Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Clean all of the Artic Silver off of your card, use some type of compound that is closest to the orginal and reattach the orginal headsink.
If you put on a better headsink and it didn't fail, but the card did I wouldn't feel bad at all about returning it. It is a defective card.
Now if you...