EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Issues

[FetchInc]

Hello,

I have been having some weird issues on boot with my PC, and upon reading today I feel it may be due to the issue with the VRM heating issue with the 1080 FTW's.

When I boot the computer up, maybe 50% of the time I will just get a pink and purple artifacting across the center of my main display. That will last a few seconds before both monitors going black and the computer booting up but not showing anything. I then have to reset the computer and it boots up fine and doesn't seem to have any issues after that. I am at work today so I haven't gotten a chance to check my temps, but it seems like this could be a hardware issue.

Basically I'm looking for advice as to how to narrow this down before I choose to RMA this to EVGA. Otherwise I will just do the fix that has been posted about. I don't want to end up getting screwed over in the future though if there is card damage.

Thanks for any help.

 

[RektSkrubz]

RMA to EVGA. I think the card has a 3 year warranty, like my 1070ftw

 

[dudio]

I find it odd that if it were heat that it corrects itself on subsequent boots.
What PSU do you have? What are the rest of your system specs?

 

[FetchInc]

I find it odd that if it were heat that it corrects itself on subsequent boots.
What PSU do you have? What are the rest of your system specs?

Hey dudio,

The PC itself is aging, so I can't recall exactly what all the components are. The power supply is new and bought shortly after I received my 1080. It's a EVGA Supernova 850 P2 which should be more than sufficient power. The rest of the build is (if I remember correctly) a 2600K, a Maximus V Gene, 8GB RAM, a couple SSD's and a hard drive with an optical drive. Windows 10 freshly installed (a few months back).

When it first happened I thought it might be a software issue, but that was when it just wasn't powering up and it had to be reset. When the artifacting starting happening that's when I began to suspect potentially a hardware problem. I agree that it is strange that it works fine after one reboot (and does this every time).

[EDIT]It's also worth noting there isn't an overclock. I initially had some problems after I changed over to the 1080, and then a week later added another SSD. I thought it was potentially mobo problems, but narrowed it down to the PSU hence why it was replaced. I haven't gotten back around to overclocking the system so it's sitting at stock. As the artifacting happens during POST perhaps I am having mobo problems?

 

[dudio]

That PSU is of decent quality.
Have you tried getting the latest BIOS?
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_V_GENE/HelpDesk_Download/

 

[FetchInc]

That PSU is of decent quality.
Have you tried getting the latest BIOS?
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_V_GENE/HelpDesk_Download/

I did update the BIOS just now. The issue persisted immediately after doing that, as well as installing the 1080 thermal update to the card through EVGA.

 

[dudio]

I would do a clean install of your nVidia drivers. Use DDU to clean out any old traces.
Get the official nVidia drivers as opposed to letting Windows handle it.
I'd also try running just one display and seeing how that does. Not sure what it would tell you if it solved it, but it would be interesting

 

[FetchInc]

I ended up contacting EVGA and they recommended to RMA the card and get a new one. We will see if this fixes the problem. If not I might have to try a new mobo. Thanks for your help.