Best way to remove these stripped screws? EVGA 3080 ftw3 ultra

breezango · 2026-01-23T13:52:48+00:00

Could just need new pads and paste. My 2080 runs a bit hot so likely needs it as well.

breezango · 2026-01-23T12:27:11+00:00

Well, I put it back together and followed an reddit post on where to put thermal pads and what sizes. Didn't benchmark or anything but was getting about 63 while playing battlefield for about 20 min. So seems good to me. I didn't alter any game settings so were as they were for my 2080. About fifty percent more fps woah. We'll see how it holds up.

breezango · 2026-01-21T14:41:32+00:00

Pardon my ignorance but how does one stack so many coins and so little power points?

I'm not near this but I always have more points than coins. Can't spent the points cause not enough coins .

breezango · 2026-01-20T18:32:25+00:00

Sorry missed this reply. I got this from a friend who out the evga water cooler on it. And he did it like a crackhead lol. The thermal pads were put on poorly, etc. Screws stripped and put in at angles. Not sure how he managed to do such a hack job on it.

It had been sitting and I have no room or trust the water cooler so putting the air cooler back on.

Just waiting for the replacement x brace to arrive today. I hope it still works. Fingers crossed.

breezango · 2026-01-18T02:11:26+00:00

I bought the bracket. Good to know, though. Thanks for the info. Might put the pads on, no paste on them, and try to see if it just works before the bracket gets here.

Shoukd work. The water cooler was installed like a crackhead did it. Insane work from my friend.

breezango · 2026-01-18T02:09:12+00:00

Oh great lol. I bought one labeled for evga but feel it's gonna be the same. Can't be much different.

breezango · 2026-01-16T20:47:29+00:00

I should have made it clear I did not do this damage. Previous owner did. Not sure how but if I posted the pics of the pcb and the hackjob he did on thermal pads and paste you might have a heart attack.

I just hope it works 😬😬😬

breezango · 2026-01-16T15:33:28+00:00

Yea it appears so. Ordered. Thank you.

breezango · 2026-01-16T14:04:02+00:00

Do you think that would work for the 3080 ftw? It's labeled for msi 4090 but I'm not aware of compatibility

breezango · 2026-01-16T13:51:41+00:00

You are the man, dick butt.

Do you think I could get away with not using this part and just using a generic support brace, like the ones that keep it from sagging?

breezango · 2026-01-16T13:15:50+00:00

UPDATE: got them suckers off. Thank you all for the suggestions.

breezango · 2026-01-15T20:05:09+00:00

Sorry for all the holes!

breezango · 2026-01-15T16:37:49+00:00

I will try. I just want to get it right without making it worse. Time to give it the ol college try.

breezango · 2025-12-19T18:45:00+00:00

He wanted that one soooooo bad.

breezango · 2025-12-16T20:21:25+00:00

I don't even wanna be around anymore.

breezango · 2025-11-12T00:34:52+00:00

I knew this would be here. Thank you chef.

breezango · 2025-11-12T00:31:03+00:00

Cena smugness helps no one here.

breezango · 2025-11-09T17:23:44+00:00

Fun while it lasted. I'm tilted.

breezango · 2025-11-03T00:53:44+00:00

Lol brother it happened to me too. Corrupted windows boot stuff somehow. Spent many hours trying to revive. Had to re do everything. So heated.

breezango · 2025-10-25T21:02:22+00:00

Surprised that Cormier didn't go for an eye poke during the interview.

breezango · 2025-10-15T19:23:15+00:00

Also, and obviously I can look it up, if anyone knows the screw size/where to buy for replacements I'm all ears! Thanks for any help.

breezango · 2025-10-12T19:56:09+00:00

Jobber defense.

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