GTX 980 Gaming 4G Fried!!!

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I fried my GTX 980 Gaming 4G. I had an SLI setup I used Cool Laboratory liquid pro. Who would of thought? As we all know it can a will conuct electicity. OK I know I'll be called a "NOOB" Thats fine. I've punished myself enough already. I did 1 tested it and it dropped from 85c before to 74c after using half hour loops of unigen heaven. I would call that a success. So that worked great! Okay! Lets Pop off the heat sink and do another one! I'm not a noob when doing thermal compound. I already did all the laptops in the house with amaizing results. 3 total. My lapped fx 8350 which i can confirm lapping cpu and h100i GTX works great! with the liquid pro. Don't care what any Intel fanboy skeptic says got my chip to do 5ghz @ 1.488v LLC maxed out to 1.512v 58 celsius!! Doing a maximum intel burn test 10 runs.
I ordered another 980 which is on sale at a great price $489.00 with $30 rebate and free The division Game.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127834&cm_re=gtx_980-_-14-127-834-_-Product

I refuse to give up on this endeavor. Now the meat and potatoes of my question here is, Is there a heat resistant tape that would be safe to cover the area around the die just for added comfort when applying the liquid pro again? Would that be a good idea? Or make things heat up more? I need constructive criticism. But there is nothing going to turn me away from using the liquid pro this stuff works very well and is my go to thermal solution. so instead of telling me not to use it there is heat resistant materials out there that will add protection and peace of mind. I sorta knew i had too much but didn't think it was enough to go over the edge of the die. Now I know. We all learn some how. I think that applying a protective layer of heat resistant tape (no epoxies) surrounding the die would be a good idea. and maybe a new standard when applying liquid metal T.I.M. on our precious PC parts. So if anybody has experience with these kinds of tapes please let me know which would be safe to use on the space surrounding the gm204 die. Thank you for reading.

The broke GTX 980 is on ebay listed here http://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX-980-Gaming-4-G-/201562693939?hash=item2eee12a133:g:SwUAAOSwqbZXEexB if anyone is interested in the parts.

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I have seen tape ( opaque yellow) used on chips by nvidia/amd to cover electrics close around the heatsink to prevent paste contact , this looks like it https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10687
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/For-ASUS-N12E-GS-A1-60-N7CVG1000-A03-Video-Graphic-Card-nVidia-G53JW-VGA-REV-2/32341542805.html?spm=2114.40010508.4.45.S8cJtf
Also researching heat pastes there is good heat properties in ceramic based that won't be conductive :) http://www.arcticsilver.com/ceramique.htm
 
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Thank you for the quick reply and going easy on me lol. I'm ordering a roll now and will post results after it's said and done. Did some research on that specific tape and that's perfect. And if I stray away from the liquid pro I really like thermal Grizzly Kryonaut I've had success with that also. I think anybody wary of using thermal compound should look into this kind of tape and protect the surrounding area of their socket or delidded cpu or gpu dies. Hope this helps other people who read this also.
 
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I fried my second card. I think that the tape itself was electrically conductive. I had all the sensitive parts covered used a qtip to fine tune the sticking of the tape close to the die. When i took it apart to look at what happened there was no liquid pro near the tape. I applied the right amount then I started looking and can't find the specific answer but I see that there is non conductive tape. So is some polyimide electrically conductive and some not? if so I bought the wrong shit. Oh well I had these cards for a year. I knew the risk. And I learned my lesson. I'm working tons of overtime.I already have the replacement for the first burnt out card. Next week order another and use the ceramic stuff you told me about. Hard headedness gets you nowhere take it from a guy who just blew $1100.00 dollars in graphics cards.

<a href="http://imgur.com/vjMGXaP"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/vjMGXaP.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
 
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I noticed in the pics the tape is on the outer ring of the die and doubled in the corners, this ring is the same height as the centre heatsink, so having tape on that would prevent the centre from contacting properly. thinking this may be the issue, the heatsink with this gap could not cool the gpu and it burnt out?
 
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That theory makes a lot of sense. It was burned on the edge of the die instead of where ot was covered qith the tape. So youre saying that tape on square ring made the heatsink not come in contact. Whatever I'm just going to have to sacrifice a few degrees Celsius and get over this obsessive compulsive disorder I have with heat. And use regular paste or leave it be. Thanks for your help.
 
