Hi everyone,
I just received from EVGA a replacement 2080 TI FTW3. My original card had the three red leds issue where eventually when turn on the computer the card had one fan spinning at max, no LED and unable to control the leds (resetting the machine or turning it off and on again would make the card work properly). I opened a RMA for that card and shipped it to EVGA. Received my new one last wednesday.
However, when hooking up the new card to the PC I was able to boot Windows ONCE (yes, only once) and after just a few seconds into the desktop the screen went black and the computer freezes. Resetting the machine doesn't help either because it freezes when loading windows, the screen goes black and I have no activity on the system (num lock or caps lock don't lit, no keyboard led, nothing).
If I remove the card and hook back to the pc my backup 1070ti it works perfectly.
I tried to format c: and have a new fresh windows installation with the 2080 TI hooked to the pc. The setup process goes ok, but, when the first boot occurs and the system is installing drivers it freezes and the screen goes black again, repeating the same loop described above - and - hooking up the 1070ti back it works normally.
EVGA support told me they tested the 2080 TI before shipping it to me - but I ask - did they?
The 2080 TI (the one I sent back to EVGA), the cpu and the motherboard are new. This is the first system I built using those parts, but, before that I had several cards - from 1080ti, 1070ti and 2080ti - in my previous Ryzen 7 1800X system. All I did was upgrade the core parts - 3900X, X570 motherboard and the 2080 TI - the PSU is the same. If you ask me if I am sure the PSU is capable to provide enough power to the system - YES! It's an 850 watt 80 plus platinum from Corsair.
EVGA approved the RMA for the 2080 TI, but, I live in Brazil and shipping the card back to the USA isn't cheap. I was hoping to maybe find another reason why the problem is happening, exclusively, with the replacement 2080 TI they sent me.
Like I said above, during the last 18 months I had several GPUS: (I build and sell computers, so, while keeping the same cpu and mobo I had many GPUS)
1 - EVGA 1080 TI SC
2 - ROG STRIX 1080 TI
3 - ZOTAC AMP EXTREME 1080 TI
4 - GIGABYTE AORUS EXTREME 1080 TI
5 - 1070 TI FTW2 (my current backup gpu)
6 - EVGA 2080 TI FTW3 - this one worked perfectly but I sold it with a machine I built
7 - ROG STRIX OC 2080 TI - same as above
and now, number 8, another 2080 TI FTW3 that I bought last September while I was traveling in the US.
Here is a video of the current 2080 TI problem:
And here is the video of the 3 red lights GPU I had the RMA:
So, guys, any suggestions or ideas of what is happening here? Is the replacement 2080 TI EVGA sent me really the problem?