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I recently purchased a new gtx 980ti brand new I have total of two 980 tis. i noticed a bad smell coming from the PC, i took it apart and it was my second graphics card that the smell was coming from. Is it normal for new graphics cards to smell odd while under losd for the first time? I still have the plastic stickers on both cards but not sure what is it?
 
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Here they are -Rampage V extreme motherboard 2015
-Intel Core i7 5820k
-X2 Gtx 980 Ti SLI
-Corsair TX850 Power supply
-32 GB DDR4 corsair dominator platinum
-1 SSD CorsairNeutron XT 480
-1SSD Corsair Neutrin 250 GB
-1SSD150 SSD OCZ Vertex
-1Mechanical Hard drive 1.3 TB
 
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i mean this is the first time that happens never happen before but i think the plastic is not the issue here this is my second custome build thats why Im here
 
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Geekwad

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It isn't normal, but a small about of anything left over from the manufacturing/assembly process may have been burning off (small oil sheen on a cap, etc). If it doesn't persist and the card continues to work normally during your RMA period, you're probably safe. On the other hand, if you think it's continuing abnormally, then you may want to exchange while you can.

On a side note; that board has a secondary molex power connector for additional PCIe power in multi-GPU systems.....is it connected too?
 
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