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Is my EVGA 1080Ti SC2 now broke? [again?]

Roguey000

Roguey000

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hi there,

I wondered if could give me some help. I bought an EVGA 1080Ti SC2 from here (Overclockers.co.uk) on 31st May 2017. It had been working fine for few years, but until recently. Ive been catching up on some of the older titles that I brought on Steam and never got around too; so havnt been playing demanding games. Ive tried a few newer games now and then but had the occasional back to Windows (figuring it was just a driver thing etc.). However I started to take closer look on a range of different games. It seems that many of them now freeze-up then return back to Windows. So I started to have a look at the event log and see lots of "Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.";

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So, I started to test the card a bit more. Games/benchmarks would often work for a bit (a few minutes) then freeze-up or even loose the screen completely. When this happens I have to switch the monitor on/off for Windows to redetect the graphic card and reinitialise it; for the desk-top to return. Valley Benchmark can often resume after a freeze, but each time I get another nvlddmkm error in the event log.

I have tried the card in 3 other PCs too, each one does the same thing. So the only common part is the 1080Ti (each PC has its own CPU/MB/PSU/Cables etc.). I have tried an older card in my current PC and it works fine. In one PC the nvlddmkm error leads to a blue-screen-of-death. The card is now doing things like this;


The card sits around 69-70c, and I did repaste awhile ago just encase. I am starting to play with the power limits/core/memory speed - to see if lowering them helps it from doing this.

So what do you guys think? is there anything else worth trying? I guess EVGA wont RMA the card? now seeing as its over 3 years now (EVGA wouldnt be kind to me? seeing as its only just 3-4 months over). Is my 1080Ti now dead/dying? :(

Thanks guys for any help..
 
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Certainly seems like it's on its last legs if it's doing the same thing in multiple PCs (otherwise I'd suggest using DDU). Other than underclocking and/or overvolting to see it if helps any, there's always the nuclear option of using an oven or a heat gun to try and thermal shock it back to life. The fact that it works for a little bit until and then crashes could indicate a dodgy solder joint somewhere that's causing issues as it heats up. Probably worth seeing if begging EVGA gets you anywhere first, though I doubt it will. Or just sell the card as faulty on Ebay. People pay a lot more than you'd think for faulty cards on there. Looking at it, there have been faulty ones selling for £150-200 recently.
 
Aretak said:
Certainly seems like it's on its last legs if it's doing the same thing in multiple PCs (otherwise I'd suggest using DDU). Other than underclocking and/or overvolting to see it if helps any, there's always the nuclear option of using an oven or a heat gun to try and thermal shock it back to life. The fact that it works for a little bit until and then crashes could indicate a dodgy solder joint somewhere that's causing issues as it heats up. Probably worth seeing if begging EVGA gets you anywhere first, though I doubt it will. Or just sell the card as faulty on Ebay. People pay a lot more than you'd think for faulty cards on there. Looking at it, there have been faulty ones selling for £150-200 recently.
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Damn, I was hoping someone would say something ive missed stupid or something... well hoping anyway.

Is there much chance of EVGA taking it back? as its just over 3 years old? I did choose EVGA because they seemed to have good customer service, but I feeling im screwed on this one.

I am not keen on doing anything drastic like putting it in a oven/heatgun etc. The card never was overclocked either.

I guess if the card cant be RMA'ed then, I guess ill have to try and sell it faulty or something.. Do people repair them?

varkanoid said:
Driver version????

oh just watched the video. Space Invaders !!!!!!
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I did update the drivers before testing. So the driver would be 456.71
 
Looks borked to me.

Might be worth undervolting or down clocking the memory.

Pity the RMA has run out.
 
I had that with the FTW3, even with downclocking it got worse over time.

On the bright side you now have an excuse to get a 30xx/6900 :D
 
Does your bios need updating? I was having issues with newer games crashing a lot before updating my MB bios which hadn't been done since I got it a few years ago.
 
Roguey000 said:
So what do you guys think? is there anything else worth trying? I guess EVGA wont RMA the card? now seeing as its over 3 years now (EVGA wouldnt be kind to me? seeing as its only just 3-4 months over). Is my 1080Ti now dead/dying? :(

Thanks guys for any help..
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What are your clock speeds set to and what is your memory clock at?
 
