L_T33
Don't leave that thing unattended! 

This is an extremely isolated case. There are numerous forum members who run their PCs almost all day long and/or use folding at home which uses nearly 100 percent of the GPU.

SladeX
I have been following the threads closely. It was reported on Hardforum. I currently own both the EVGA XC and a Asus Turbo Dual fan 2080 TI so it has been of interest to me. On both my cards, I have measured the temps from the backplate  to be in the 105-112F range in those affected areas while the GPU area has been around the 122F range which is reported to be 55C by precision x1 and gpu-z.

How have you been measuring the Back Plate and the Affected Areas?
Also 44°C is nothing for the Black Plate if was lower say 20°C then then the Black Plate is not doing it's job.

Hey evga..just send out some thermal pads like you did the 1080sc fiasco...problem solved. lmao.

glenn37216
Hey evga..just send out some thermal pads like you did the 1080sc fiasco...problem solved. lmao.

been running my 2 EVGA 2080 Ti for over 4 weeks Folding 24x7 --- No issues with mine

Hopper64
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nvidia-acknowledges-issues-with-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-fe.html

(excerpt from link above)
 
"The company claims that the problems at hand are due to 'limited test escapes' which is indicating bad or defective parts on the PCB. Nvidia writes that the problems with the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition are based on early product batches, denoting 'early boards'. That also indicates that the problem (whatever the cause is) was solved with the current batches."

the_Scarlet_one

squall-leonhart
the asus's origin of failure is not in the same location.

It’s within an inch and at the same location on the card. That is pretty close for two completely different brand boards.

the source is the white point, the black points are just plastic smoke.
 
Different locations.

squall-leonhart
 
the source is the white point, the black points are just plastic smoke.
 
Different locations.

 
Fair enough on the white being the source and smoke being black...  but not sure I follow that they are different locations.  
 
I marked the white spot versus the two 4 pin fan headers (fuschia) and the two 8 pin power connectors (blue) with the burn being in red.  How are these different locations though? They are the same location on both cards.
 
P.s. First time having my computer up to look at it versus a tiny phone screen.  Definitely the same location. 
 

 

Ah, yeah sorry, matter of perspective on the cards being from different angles.

squall-leonhart
Ah, yeah sorry, matter of perspective on the cards being from different angles.

Ah, got it, that makes sense.  I figured that may have been the reason, after looking closer. :-) 
 
I just edited my other post.  Looking at it on a PC versus a phone is a huge difference as well.