Broken GPU cooler screw mount

[deoxir]

I have an Aorus RTX2080ti 11G. Was having thermal issues that cause the fans to rev up to 4000 rpm periodically and since neither Gigabyte nor Newegg could offer any help locally, I decided to take things into my own hands. Took the cooler off, reapplied the thermal paste.

 

Results: 10 degree celsius temp drop both at idle and under full load. Card doesn't sound like a jet engine anymore. Also broke one of the two plastic screw mounts. 

 

Wondering if this harms the structural integrity of the cooler mounting solution. I think it's gonna be fine because the cooler has 11 other mounting points and those are secure. It is quite a beefy cooler though.

Maybe it's probably best to get a support bracket just to be safe?

 

Also, damn you Gigabyte for everything, especially the flimsy plastic screw mount on a $1200 card.

 

[Bombastinator]

I don’t know if it’s a problem or not.  So possibly not very useful reply.  
 

If it is There are a couple of moldable plastic products  like epoxy putty that could be used to rebuild the screw mount if that is what you want to do.  You would need to drill and tap the new hole or do it with the screw in and hope against hope that some sort of resistive film on the screw would make it possible to back the screw out again.  Resistive liquid films have inconsistent reliability.  Kind of a die roll.  Also assumes the warranty is already gone because making the company fix it is vastly preferable.

[deoxir]

2 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

I don’t know if it’s a problem or not.  So possibly not very useful reply.  
 

If it is There are a couple of moldable plastic products  like epoxy putty that could be used to rebuild the screw mount if that is what you want to do.  You would need to drill and tap the new hole or do it with the screw in and hope against hope that some sort of resistive film on the screw would make it possible to back the screw out again.  Resistive liquid films have inconsistent reliability.  Kind of a die roll.  Also assumes the warranty is already gone because making the company fix it is vastly preferable.

The moment I took the card apart the warranty has already been voided so you assumed right. Rebuilding the mount does sound like an interesting way to deal with this the elegant way.

[Deuxez]

I imagine the blue circle is where the plastic screw mount was, i personally dont think it would be any diffrence. It already seem to have mounts for the gpu die itself and the vram around it. That is mount u broke is probably just to make sure the plastic shroud stays still and dont vibrate.

[deoxir]

12 minutes ago, DankDeuxez said:

I imagine the blue circle is where the plastic screw mount was, i personally dont think it would be any diffrence. It already seem to have mounts for the gpu die itself and the vram around it. That is mount u broke is probably just to make sure the plastic shroud stays still and dont vibrate.

Yep it was a tubular structure that sticks out slightly from the cooler. As far as I can tell it doesn't make the kind of noise vibration causes that you'd hear when you put only 2 screws in a case fan or something. 

[Deuxez]

8 hours ago, deoxir said:

Yep it was a tubular structure that sticks out slightly from the cooler. As far as I can tell it doesn't make the kind of noise vibration causes that you'd hear when you put only 2 screws in a case fan or something. 

Yeah then its just there to hold the shroud, so nothing major at all.