Think my Strix 1080Ti has died

[P1Fanatic]

Its been a little flakey recently with the display just cutting out randomly. Tried 2nd DP port and same thing. Temps seemed to be fine in GPU Tweak. Normally after a reboot or 2 its back and then runs fine for a week or so but yesterday was playing a game and it just crashed out and now the card seems dead other than the two white power LED next to the connectors. I've tried reseating it, reconnecting power cables etc but it doesnt even appear in Device Manager, no RGB, fans not spinning at all.

Anything else obvious I can do to confirm 100% its dead before I buy a new GPU?

Thanks.

 

[drakulton]

Its been a little flakey recently with the display just cutting out randomly. Tried 2nd DP port and same thing. Temps seemed to be fine in GPU Tweak. Normally after a reboot or 2 its back and then runs fine for a week or so but yesterday was playing a game and it just crashed out and now the card seems dead other than the two white power LED next to the connectors. I've tried reseating it, reconnecting power cables etc but it doesnt even appear in Device Manager, no RGB, fans not spinning at all.

Anything else obvious I can do to confirm 100% its dead before I buy a new GPU?

Thanks.

It might be worth giving Vince a shout on here as he's has some amazing success in fixing GPUs.

Vince's Ebay Repair Thread - (Console Repairs & Mods)

@drakulton - It is here! got home today and it was sitting here waiting for me. I'll start doing some diag on this bad boy tonight - Will update the thread as I start working on it. GP104-200 so Nvidia 1070 and luckily I have a similar card from the same series that I may be able to salvage...

forums.overclockers.co.uk

 

[Jay85]

Its been a little flakey recently with the display just cutting out randomly. Tried 2nd DP port and same thing. Temps seemed to be fine in GPU Tweak. Normally after a reboot or 2 its back and then runs fine for a week or so but yesterday was playing a game and it just crashed out and now the card seems dead other than the two white power LED next to the connectors. I've tried reseating it, reconnecting power cables etc but it doesnt even appear in Device Manager, no RGB, fans not spinning at all.

Anything else obvious I can do to confirm 100% its dead before I buy a new GPU?

Thanks.

You using the stock power cables or extensions?

 

[Raumarik]

I'd be tempted to strip it down, redo thermal paste, give it a good clean with IPA first obviously and then check the cables are all firmly in place. I'd also swap out the power cables if you can and use different slots on the PSU - if that's an option.

Tried a different PCIE slot? My 1080Ti fans don't spin until it needs them to - even by default.

 

[SpartaP]

White LED's normally means no GPU detection/fault so definitely give the above a go by maybe trying different cables etc.

Another good way to rule everything else out is if you can plug your GPU into a friends PC

 

[P1Fanatic]

You using the stock power cables or extensions?

Stock cables. PC was an OCUK build.

 

[P1Fanatic]

I'd be tempted to strip it down, redo thermal paste, give it a good clean with IPA first obviously and then check the cables are all firmly in place. I'd also swap out the power cables if you can and use different slots on the PSU - if that's an option.

Tried a different PCIE slot? My 1080Ti fans don't spin until it needs them to - even by default.

Thanks. I wasnt sure on the fans but seemed to remember they do spin on boot up. I just found the cable pouch that came with it so will try a different PCIE slot and then different cables and different PSU slot. Stripping it down is a bit ahead of my comfort zone.

 

[P1Fanatic]

White LED's normally means no GPU detection/fault so definitely give the above a go by maybe trying different cables etc.

Another good way to rule everything else out is if you can plug your GPU into a friends PC

Thanks. Will try the different cables and psu ports. I dont have a friend with a PC nearby tbh.

 

[Jay85]

Stock cables. PC was an OCUK build.

Fair enough though from memory ocuk does use James from Pexon for custom cables so just check they aren't actually custom sleeved cables instead of the originals.

I'm only saying this as i've had a similar situation where it was just a faulty cable that was causing this behaviour.

 

[P1Fanatic]

Fair enough though from memory ocuk does use James from Pexon for custom cables so just check they aren't actually custom sleeved cables instead of the originals.

I'm only saying this as i've had a similar situation where it was just a faulty cable that was causing this behaviour.

Interesting and made me double check but yep its identical to the same 2x6+2 cable in the PSU spares bag. Tried the spare cable in a different PSU port and no change at all.

 

[Jay85]

Interesting and made me double check but yep its identical to the same 2x6+2 cable in the PSU spares bag. Tried the spare cable in a different PSU port and no change at all.

At least that rules that out, i guess the only thing left to do is to try it in a different system. If it doesn't work then, its dead and time for a RTX 4090 .

 

[P1Fanatic]

At least that rules that out, i guess the only thing left to do is to try it in a different system. If it doesn't work then, its dead and time for a RTX 4090 .

I was already looking at 4070 as seems best bang for buck for my ageing system but should still be a decent jump from a 1080ti. I was specifically looking at the Asus TUF OC 3070 - says it uses a single 8 pin PCIE connector. I presume that is different from the 6+2 (x2) I am currently using. So any what cable I would need? Seems some cards come with cable adapters but others don't. Asus as far as I can tell comes without.

 

[Jay85]

I was already looking at 4070 as seems best bang for buck for my ageing system but should still be a decent jump from a 1080ti. I was specifically looking at the Asus TUF OC 3070 - says it uses a single 8 pin PCIE connector. I presume that is different from the 6+2 (x2) I am currently using. So any what cable I would need? Seems some cards come with cable adapters but others don't. Asus as far as I can tell comes without.

The adapter is fine in all honesty, the 4070 will be a huge jump in performance for you especially with the use of DLSS 2/3 as well. It will run quite abit more efficiently too, i think you'll find it to be a pretty decent card.

Depending on the version you get, i think the FE uses the 12pin connector which comes with an adapter and the AIB models use the traditional 8pin. Best to check with the one you're wanting to buy first.