Anyone get anything saying there pads are on there way yet or are still in prep stage before sending out this fix?
Also interesting question WickedMONK3Y. I am thinking its just just not something that helps to cover the chocks so air cooling works fine, BUT evga just gives you a really wide and thick pad that should cover the VRM's and the PWM' as a just in case since they are already spending money to fix this mess up, might as well spend a tiny bit more to cover all areas. That is just my guess though and maybe iam giving them too much credit.

Scarlet-Tech

lebel
Nice instruction and very useful.
 
I feel some will be apprehensive to undertake such a task and could also be put off somewhat from buying said cards, especially as they may see it as an aftermarket fix, rather than an upgrade to a functionary device?

It is super easy to do. People need to understand, these cards are not made of very thin glass.. Just don't drop them and everything will be fine.

If there is anything I can do to make the guide better, please let me know.

Hi Scarlet,
 
Thanks for the effort to make the thermal pad instruction, it is really clear and helpful. If possible can i please get clarification that the mechanism of thermal pad. As we apply the thermal pad on the front and back, is that going to trap all the heat in the component which explain why the temperature is lower, or the component that behind the thermal pad will have the same temperature of the thermal pad as the test show of around 75 cesium degree.
 
Kind regards

I installed the hybrid kit on my 1080 ftw , but I'm still a bit paranoid about the inductors not being actively cooled. Would there be no point to installing the thin strip thermal mod to the front of the card (on the inductors) since there is no heatsink above them in the hybrid kit? I'll still put the huge thermal pad on the back to help.

Could you please give some information about the way to check/replace vram thermal pads?
 
Thanks

Just got my package in today and installed thermal pads in about 10 mins.  Instructions within the package are pretty straight forward and easy.

ltgisabeachbum

aberdie
Just got my package in today and installed thermal pads in about 10 mins.  Instructions within the package are pretty straight forward and easy.

But what exactly is the newly applied thermal pad making contact with?

Looks like the fins of the heatsink, going by the picture in the tutorial. Seems like a real professional solution to their high end graphics card. Would be real nice to see toms hardware produce some flir images from their original card with the "fix" applied.

I did that today with my gtx 1080 ftw.... actually the size of the thermal pads should be: 2 mm between the PCB and the Backplate in order PCB to get good contact with the Backplate. Then, 1 mm between the heatsink and the midplate, cheers! 

Where can you check the shipment status?
Ive tried asking evga twice on how long this takes but they are extremely good at evading such questions so all i got was vague misdirections at this pace my card could be dead and buried before i even get anything. They told me in the second time i asked
last monday they would ship but no mention where from thanks evga anyway so i blindly assumed to me but now i see that status page posted here i really wanna know how to find that because i bet i got nothing. Why so vague evga? you dont do vague accepting money is it this hard to answer where they ship from or give some guesstimate how long this takes? 2 support agents cant answer this? real nice always glad to pay 400 euro to have to screw around with it and be left in the dark but glad someone posted a nice guide this awesome job.

I wanted to pm you this answer but cant due to the rules so this is a bit offtopic.
so why did the 2 support agents have to give vague answers and not give the answer you give me a direct and normal answer? the other problem i asked and had no answer to since im in the netherlands i believe you have a holding in germany where are the pads shipped from? Its not so much evga taking care of me with rma etc would be right out an insult if they didnt but no one likes buying a 400 euro card or more just to go at it with few screw drivers for me this is a huge deal breaker and im not sure im sticking with evga in the future but i do know i will do some research see if you put padding on the cards or if we have to stab at them with screwdrivers again.

Sajin

WickedMONK3Y
Thanks for the thread. There is one thing concerning me when I look at the EVGA Guide to do this, and then look at yours, and then look at other disassembled coolers. Usually the VRM's on the front of the PCB should have the thermal pads physically on them and not over them on the base plate. As far as I am aware there is actually a thermal strip on the baseplate itself but its the gap between the fins on the cooler and the baseplate (and the dead zone underneath the fan by the VRM's) so there is little transfer from the plate to the fins.
 
Sorry for the long into but my question now comes in. EVGA's guide shows that you have to COVER the PWM's and VRMS while yours shows to still leave the PWM's open and put the pad over the VRM area of the base plate. Which method is actually correct because I am quite loath to disassemble 2 cards that cost well over $ 700 (our local exchange rate in South Africa at time of writing is almost 14 to 1 to the Dollar) unless I am 200% certain that I know what I am doing. We don't have the luxury of Cross shipping here and have to rely on standard RMA...
 
The reason I ask is when I look at the ASUS Strix Cooler, the Thermal pad makes contact with the VRMs only and the PWM's are left exposed. while EVGA wants us to put the pad over the PWMs...

EVGA Forum Moderators aren't EVGA employees. Do what EVGA has suggested in their official guide.

Pretty crap reply from a EVGA Mod :) A legit question no less.
I got the pads from EVGA but it does not make too much sense to cover them. Sure, it helps. But those were never the problem anyway?

Not sure it helps you xfade81 but i followed the guide evga sent with the package (evga support never mentioned this either when asking for a manual so good job once again evga and just pointing to this thread) and it does help lower the temps while running furmark. A side note to evga if you dont know the answer instead of being vague just say you dont know no shame in that instead of having 2 evga representatives say 2 different vague replies.

Enosoma
JayzTwoCents did a video applying TIM to a GPU where he literally slathers it on there, all over the die, all around it, to prove a point. Too much TIM isn't bad (and sometimes good?), while not enough (ESPECIALLY for GPUs) is a big problem.

Heres  a couple of applying tests that were done where they went through many methods and applications and you can see the difference and how many air bubbles form in each instance. Really well done and very informative articles. They are both a little older, but that doesn't change the info at all. Hope that helps the guys that come to this fact page.
 
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Thermal-Paste-Application-Techniques-170/  
 
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-apply-thermal-grease-part-1/11/ 

ujambo
surely this voids any warrenty on your card

Negative ghost rider, EVGA requested people to install these to save shipping. EVGA does not void warranties like other companies do.

Very informative. 
I've been playing around a lot with this sort of stuff but have been slightly intimidated just because I've never done it before.
So I thank you! This is very helpful and will probably get me to open my GPU up further just to play with it - it's dead anyways. 

Digital_Fuzion
How do you apple thermal pads for the EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3?

Apply the pads the same way they come off on the 1080ti FTW3. I say that, because the new thermal pads were don’t before the 1080ti FTW3 came out, so you shouldn’t need to change their positions.