Quote from: jim007 on March 12, 2021, 11:57:13 PM

One of my gpus had a leakage I didn't know what it was, but suspected it was from the thermal compound. I had it running at < 60C at 65 TDP. It started to give me problems and eventually windows wouldn't detect it. I then sent it to the manufacturer and got a replacement. From experience, said leakage will lead to bad news. If your card is still under warranty I'd use it and RMA it, if not replace the thermal pads.

Problems that you had probably didn't come from thermal pads leaks in the first place it was just coincidence.
RMA at this state of market is just not advisable or may even be rejected if the cards is working normal.