Gigabyte Addresses Thermal Gel Leakage in RTX 50 Series GPUs, Explains It Was Caused by Applying a "Higher Volume" of Gel

Gigabyte has responded to the report of a user whose Geforce RTX 5080 has released a large amount of thermal paste. The company apparently sees this as a purely cosmetic defect - and yet a problem is admitted.

Gigabyte Addresses Thermal Gel Leakage in RTX 50 Series GPUs, Explains It Was Caused by Applying a "Higher Volume" of Gel

Gigabyte has issued a statement to clarify the newly-emerged "thermal gel" leakage issue with the RTX 50 series, claiming that it is a problem with early production batches. Gigabyte Acknowledges Thermal Gel Leakage With NVIDIA's RTX 50 GPUs, Doesn't Specify Whether The Problem Is Covered Under Warranty For those unaware, we recently reported a user facing a thermal gel leaking problem with their Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, where it was claim…

GIGABYTE Releases Statement Regarding Thermal Conductive Gel Used in Graphics Cards

GIGABYTE acknowledges customer feedback regarding thermal conductive gel application on their graphics cards after users raised their concerns about alleged leakage of the thermal material.

News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. Thermal problems continue to affect the RTX 50 series GPUs, and now it’s up to Gigabyte’s AORUS RTX 5080 Master Ice 16G. A Korean user has shared images that clearly show how the thermal paste starts dripping from inside the card, advancing dangerously towards the PCB, which could cause serious long-term failures. The card had been placed in a vertical position and the use…

GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5080 MASTER Starts Leaking Thermal Gel After Four Weeks of Light MMO Gaming

An unlucky owner of a GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER ICE 16 GB graphics card has reported a baffling instance of thermal gel leakage. A forum post—titled: "5080 oh my god thermal problem"—on the Quasar Zone BBS alerted the wider world to this bizarre fault. The South Korean MMORPG enthusiast described circumstances up until the point of critical liquefaction: "it's been exactly a month since I bought it. I use it for (Blizzard's) World o…

The world of hardware no longer ends up being shaken by technical surprises, and this time it is GIGABYTE who finds himself in the turmoil. His new set of RTX 50 graphics cards encounters an unexpected problem to say the least: the thermal paste used melts and sinks, especially when the board is installed in position [...] The article GIGABYTE RTX 50: an overheating that melts the thermal paste... literally appeared first on HardwareCooking.