2080ti cards failing ?

easyrider · 2 Nov 2018 at 02:31

Kered_Dub said:
My 2080 Ti is DOA - I get a flash of a display at POST for a split second then the signal to the display port seems to terminate / fail and the monitor screen goes black / into power save mode and says no signal detected. My system throws up a bunch of ASUS Q-Codes on the motherboard LED and either hangs or reboots with different Q-Codes...

Am so mad right now. Gonna try to get some sleep and put my old card back in tomorrow.

Draining my loop and cutting new tubes (soft) is a hassle.

Do I call Nvidia and ask about whether or not I voided my warranty by installing a Waterblock, or just put the Nvidia Heatsink assembly back on and say nothing to them other than I want a refund?

BTW I've been watercooling systems for years and never had this happen to me before, I'm quite happy I didn't nuke the card at any stage.

Brilliant, just brilliant...

Did you not test the card with stock cooler first ? :confused:

Kered_Dub · 2 Nov 2018 at 02:43

easyrider said:
Did you not test the card with stock cooler first ?

No Sir... In my excitement and eagerness etc I just installed the waterblock and no sooner had I done that when I read the news about the 2080 Ti failure rate, felt sick put the card in my loop and voila... DOA

Gerard · 2 Nov 2018 at 02:56

Kered_Dub said:
No Sir... In my excitement and eagerness etc I just installed the waterblock and no sooner had I done that when I read the news about the 2080 Ti failure rate, felt sick put the card in my loop and voila... DOA

Just put it back together and RMA it.

Kaapstad · 2 Nov 2018 at 05:36

Kered_Dub said:
My 2080 Ti is DOA - I get a flash of a display at POST for a split second then the signal to the display port seems to terminate / fail and the monitor screen goes black / into power save mode and says no signal detected. My system throws up a bunch of ASUS Q-Codes on the motherboard LED and either hangs or reboots with different Q-Codes...

Am so mad right now. Gonna try to get some sleep and put my old card back in tomorrow.

Draining my loop and cutting new tubes (soft) is a hassle.

Do I call Nvidia and ask about whether or not I voided my warranty by installing a Waterblock, or just put the Nvidia Heatsink assembly back on and say nothing to them other than I want a refund?

BTW I've been watercooling systems for years and never had this happen to me before, I'm quite happy I didn't nuke the card at any stage.

Brilliant, just brilliant...

Fit some quick disconnects in your loop and changing GPUs becomes very easy.

dangel · 2 Nov 2018 at 06:27

Kered_Dub said:
No Sir... In my excitement and eagerness etc I just installed the waterblock and no sooner had I done that when I read the news about the 2080 Ti failure rate, felt sick put the card in my loop and voila... DOA

Say nothing, send it back. And learn from your mistake as I did many years ago in exactly the same situation.

Mine's been on air for a couple of weeks and that's how long i'd test a card for before putting a block on it - it's a job for this weekend. Best of luck with the RMA - I wouldn't worry about the disassembly as long as it's put together without any obvious damage I suspect nVid will just test it and put it in the recycle bin.

chrcoluk · 2 Nov 2018 at 06:36

Gerard said:
https://tyrone.tech/nvidia-shipping...dRn-LWvTBDhE5eJi6FevZc256S9jKG20q_p1yGrV15a60

So its reckoned to be gddr6 issues, freaky looking strobing artifacts in the vid.

card been overworked, why he stress it so much switching between character models

shankly1985 · 2 Nov 2018 at 07:21

This has to be Nvidia's worst GPU launch in history! Promised features missing, and now this after the slogan "It Just Works" I think this is worst than "Overclocker's Dream" LOL

Raiden85 · 2 Nov 2018 at 07:51

Can't be worse than the FX series

TrixX · 2 Nov 2018 at 08:02

Raiden85 said:
Can't be worse than the FX series

Nvidia - Hold my beer...

Beer_MonsterUK · 2 Nov 2018 at 08:27

Gamer Nexus has asked on Reddit for borked 2080ti's to be sent to him for testing before RMA to see what is happening with these units. Should be interesting to see the results, if he can get any volunteers.

Raiden85 · 2 Nov 2018 at 08:41

I'd love to see those results if he gets quite a few cards.

Legend · 2 Nov 2018 at 13:25

Beer_MonsterUK said:
Gamer Nexus has asked on Reddit for borked 2080ti's to be sent to him for testing before RMA to see what is happening with these units. Should be interesting to see the results, if he can get any volunteers.

That's a great idea. I hope he gets a few sent to him, will be very interesting to see what he finds.

bengilbertuk · 2 Nov 2018 at 13:37

I'm on my second 2080ti FE. First one had a loud screeching sound from a fan that constantly gave me headaches. My replacement came roughly 3 days after reporting it to Nvidia. My second one is running OK so far, I have it constantly oc'ed at +100mhz for over a week and no issues. Fingers crossed.

Lokken86 · 2 Nov 2018 at 13:54

shankly1985 said:
This has to be Nvidia's worst GPU launch in history! Promised features missing, and now this after the slogan "It Just Works" I think this is worst than "Overclocker's Dream" LOL

AMD be like Finally! Something to take the heat of that dam overclockers dream thing.

Stanners · 2 Nov 2018 at 13:57

Lokken86 said:
AMD be like Finally! Something to take the heat of that dam overclockers dream thing.

Ahh yeah AMD, I think I remember them

Gerard · 2 Nov 2018 at 13:58

Lokken86 said:
AMD be like Finally! Something to take the heat of that dam overclockers dream thing.

Well Jensen did say something like the FE card was "built for overclocking" so i think that mantle has already been taken.

Prozn · 2 Nov 2018 at 14:08

I'm hoping the superior cooling of the STRIX 2080 Ti prevents this being an issue for me running at 125% power target / 1950mhz memory...

Davedree · 2 Nov 2018 at 14:20

shankly1985 said:
This has to be Nvidia's worst GPU launch in history! Promised features missing, and now this after the slogan "It Just Works" I think this is worst than "Overclocker's Dream" LOL

Definitely Nvidias skim off the top. Just as Amd have a fair share of fails in the bin bag.

Lokken86 · 2 Nov 2018 at 14:32

Stanners said:
Ahh yeah AMD, I think I remember them

They're the ones with affordable stuff that actually does work.

Zeed · 2 Nov 2018 at 14:33

Kered_Dub said:
No Sir... In my excitement and eagerness etc I just installed the waterblock and no sooner had I done that when I read the news about the 2080 Ti failure rate, felt sick put the card in my loop and voila... DOA

I'w did same thing with brand new 7970 thing was It had warranty stickers i was Screwed :/ but that was around 400 quid card not over 1 grand :S