dmoheban
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Hi, Last week was upgrading my 1080s to another card and when I removed them noticed that the back plate looked oily. Not sure if the thermal pads had started to degrade or not. Further more this morning tried to mine with them using something called Minerstat which is a linux based miner app and noticed one gpu completely shut itself off after an hour as the lights or leds went off. Not sure what thats all about. Guess I got to torture stress them each to see whats going on in Windows. Thanks
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the_Scarlet_one
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/05/03 13:45:49
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That isn’t degradation, it is just thermal pad silicone weeping. It happens due to thermal cycling of the card. If you don’t like it, you can clean the oil off with some isopropyl alcohol, but as long as dust isn’t caked into it, it will not hurt anything.
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/05/03 15:47:53
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dmoheban
Hi,
Last week was upgrading my 1080s to another card and when I removed them noticed that the back plate looked oily. Not sure if the thermal pads had started to degrade or not.
Further more this morning tried to mine with them using something called Minerstat which is a linux based miner app and noticed one gpu completely shut itself off after an hour as
the lights or leds went off. Not sure what thats all about. Guess I got to torture stress them each to see whats going on in Windows.
Thanks
Hard to believe with as long as you have been around and the frequent threads about EVGA's weeping thermal pads....  As far as your mining issues, as policy, I refuse to even consider helping anyone with them.
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/05/03 16:49:20
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I was just upgrading my motherboard and noticed this also. I was a bit worried and was going to ask here, but you beat me to it. Thanks!
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EVGAuser145
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/05/04 02:08:19
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the_Scarlet_one
but as long as dust isn’t caked into it, it will not hurt anything.
Proof?
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/05/06 14:58:45
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HeavyHemi
dmoheban
Hi,
Last week was upgrading my 1080s to another card and when I removed them noticed that the back plate looked oily. Not sure if the thermal pads had started to degrade or not.
Further more this morning tried to mine with them using something called Minerstat which is a linux based miner app and noticed one gpu completely shut itself off after an hour as
the lights or leds went off. Not sure what thats all about. Guess I got to torture stress them each to see whats going on in Windows.
Thanks
Hard to believe with as long as you have been around and the frequent threads about EVGA's weeping thermal pads....
As far as your mining issues, as policy, I refuse to even consider helping anyone with them.
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the_Scarlet_one
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/05/06 15:44:51
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EVGAuser145
the_Scarlet_one
but as long as dust isn’t caked into it, it will not hurt anything.
Proof?
The internet. Silicone grease from thermal pads isn’t conductive, so it won’t hurt anything. Dust will cause problems because it can be capacitive. Clean your card occasionally.
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EVGAuser145
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/05/10 02:32:47
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the_Scarlet_one
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the_Scarlet_one
but as long as dust isn’t caked into it, it will not hurt anything.
Proof?
Silicone grease from thermal pads isn’t conductive, so it won’t hurt anything. Dust will cause problems because it can be capacitive.
Clean your card occasionally.
You've still got grease all over your card, conductive or not conductive. How do you know that the grease won't hurt anything? I wouldn't pour a whole lot of grease into a computer case with all the components still in that'd kill it for sure.
post edited by EVGAuser145 - 2021/05/10 02:36:27
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the_Scarlet_one
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/05/10 03:15:04
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Because it’s silicone grease, and it is meant to be on the card. That is a part of every thermal pad, and yes, we already know it won’t hurt the computer because it is already inside almost every single computer on the planet.
You should go play the what if game on Reddit. You can make good friends there. You aren’t “pouring grease” into your pc with silicone grease, so I have absolutely no idea why you are even attempting to have that conversation.
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/05/10 03:50:56
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EVGAuser145
the_Scarlet_one
EVGAuser145
the_Scarlet_one
but as long as dust isn’t caked into it, it will not hurt anything.
Proof?
Silicone grease from thermal pads isn’t conductive, so it won’t hurt anything. Dust will cause problems because it can be capacitive.
Clean your card occasionally.
You've still got grease all over your card, conductive or not conductive. How do you know that the grease won't hurt anything? I wouldn't pour a whole lot of grease into a computer case with all the components still in that'd kill it for sure.
You actually can.In fact you can submege your whole pc in oil and run it just fine, but its not fun to clean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSnGmAqQaFs The little bit of TIM weeping your seeing wont hurt anything other than your OCD and the reason we know that is because we have ALL experienced it since we began building.
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/05/10 13:14:37
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the_Scarlet_one
Because it’s silicone grease, and it is meant to be on the card. That is a part of every thermal pad, and yes, we already know it won’t hurt the computer because it is already inside almost every single computer on the planet.
You should go play the what if game on Reddit. You can make good friends there. You aren’t “pouring grease” into your pc with silicone grease, so I have absolutely no idea why you are even attempting to have that conversation.
Odd, i was discussing computer hardware on a computer hardware forum. There's no need to start trolling. and no i'm not believing linus tech tips 
post edited by EVGAuser145 - 2021/05/10 13:23:49
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knightostjohn
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/06/02 06:26:35
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/06/02 07:24:59
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Those are from thermal pads. Nothing wrong besides aesthetics
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ClutchAutomatic
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/06/02 08:19:03
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Arent the capacitors filled with oil that could pop and leak?
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/06/05 11:48:11
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Coming from your thermal pads. Nothing to worry about but if it bothers you you can clean it with some Isopropyl Alcohol
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Re: Oil slick on my 1080s
2021/06/16 14:12:03
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