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To huvik 11c drop under full load after 1 card successfuly done with the liquid pro. Thats good results! Second card not so lucky. First card in a panic took that shit off. Got polyimide tape thought would help. which it would of if i did it right as Mark_1970 stated it would of worked the tape raised the heatsink to high to make contact. Resulting in an overheated gpu. Or somehow the liquid pro did it. I'm not sure. It's ok I screwed up I have the means to get 2 more and never do this again at least with liquid metal or anything metal. I'm sticking to a ceramic based tim as was told and not get greedy with dropping temps. By the way heres the second card on Ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201567284731?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
 
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The reason why is video card sag. Trying to prevent it. They were starting to droop and it actually pissed me off after buying them researching max Temps normal Temps. Learned about video card sag. So in an attempt to stop damage not covered under warranty. Used Cool laboratory liquid pro that I've used on almost everything with a cpu in the house with success. Laptop don't shut down anymore on my daughter playing roblox which is very stressful on a laptop. I've had great success and recommend it for cpu only now. Don't fix what's not broken. Right and true statement. Video card sag is unacceptable in my book. As is upper 80s Celsius slowly melting the thin pcb. I'll be the first to admit I screwed up and I'm a dumbass not that bad for 1 980 but 2? That's bad oh well we live and we learn science experiment gone bad. Are these repairable. Maybe cop a plea on the sagging problem with msi? To get them repaired? The thermal paste they put on was sloppily slapped on and actually way too much. When I took the first one apart there was a blank spot where no paste was touching I think the picture is on here where there is a spot on the die that's where no thermal paste was. Whatever I see a sagging video card as broke in my book. Like I said I have the means to buy replacements I bought these December 2014 had my fun with them I knew the risk. Did it anyways learned a lesson. I have 1 already replaced with a free copy of the division which plays flawlessly with 1 card and setup. Next week get my other card. And back to normal. This is embarrassing shit but still shared it with the community. So people know my somewhat horrible experience with liquid pro and video cards. My life isn't ruined I'm happy and love my life have a good job house my kids and 2 fried out graphics cards. Lol I'm good for people who can't afford to replace video cards use a non conductive paste. Liquid pro or any conductive Tim and video cards don't mix. It really wasn't worth the risk. Don't do it.
I listed them on ebay
http://m.ebay.com/itm/2-FRIED-GTX-980s-Gaming-4G-NOT-WORKING-FOR-PARTS-/201567284731?nav=SELLING_ACTIVE
 
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Got my replacement cards. 1 has asic of 82.2% and 2 has a 68.3%. Not bad they actually overclock better and run a little cooler. Bought a tube of thermal grizzly Kryonaut. But not really going to mess with that at the moment. I have an extra the division game code but don't know how to sell it. It just bothers me the sloppy way these card manufacturers slop the thermal paste on. Don't know how long I'll be able to live with it.
 
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Is it really that bad? I'm having GPU problems atm so i dont want to change the paste, but is it worth it?
Also, i'm happy to take that Division key off your hands 😉
 
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To me it's that bad when I took the first 2 that I broke apart the factory paste was caked on on the die running off the sides and a 3/16ths of an inch spot on one of the cards bare. They would both heat up to the upper 80s and they were starting to sag. That is unacceptable to me and is not covered under warranty. So in my book and all the complaints I see from forum to forum thread to thread and my experience yes it's that bad. Paying over 1100 dollars a year ago for something a year later starting to sag and look droopy looks like shit. With my corsair t760 case. When I used the liquid pro it dropped down to a max of 74 degrees. So now I have some new paste and will be using that instead. Video cards are mass produced with workers who probably don't like Thier job not carefully or skillfully applying the thermal paste like us enthusiasts do. I would get water blocks but don't want to pay 150 each from ek. I think they are the only ones who make them for the gaming 4g. I came across a chart that showed a bunch of different brands but don't understand it. Because how the chart is laid out if anybody knows if there are universal waterblocks that will fit non reference msi gtx 980 gaming 4g cards not the ones that just cover the die let me know. And if you're interested in that code pm me. And we can go from there.
 
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Huvik we been through this if you read what I said the second time I replied to you.actually I left out that My cards would spike to almost 90c and hover at 85c to 86c. Do you own a msi gtx 980? See how thin that pcb is. Yes I know for a fact that at those Temps it is causing the pcb to soften up and warp. When I took the liquid pro off and put as5 on the second card it stayed under 80. Until I screwed up and taped the ring around the die causing the heat sink to not seat properly. This time I'm going to do it right with a non conductive paste and call it a day. Heat causes things to melt or warp or just turn to ash. Anything under 80 I think will slow the warping process. Ya dig
 
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