White lights usually are to test during the boot process to ensure there are no errors, perhaps it's the same here?
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White lights usually are to test during the boot process to ensure there are no errors, perhaps it's the same here?
Mine are off. Are you using 2 separate cables to power it?
The lights on the back are power indicators, according to their site the white lights should be off to indicate stable power, flashing it means abnormal power and constantly on means no power connected.
Scroll down on this page to led power indicators.
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Graphics-Card/GV-N108TAORUS-11GD#kf
It's for the 1080 aorus but same thing applies.
Scroll down on this page to led power indicators.
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Graphics-Card/GV-N108TAORUS-11GD#kf
It's for the 1080 aorus but same thing applies.
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If the lights are solid, then that means no cable connected. Flashing is a problem with the power supply or the delivery itself.
If both cables are properly connected, then it’s likely a faulty card. Send it back, get a replacement.
If both cables are properly connected, then it’s likely a faulty card. Send it back, get a replacement.
Good spot. Would double check cables are secure on both ends before sending back though.
The lights on the card shouldn't be on, are you using 2 seperate PCI cables or daisy chaining off one?
So, 1000w Seasonic PSU installed out of case to test. Put power sliders/temp to max and put a +80 core OC. Played 1 hour of the latest Tomb Raider, held clocks of between 1995 and 2045 ish was mostly over 2000 the whole time, not sure it will be able to go much higher unless I can get the thing cooler. Got very toasty was at 80ish 82 highest 75 on the easy to render parts I assume.
60fps locked did not see a single dip.
Looking like this has solved my problem, I will OC the CPU again tomorrow to confirm it has but before I could not even manage to just increase power limit without a crash.
I will be trying to get as much air over the card as possible, the backplate must be scolding hot.
60fps locked did not see a single dip.
Looking like this has solved my problem, I will OC the CPU again tomorrow to confirm it has but before I could not even manage to just increase power limit without a crash.
I will be trying to get as much air over the card as possible, the backplate must be scolding hot.
Sounds odd, 1 cable would be iffy, but 2 seperate cables =/
Any bios updates you could try for mobo or the gpu?
My lights are off as Gerard mentioned. Try 2 separate leads again and then perhaps flash the bios on your motherboard and GPU. If that worries you then I'd go ahead and just return as faulty.
Back to overclocking from what I've found Afterburner is giving me a higher overclock than Aorus Engine. I'm almost certain that it's due to the 2nd mission of Hitman being incredibly CPU bound resulting in a lower clock on the GPU and less heat. God I need my 2700x working...
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Good spot m8 !
Well it is similar to their auros 1080ti which I pointed out when I got my auros is not the best cooling, compared to the Palit on my previous card it is poor, but its also not the worst, I would consider gigabyte auros cooling as average or maybe a bit better than average.
To me the heatsink isnt beefy enough and its design limits airflow. It is a definite upgrade over FE cooling but not as good as strix or palit or evga ICX.