I bought my 1080 gtx ftw from Amazon because I had a discount. When I receive the package I won't be opening it for a while at least until January. Is there a way to understand from outside of the box whether my card is the most recent version with all the new updates and thermal pads installed?
 
 

Does the 1080 FTW card have a place where we can plug a cable to extend the hdmi port to the front of the case just like on the gigabyte gaming express to connect an Oculus Rift easier?

And another question about the thermal pads. I've just ordered the 1080 FTW from Amazon and I'll be receiving it tomorrow. Is there a way to find out if the card has the thermal pads already factory installed or not?

alisle
i ordered a 1080 ftw from amazon when they came back in stock on november 30th. just came today and i can report its from the new batch. already has the thermal mod and vbios. i checked by looking up its serial number on evga thermal mod request page before i even took it out of the box lol.

Hey this was the info that I was looking for. I also bought my 1080 FTW from Amazon and I was wondering if there was a way to find out if the box is from the new batch.

I'm not going to open my box for about 1 month. How will I know that my card has the thermal pads installed on it without opening the box? Does the thermalmod page tell you what updates your card have when you checked the serial number?
 
This is the answer that I received from EVGA when I asked the same question:
 
"Hello,
 
Thank you for contacting us today. It is very unlikely that your card already has the thermal pad installed. If it does, you can see the thermal pad on the backplate in the large vent. You can also type in your serial number here: . This should tell you if your card can use any of the modifications. "
 
Now I'm a little confused. Why do they say that it is unlikely that the card already has the thermal pad installed? 

stephan28
I also ordered a card from Amazon in December and it didn't have the pads installed. In fact when I ran the S/N via EVGA's website it indicated such and showed a manufacture date of September. I presume there were large batch of shipments to vendors that were "pre-mod."

In order to guarantee receiving a "post-mod" card I suggest that folks order from EVGA directly.

Do you think I can change the card that I bought from Amazon from EVGA without opening the box? If it's not post-mod of course?

Can you share what your serial number check result from thermalmod page?

And finally what did you do to resolve the problem?

dwaintr

stephan28
I also ordered a card from Amazon in December and it didn't have the pads installed. In fact when I ran the S/N via EVGA's website it indicated such and showed a manufacture date of September. I presume there were large batch of shipments to vendors that were "pre-mod."

In order to guarantee receiving a "post-mod" card I suggest that folks order from EVGA directly.

Do you think I can change the card that I bought from Amazon from EVGA without opening the box? If it's not post-mod of course?

Can you share what your serial number check result from thermalmod page?

And finally what did you do to resolve the problem?

I edited my post to provide more information. I never opened my card up. I eventually requested an advanced RMA with EVGA. They were excellent to deal with but it's a multi-step process that takes a few days. Basically, once it all goes through they will ship you a new card and when you receive it you will send your original to them.

Glad I could assist a little bit. I too, was a little dismayed and uncertain what to do at first. Now I'm just waiting for the card to ship and crossing my fingers that it arrives before the Holidays.

Received my thermal pads today . thank you , now have long days to play safety

installed the thermal pads which was simple, so all is good but I downloaded the fan curve bios for my 1070 and it still has 0% fan speed on idle? I thought there would have been some sort of fan speed on idle? I don't want to set a custom fan profile because it's a pain and having msi afterburner or precision running in the background feels a bit input laggy in games.
 
Anyone on here have different outcome with the bios?

welmuz
I just installed my thermal pads. When removing the back plate I noticed that some components has been very hot. Look attachment.
 

That isnt "hot" that is blown. There is a difference. You need to set up a RMA if this is your card.

Today 1 month waiting the thermal pads.
 
Regards.
 
Request Shipped 11/09/2016 (Please allow 1-2 weeks for delivery).

No thermal pads for me yet. (1month+ now) C´mon evga.

Omarlink
Today 1 month waiting the thermal pads.
 
Regards.
 
Request Shipped 11/09/2016 (Please allow 1-2 weeks for delivery).

Same here.

welmuz
I just installed my thermal pads. When removing the back plate I noticed that some components has been very hot. Look attachment.
 

I call BS, your card would have been dead prior to you installing the pads. You just found a random picture of a blown up VRM and attached it.

DamZe

welmuz
I just installed my thermal pads. When removing the back plate I noticed that some components has been very hot. Look attachment.
 

I call BS, your card would have been dead prior to you installing the pads. You just found a random picture of a blown up VRM and attached it.

Believe or not the card is still working and the picture is taken from my card. Couple of times it has been black screen when starting my PC. 

Some members still have the idea that checking GPU temp using GPU-z or any monitoring program is useful for checking this problem.
 
It's not. The whole reason for previous panic etc is because there are NO thermal monitors attached to VRAM or Mosfets (that's normal). EVGA have done a stellar job of keeping the GPU chip itself nice and cool. In other words no one could be sure if this problem affected them or not. All seemed fine to me, but I did all the mods and Bios updates regardless. But this was for piece of mind. I had no evidence ever of any HW issues with my card.
 
Of course GPU temp may change a few degrees before/after the mods as they alter the dynamic of the card, quite a bit of thermal tape. Additionally speeding up the fans manual or new BIOS is bound to show improvement to GPU chip temp. There is no way to know about the components in question unless one has the resources, like Hexus, to check. Even the thermal images don't prove anything really. But drilling and sticking temp probes on these parts (as was finally done) did indeed reveal the real temps of these components.
 
After a few months of worry, and checking every "reliable," source, and doing all Mods it's only now that I am realizing this whole thing was blown out of proportion. There were problems on some cards (I've seen three burnt ones) but the ratio of failure is well below 1% - so far, which is good. There cannot have been a basic engineering flaw in these cards (but, granted, tape that doesn't touch what is should is bad.) Why am I so sure? A cool look at the best figures available which shows a very low card failure rate overall.
 
I am as bad as anyone here. I thought my card was screwed. I couldn't believe EVGA did this. I wanted money back and free games. Looking back I never experienced any kind of issue at all.
Still glad I did all the mods, but probably this is more important for piece of mind, actively doing something. But on a purely logical level (not possible for me with high cost components) in all likely hood they weren't necessary.
 
That's how I see it now. It's opinion. Not a declaration of facts.