SaintJimmy said:
Does your bios need updating? I was having issues with newer games crashing a lot before updating my MB bios which hadn't been done since I got it a few years ago.
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Well.. On my PC (X570 Aorus Ultra) the BIOS is F30, Mums PC (GA-X99-SLI) its F24c (I think) and on the other PC (GA-AX370-Gaming K5) I think its something like F50a (that BIOS does need updating).

Steedsofwar said:
What are your clock speeds set to and what is your memory clock at?
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I have started to play with those, even although I left the card in stock all its life;

At stock it crashes,
With a power-limit upto 95% the card seems to hold on, 99% crash. Is power-limiting slowing everything down? and I guess it will get worse with time?
Memory seems fine, it will do +125Mhz without a problem,
However it seems to crashed with even -400Mhz to core,

Maybe during the weekend or something Ill move it back to my PC for some more testing. I do have a better PSU, etc. than the 'other' system. Oh and PSUs are;

2 pcs have (mine and mums); EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2 1200W, and the 'other' pc has a I think 750w Corsair (budgety kind-of one). I know that PSU isnt ideal for the card.

If it cant be RMA then Ill probably do some more testing on it now-and-then. Its a bit dishearten for me if a 1080ti is on its way out.
 
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Have you tried servicing/cleaning and repasting the card ?
Is it running a bit too hot perhaps ?
If it has has three years of solid use - I would repaste it

I’d deffo spend a tenner on some grizzly Kryonaut and strip the cooler off it as a last resort

I would also update any bios as that does often make a difference

I still run an Asus Strix 1080ti in my works of - easily the best £600 On a second hand gpu I ever spent
 
Roguey000 said:
Well.. On my PC (X570 Aorus Ultra) the BIOS is F30, Mums PC (GA-X99-SLI) its F24c (I think) and on the other PC (GA-AX370-Gaming K5) I think its something like F50a (that BIOS does need updating).


I have started to play with those, even although I left the card in stock all its life;

At stock it crashes,
With a power-limit upto 95% the card seems to hold on, 99% crash. Is power-limiting slowing everything down? and I guess it will get worse with time?
Memory seems fine, it will do +125Mhz without a problem,
However it seems to crashed with even -400Mhz to core,

Maybe during the weekend or something Ill move it back to my PC for some more testing. I do have a better PSU, etc. than the 'other' system. Oh and PSUs are;

2 pcs have (mine and mums); EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2 1200W, and the 'other' pc has a I think 750w Corsair (budgety kind-of one). I know that PSU isnt ideal for the card.

If it cant be RMA then Ill probably do some more testing on it now-and-then. Its a bit dishearten for me if a 1080ti is on its way out.
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Yeah give us more information. I have the 1080ti FE which I've done the Kraken mod to, hooked to an H80i V2. But even with the older Arctic Accelero mod (fans and cooler change, basically), I'm still hitting 65C max after 2 hours of gaming. Core clock speed set to 2035mhz and Memory set to 59xxmhz. These are my max stable clocks.

Something fishy us up with yours. Did you flash any strange bios on your card? Or buy it second hand? Did you try reseating the cooler? Checked different PSUs? I know you said you repasted and you moved to different PCs but just double checking.
 
Make sure you are plugging your GPU into the right slot on both motherboards. The first one closest to the CPU/IO panel. And that you are plugging all the right power cables into the GPU. That the fans are spinning etc. You connected the fan to the GPU PCB, right? If you took it off when you wanted to repaste it.
 
You aint gonna fix space invaders ( I think judging by some of the answers they have not watched your video or would come to the same conclusion). Some component on the card is failing, possibly power distribution. Never seen a card like that be fixed. Same thing happened with the 2080/2080ti series and they had to be sent back for RMA.

I would contact EVGA in the first instance just to see if they can help you. If not sell it on as faulty and look either for a 2nd hand stop gap GPU or wait a bit for AMD's answer. Lets face it you aint gonna get a 3080 this year unless stock levels change dramatically.
 
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