The ASUS RTX 3080 That Uses 4,000 Volts – NCP45491 locks core to 210MHz [4]
Channel: GregTech
Date: 2023-02-27

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Today we explore an Asus TUF RTX 3080 who's core is locked to 210MHz even when initiating benchmarks. This issue is well known to be typically caused by a dead NCP45491 power monitoring chip.

In this video I show you what the process involves to replace this NCP chip and when doing so, fixes the original issue the video card had.

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MP2886 Datasheet:
https://www.onsemi.com/pdf/datasheet/ncp45491-d.pdf

Asus RTX 3080 TUF:
https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/graphics-cards/tuf-gaming/tuf-rtx3080-o10g-gaming/

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The Asus TUF RTX 3080 is a solidly designed card with top of the line specifications for overclocking and performance applications. While it is shadowed by the bigger brother Strix 3080, the TUF 3080 can still pull its own and can offer a very cost competitive gaming experience.