EVGA releases two fixes for their GTX 1080/1070 VRM temperature problems

[TheF34RChannel]

And for those wanting to see how to apply the pads, Jayz2cents made a vid on it.

 

[Nelly]

Thankfully mine was shipped after the first week in September so mine isn't part of the affected batch but I'm still going to apply the thermal pads and new VBIOS for some extra cooling, Gives me an excuse also to replace the stock TIM with the lovely German made Thermal Grizzly ^_^

Just to add what you have quoted above relates to an EVGA statement - it was caused by On Semiconductor (VRM IC Manufacturer) VRM IC's being out of spec, triggering the OCP (Over Current Protection) The percentage of the IC’s that were out of spec has been confirmed by On Semiconductor and is approximately 3% to 4%. Since then, EVGA and On Semiconductor have worked out the solution and RMA replacement action a couple months ago as we stated above. At this moment, all of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW’s have been corrected and all products in the field are working properly.

Then there was the issue with Micron memory not being fed enough voltage, all manufacturers released a new BIOS to rectify the problem and increase overclocking potential.

Then there's EVGA offering additional thermal pads and a new bios with more aggressive RPM curve to solve the VRM overheating issue, which is what the first post is actually referring too.

Mentioned this in the other post, but posted here incase people don't see.