Some Gigabyte RTX 50 GPUs continue to suffer from displacement of thermal gel. Two more forum users have reported such findings.
RTX 5080 Owners Reports Oozing Out of Thermal Gel on Gigabyte Cards; Gigabyte’s Response Remains Unhelpful
One of the first incidents of the oozing of thermal gel on a Gigabyte card was hardly reported less than ten days ago. The incident involved a GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, in which the thermal gel started leaking from its original position to other components. Gigabyte released its statement soon, indicating that there might be more such GPUs being affected by the issue.
Apparently, this was due to applying more than sufficient thermal gel, which affected some Gigabyte RTX 50 series GPUs in some early product batches. Gigabyte assured its customers that there is nothing to worry about as this won’t affect the card’s “…performance, reliability, or lifespan…”.
Two days ago, another such incident emerged on the Techpowerup forums, where a user “remekra” reported that the thermal gel slipped towards the I/O on his RTX 50 GPU, since his case, the Lian Li SUP01, uses vertical mounting. Soon after, two more users on the Techpowerup forums reported such cases, both having Gigabyte RTX 50 series GPUs.
One user who goes by the name “TaLL” reports that he has been using his Gigabyte RTX 5080 for roughly one week, and he is already seeing the slippage of the thermal gel. The user appears quite worried, and for valid reasons, because the GPU is quite expensive, and it isn’t normal at all. Another user, “vermie22,” reported a similar incident, which clearly shows a thermal gel coming out of its original position to the PCI-E interface.
Gigabyte did confirm in their original press release that their cards undergo rigorous testing for both performance and stability. This also includes multi-axis drops and verification in both vertical and horizontal installation orientations. Fortunately, none of the users have reported any GPU failures or damage till now, but some might panic seeing this on their GPUs. However, fixing this on your own is not recommended as removing the cooler may void the warranty.
We await Gigabyte’s response on this once again, but considering how Gigabyte responded to the first case, it’s unlikely that Gigabyte can offer a solution that could fix this issue while the GPUs are in the consumers’ hands.
News Source: Techpowerup
