Recent content by driftar

Hi there, Thank you very much! I will try to contact Gigabyte to see what they think about it and let you know. I'll contact you if I'll send the block back for refund, thank you!

Hello there, I just installed my old GeForce GTX 980 and I can confirm that it is NOT the mainboard. It's definitely the card. That means that my RTX 2080 is something to talk with my insurance about.

Hello there, I removed the pads as instructed. But unfortunately, still no signal on the screen. It definitely seems that the card is broken.

Ok, so I'm going to remove the pads as requested to see if the card works then. That means that there will be less thermal pads applied then shown in the guide. If the card doesn't work, then it's a case for my insurance, thankfully, I've got one.

Hi there, I first wanted to have it confirmed, if I have to remove some of the thermal pads as mentioned by your colleague. At the moment, the cooler block is installed exactly as instructed in the guide, with all the pads and thermal paste. But your colleague said that I have to remove some...

Hi Eddy, Thanks for your feedback! I corrected the pads and used also the regular thermal paste which was shipped with the cooler. It took me about an hour to clean everything and align the pads with the tweezers and also apply the thermal paste, according to the guide (2080Ti). When you look...

Hi there, Please see the attached pictures. I disassembled and cleaned everything. I couldn't see anything obviously damaged, no black burning marks or broken things or so. I also assembled everything back together, applied the regular thermal paste and also realigned the thermal pads exactly...

So than let's see if I can disassemble the card today evening, to keep the ball of troubleshooting rolling.

Hi there, Sure I can take some pictures of it. The card with the block wasn't running for long, maybe one or two hours, until I realized that there's nothing to do to solve the issue quickly. It didn't generate any heat because the card was not really running as it wasn't recognized by the...

Hi there! Well, the card was operating the whole time until I shut down the computer to start replacing the cooler. At least until that point in time all was good. I will try to run the card again with the original air cooler, maybe I got time this weekend. What do you mean with "how are the...

Hello, Recently, I've ordered some stuff here from Alphacool. First of all, I'm absolutely happy about the quick delivery and the quality of their products. Thank you, guys! But there's an issue with my graphics card. The card doesn't show any signal on the screen, and it is not recognized by...