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In my mix of cards I've only one Gigabyte cards, an RX480, and it has not been melting, but I've two XFX RX580's and they all have the melting thermal pad problem.
Some people have had this problem with Sapphire RX480.
I have this problem with Sapphire RX480 Nitro (plain Nitro, not +). Almost all these cards are dripping oil, to a different extent. I use to clean them with ethanol every 2-3 months, including the metallic base of the heatsink - from my experience, oil gathers around heatpipes and makes a nasty grease in combination with dust.Some people have had this problem with Sapphire RX480.
I also have XFX RX480 RS. Although XFX cooling system is much poorer than Sapphire Nitro (memory chips are not connected to heatsink and may heat up to 110-120 C), it does not have the problem of melting pads.
Needed to say that I keep my Sapphires at 63-65C and the XFX at 57C (core temp).
Did someone use both ethanol and isopropyl to clean this silicone oil? Which alcohol works best?
I remember another post someone claimed it was oil from the fans leaking out. Probably best to RMA them.