pzehtoeur
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I apologize if this has been answered before but I couldn't find any topics on this. I began disassembling my 1080 Ti Founders edition to slap on a water block and after I took the back plate off I noticed some weird coloring on the PCB (as shown in the pictures in the link). imgur (dot) com/a/naLrn I've had the card for about two months with no issues and only noticed this when I began disassembling the GPU. Should I be wary or can I proceed with adding my water block? Thanks in advance for your help. Edit: changed the link
post edited by pzehtoeur - Tuesday, June 06, 2017 3:47 AM
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Re: Weird Discoloration on 1080 Ti PCB
Tuesday, June 06, 2017 3:38 AM
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You don't have enough posts to properly link yet. Put spaces in your link to make the link show up on the forum.
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Re: Weird Discoloration on 1080 Ti PCB
Tuesday, June 06, 2017 3:42 AM
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Hello,
can you post the link to the images like this:
site DOT com/yourimage.jpg
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Re: Weird Discoloration on 1080 Ti PCB
Tuesday, June 06, 2017 3:50 AM
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Re: Weird Discoloration on 1080 Ti PCB
Tuesday, June 06, 2017 4:07 AM
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^+1 like CoolGTX said. It could be from the thermal pad weeping. Nothing to worry about. I would be concerned as well, if I hadn't seen this before.
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Re: Weird Discoloration on 1080 Ti PCB
Tuesday, June 06, 2017 4:29 AM
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Great, thanks for the reassurance!
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Re: Weird Discoloration on 1080 Ti PCB
Tuesday, June 06, 2017 4:35 AM
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It's something that even knowing what it is I probably would still be posting pictures like you did just to get feedback from others.
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Re: Weird Discoloration on 1080 Ti PCB
Tuesday, June 06, 2017 4:38 AM
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Probably excess flux from the factory or that one white thermal pad on the back of the card leaking (for lack of a better term).
If you want to clean it use a cotton swap lightly moistened with 91 or 99% alcohol. PCB cleaner works too if you have some.
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Re: Weird Discoloration on 1080 Ti PCB
Tuesday, June 06, 2017 4:55 AM
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I can confirm that this is normal and appears to be the non-conductive oily residue that can leak from the thermal pads.
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Re: Weird Discoloration on 1080 Ti PCB
Tuesday, June 06, 2017 7:16 AM
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Yeah, my 1080 TI had it as well when I was stripping it down to install the hybrid kit.
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Re: Weird Discoloration on 1080 Ti PCB
Tuesday, June 06, 2017 6:49 PM
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EVGATech_JosephL
I can confirm that this is normal and appears to be the non-conductive oily residue that can leak from the thermal pads.
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