Nvidia RTX 3080 RAM thermal throttle fix: Full Tutorial. Big Hash Boost!
Channel: Webmaster Design
Date: 2021-03-09

Disclaimer: Opening and/or modifying a video card comes with risks. If you choose to proceed, you do so at your own risk. Chapters are noted at the end of the description for faster navigation through the process. 

UPDATE: The stock memory thermal pads on the heat sink need to be replaced, in addition to adding the backplate pads. If you don't replace the stock pads, your card will likely throttle again, even after adding backplate pads. My initial testing weeks ago resulted in that conclusion.

This video is intended to be a nearly full and complete step-by-step walkthrough of how to change and install thermal pads to the Gigaburger 3080 to eliminate thermal throttling. Both front and rear pads need to be done. This video is meant to be for beginners. Forgive the shoddy camera work and editing.

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Shout out to Red Panda for beginning this topic:: https://tinyurl.com/ykxkztsh

Red Fox Crypto has a great tutorial on this for intermediate users: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFMbE41R7Fg

Thermal pads should be rated to a minimum of (W/mk 8) for proper heat transfer:

Gelid 2mm pads: https://tinyurl.com/4b7u3wfv
Alternate 1: https://tinyurl.com/xuvcaj2a
Alternate 2: https://tinyurl.com/5ke6yss
Alternate 3: https://tinyurl.com/3avxshe3

Gelid 3mm pads: https://tinyurl.com/365kumz5
Alternate: Thermal Grizzly 3mm minus 8 pad. Unable to find link

Thermal Grizzly Paste: https://tinyurl.com/sf2vj2x2

Gear I’ve used:

Pcie 6 pin extender: https://tinyurl.com/my5ykuk8
Risers from Gpurisers.com

Video Download: https://clipgrab.de/update/en

Mining software I use: https://hiveos.farm

Chapters:
2:05 Current hash rate at throttle
4:20 Thermal Pad overview
7:00 Backplate screw location 1 of 2
9:10 Removing backplate screws
13:00 How to remove backplate
13:48 Fan connectors to be aware of
16:00 Taking of 2 of 3 fan connectors
17:54 View of greasy Gigaburger
19:44 Rick Roll QR Code
20:00 Taking off 3rd fan connector
24:40 Taking off 3 remaining backplate screws location 2 of 2
27:30 Separating PCB from backplate
28:00 Etching location on backplate for thermal pad placement
30:20 Thermal pad placement info
32:48 Initial 3mm pad placement on board
34:00 pad placement moved to backplate
35:50 line up standoffs for screw location 2
36:24 Initial pad placement test
37:45 DO NOT COVER these 2 chips with thermal pads
39:48 Backplate pad placement complete
41:15 Backplate assembly pad inspection
46:11 Removing the grease off of memory modules
50:18 Removing GPU paste
51:18 Cleaning GPU and memory modules with rubbing alcohol
59:05 Removing Gigaburger's greasy thermal pad on heat sink
1:00:49 Assessing front pad cuts
1:02:30 Initial front thermal pad cuts before placement
1:04:24 Note for little Timmy
1:05:42 Front 2mm thermal pad placement complete
1:05:58 View of clean memory and pad alignment
1:07:20 Applying thermal paste to GPU
1:09:30 Final eyeball inspection after reassembly
1:11:47 Card back in rig for initial hash rate and temp result
1:13:42 Final OC and fan settings after 1 week