After an incident on the internet involving a PCB crack, Gigabyte made design revisions to its high-end GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 GPUs. Some Gigabyte GeForce RTX 40 and RTX 30 GPU users are PCBs"Design failures", the fault caused a crack in a specific area. The crack damages the PCIe lanes inside the GPU, hindering data transfer and ultimately causing the GPU to get corrupted.
Some of the affected users tried to claim compensation from Gigabyte, but ironically, Gigabyte rejected their RMA application. While this sparked a bigger debate among redditors, Gigabyte seems to be interested in the new"Batches"The GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 GPUs have some design changes and are labeled on the original packaging"v1.1"。
The news came from Redditoru MisInformational, who managed to compare the old and new versions of Gigabyte's GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 GPUs, noting that significant changes have taken place, with the latest design equipped"More powerful 70A VRM setup"。This makes the overall design even more"Stable", because the weight distribution has improved a lot. It is expected that this change may address the upcoming product launches** now"Cracking of the PCB board"problem, but it's an unfortunate thing for the consumers who have already been affected, as Gigabyte is said to have not accepted any RMA requests. Gigabyte is not anywhere"Officially"When it comes to this issue, there is no exact confirmation of which SKUs have accepted the new design changes.
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 40 GPU v10：
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 40 GPU v11：
This design change shows that GIGABYTE has acknowledged that its GPU units are defective, and that the company may modify its warranty service to address cracks in the PCB. Nonetheless, consumers must take precautions before installing any ADA Lovelace or older GPU, including the use of a support stand or anti-sag device.