Is coil whine a good enough reason to return a graphics card for RMA

[justwondering]

Basically a Gigabyte gtx 1080ti, it's the cheaper one with the 3 fans, white plastic stroud and no back plate.

After around 2 years the card is starting to make coil whine noise, I don't think it's the fans but it is one or the other.

Is that a good enough reason to return under RMA for a repair or would Gigabyte be unlikely to accept for repair?

The card has been tested on a 2nd system.

 

[Grim5]

I've never owned a GPU that didn't have any whine.

Though it's only ever occurred at frame-rates well over 300fps which tends to be on some game loading screens and menus

If it's occuring frequently then I'd consider an RMA for sure

 

[justwondering]

I've never owned a GPU that didn't have any whine.

Though it's only ever occurred at frame-rates well over 300fps which tends to be on some game loading screens and menus

If it's occuring frequently then I'd consider an RMA for sure

Thank you for your reply, yes it seems pretty constant to be honest.

 

[Apone70]

Get it returned mate
@GIGA-Man might be able to help with the RMA process

 

[justwondering]

Get it returned mate
@GIGA-Man might be able to help with the RMA process

Cheers ty

 

[Grim5]

its likely they won't have any stock for replacement, so you may be getting a shiny new rtx 2080

 

[justwondering]

its likely they won't have any stock for replacement, so you may be getting a shiny new rtx 2080

Well that would be nice, but I guess the 1080ti still fairly common in the spares and repairs department.

 

[Nasher]

So is the 2080

 

[justwondering]

So is the 2080

Aah fair enough, is their 2080 facing a lot of RMA?

 

[Nasher]

Yea just look up "nvidia space invaders". The RTX cards seem to have some kind of defect.

 

[justwondering]

Yea just look up "nvidia space invaders". The RTX cards seem to have some kind of defect.

Oh dear, I hope I don't enter into some RMA infinity loop.

 

[Kelt]

Oh dear, I hope I don't enter into some RMA infinity loop.

Depends who you're dealing with.

Check the other thread, the company denied the RMA due to whine and are chucking the card back at him.

 

[justwondering]

Depends who you're dealing with.

Check the other thread, the company denied the RMA due to whine and are chucking the card back at him.

Oh dear, do you have a link to the post please.

 

[varkanoid]

Power supply can cause coil whine so remember this as if they test it and its fine it will come back.

 

[Kelt]

Oh dear, do you have a link to the post please.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/gpu-rma-issue.18853403/

 

[justwondering]

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/gpu-rma-issue.18853403/

Thank you, I presume my card would go direct to gigabyte via my own RMA as the card is over 12 months old.

 

[Kelt]

Thank you, I presume my card would go direct to gigabyte via my own RMA as the card is over 12 months old.

You normally deal with whoever you bought it from for the duration of the warranty.
Your contract is with them.

Best to look at the terms of the warranty I guess.

 

[AgedIdiot]

Aah fair enough, is their 2080 facing a lot of RMA?

My understanding is - NO
Quite a few 2080ti's have failed but not many 2080's (Am ready to be contradicted but my understanding is that 'space invaders' etc have affected the ti's mainly with an occasional 2080/2070/2060 - nvidia do not provide figures ref failures as far as I know)

 

[justwondering]

You normally deal with whoever you bought it from for the duration of the warranty.
Your contract is with them.

Best to look at the terms of the warranty I guess.

I thought gigabyte was first year with the original retailer, remaining years with Gigabyte..

 

[Dontrocktheboat]

2 year old card making a coil whine.

You got no chance RMAing that thing.
Sorry bud.

But do let us know what happens.