Jabbathewocket Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) During install i tried to peel a top layer off and apparently there was none.. so Now have no thermal pads on the block and its sitting in its box! Can anyone tell me the thickness of the various pads on the GPU Block ? (would probably be handy to have this in the Hydro X faq I cant be the only one to mangle a thermal pad! Edited July 2, 2019 by Jabbathewocket Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zotty Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) (would probably be handy to have this in the Hydro X faq I cant be the only one to mangle a thermal pad! Good Call... I will attempt to gather this very information and add it to the Faq,, if i find out before you get an answer i will report back ;) Edited July 2, 2019 by Zotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikhailTessier Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Hey can you confirm the thickness of the 2080ti as well. I have been having issues with my XG7 due to what i think is the thermal pads being to thick in some areas. I was seeing the gpu bowing in certain places due to this. I was able to smash the pads down a bit which helped the bowing but decided to order new thermal pads at 0.5mm and 1.0mm to fix this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikhailTessier Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 This is after I smashed down the pre installed pad to make them thinner. Got new pads coming today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee Corsair GregX Posted July 3, 2019 Corsair Employee Share Posted July 3, 2019 This is after I smashed down the pre installed pad to make them thinner. Got new pads coming today With original pads there should be no excessive bowing on the PCB. When disassembling, could you please take a few photos of the GPU water block. Full front and a side shot of the bottom part. Please refer to this image., then open a ticket and our agent will provide further information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikhailTessier Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 What i think happened was that who ever built mine put 1.0mm thermal pads in all areas. Instead of 0.5mm on the memory IC and 1.0mm on the MOSEFET and Coils. I will upload a photo when i tear it back down to replace the pads with the new ones that came in today. The issue was so bad that the pre applied thermal paste wasn't making full contact. As i smooched down the pre applied thermal pads the thermal paste was making more contact with the GPU die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctark Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I have PCB flex on my 2080 TI as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee Corsair GregX Posted July 5, 2019 Corsair Employee Share Posted July 5, 2019 I have PCB flex on my 2080 TI as well. Can you please take a few pictures of the area with flex so we can check. Slight flex on the VRM part of the PCB is normal. We'll let you know if it's excessive and provide further instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikhailTessier Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 I replaced the pads with 0.5mm thermal pads which fixed the issue for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee Corsair GregX Posted July 8, 2019 Corsair Employee Share Posted July 8, 2019 I'm glad to hear you managed to fixed the issue. If you would like, please do create a support ticket so we can examine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrinnValesti Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I replaced the pads with 0.5mm thermal pads which fixed the issue for me. Did you replace all the thermal pads or just a couple to fix the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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