for it to repeat that is to power off at psu and then try again same results every time.
had same results on other pc also. when you try to turn on via case just a led flash on mobo then nothing bad times.
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/04 18:02:32
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I'd avoid power on any more ... card seems to have an electric issue .. if its a short & your PSU safety overload fails to shutdown it could cause the Smoke to come out - in a Bad way
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/05 00:31:36
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Thank you for your help. appreciate the time you took to respond. I also thought was electrical short. since the way it would flash then nothing. and some sort of fail safe was kicking in to stop power up with the gpu in. will have to wait on Evga now but im pretty sure it will be a no its outside of the 3 years :(
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Re: Bricked Gtx 1080 ftw?
2020/02/22 14:32:58
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catastrophe1337
Thank you for your help. appreciate the time you took to respond. I also thought was electrical short. since the way it would flash then nothing. and some sort of fail safe was kicking in to stop power up with the gpu in. will have to wait on Evga now but im pretty sure it will be a no its outside of the 3 years :(
As you said that you are from UK, I would advise you to read more about the law: https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/l/faulty-goods Even if it is out of Scan or EVGA warranty, you still have rights up to 6 years as Scan is a UK seller. I have done the same with Amazon and currently waiting to hear from their solicitors as their Customer Service is not informed / does not care about our Statutory Rights.
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