1080FE white led mod

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Modding the 1080 FEs green glow too white. I have purchased a 780tis logos on eBay that where left over from a waterblock setup. I guess my question is are the logos the same size has anyone tried this yet? Also my card is straight from Nvidia not MSI Asus Or zotac, so if I have to RMA the card I wanted to keep the original one green. I guess the other big question is does Nvidia void your warranty if you take the cooler off and put it back on? Thanks guys.
 
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I only have a pair of reference 980s, I imagine the 770 matches since it is the same cooler. Possibly the Titan and Titan X as well. But the new 1070 and 1080 reference coolers, I'm not sure.

I'm certain they are using an ODM to get all their coolers and boards made, which they have always done. And of course they use a fabrication company for their GPUs. Nvidia is not a manufacturing company, they are a design firm.

Never owned an Nvidia branded card, so not sure about their warranty policies. I imagine that can be found on their site.

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I was aware of the sanding method, more interested to know if anyone has the two cards and have figured out if that logo appears the same...also about nvidias warranty. As far as I know this is the first set of gpus (pascal) that they are manufacturing ...therefore RMA is directly through them...just like the shield or another non graphics card device.
 

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I only have a pair of reference 980s, I imagine the 770 matches since it is the same cooler. Possibly the Titan and Titan X as well. But the new 1070 and 1080 reference coolers, I'm not sure.

I'm certain they are using an ODM to get all their coolers and boards made, which they have always done. And of course they use a fabrication company for their GPUs. Nvidia is not a manufacturing company, they are a design firm.

Never owned an Nvidia branded card, so not sure about their warranty policies. I imagine that can be found on their site.
 
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Well for anyone wondering if you will void your warranty from removing the shroud here is your answer, also note that I sort of rephrased this discusion to be about blowing out dust from the vapor chamber, instead of changing logos for the saftey of my future warrenty :no:


Question Reference #
Summary: Graphics Card Warrenty
Product Level 1: GeForce graphics
Category Level 1: Product Information
Date Created: 07/14/2016 03:03 PM
Last Updated: 07/14/2016 03:03 PM
Status: Unresolved
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Product Name: GTX 1080
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Chat Transcript 07/14/2016 03:03 PM
[02:41:22 PM]Hi, my name is Prakash. How may I help you?
[02:41:35 PM]Kyle : hello
[02:41:47 PM]Prakash: Hi Kyle!
[02:42:02 PM]Kyle : I had a question regarding the gtx 1080 and its warrenty
[02:42:31 PM]Prakash: Sure
[02:42:37 PM]Prakash: I will be happy to assist you on this
[02:43:20 PM]Kyle : every few months i typically remove my graphics cards shroud and blow out any dust (not the heatsink) will this void my warrenty? this is my first card straight from nvidia
[02:43:39 PM]Kyle : I know the blower designs tend to get dust build up in them
[02:44:43 PM]Kyle : My old 770 Aero card was a blower design and I took off the shroud and used compressed air to remove dust. I just wanted to double check so I dont void my warranty down the line
[02:45:12 PM]Prakash: No. Just taking our card and blowing air would not void warranty
[02:45:45 PM]Kyle : so its okay to remove the screws on the cover?
[02:46:05 PM]Kyle : I dont mean just taking it out of the case. the dust builds up inside the card.
[02:46:36 PM]Prakash: To be 100% let me check with the concerned team
[02:46:44 PM]Prakash: Please give me a moment
[02:46:48 PM]Kyle : kk
[02:50:04 PM]Prakash: Thank you for your time
[02:50:57 PM]Kyle : no problem
[02:52:23 PM]Prakash: I am sorry, I have just confirmed and we do not recommend any hardware removing from the card
[02:52:28 PM]Prakash: It will void the warranty
[02:52:50 PM]Prakash: You can just blow it from the fans and that should just work fine.
[02:53:02 PM]Kyle : Oh okay thanks. well good to know
[02:54:44 PM]Prakash: WElcome
[02:54:50 PM]Prakash: Anything else I may help you with?
[02:55:00 PM]Kyle : thats all
[02:55:03 PM]Kyle : thank you
[02:55:26 PM]'Kyle ' disconnected ('Concluded by End-user').


 

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Yeah, not looking to reupgrade over warranty stuff. Just wanted to mod that damn green light to white to match the build. The FE card actually isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be. 1 hour after playing gtav it holds a steady 2000-1950 clock speed at 74c it's surprisingly okay. Also paid 600$ not 700$ my friend bought two and he owed me so. Win win.
 

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People are trying to justify what they have always paid for non-reference cards. With Maxwell and Pascal it isn't that big a deal. The GPU and Nvidia's hard coded/built limits are what prevents high overclocks. This generation though the reference boards without the FE/NVTTM cooler are cheaper and better.

I haven't even bothered to overclock my 980s, they already boost to 1379, and I water cooled them so they stay there.

Going to stick it out for a GTX1080ti or Titan P myself.

Last resort you can probably find someone who water cooled an FE 1080 and you can get your self a spare cooler that way.
 

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Regardless of who loves what, and what actually preforms better I am happy. I came from a strix 980ti, actually I had 3, due to a microcenter warranty. The first one artifacted within the first 10 minutes of use. Green blobs everywhere. I am not a newb, driver and everything was up to date... it was just a bad card. The second card had a fan die on the first week of use, By the time i picked up the 3rd gtx980ti strix i was already feeling done. I bought it due to the new ASUS manufacturing that has little human interaction. I have had the reference or FE 1080 for about a month now, and man...its just working as it should (knock on wood) I have it overclocked just around 2.0 and temps are solid. I know its just a reference and water cooled cards can have so much more potential. I guess my reason to have a response in favor of the FE in any way is yes ...its overpriced in comparison but it does pretty well, and this is the first card I haven't had to use GPU tweak with LOL,
My opinion wait. Yes pick up a EVGA or something that has more power connectors, or better yet wait for the Ti ...but you can only say wait for too long. I am not paying early adopters fee. Got it for the intended after market price (which was a joke to begin with) Humans will die always waiting. That day a game really runs and feels like a full CGI or Pixar film running at 60+ frame rates we are all going to say, ehhh that could have been better.
Just a thought.
Thanks for the input guys.