Well I just sent out my GPU last night and it should be received at the repair facility this morning. Here's the details...
My gpu was working until it hit load (started up fallout 4) and my computer started turning off and on simultaneously to protect itself again my deadly gpu. Which was sparking on the back side in between the pcie slot and gpu fan plug/header (ON GPU)
Why are my fingers crossed? Because before I tested my 980Ti I took off the back plate to finish my build theme and therefore "broke" my screw temper sticker.. as shown...
This is what my build was... now currently waiting on asus to hopefully send me a correctly working $700 video card! I saw somewhere on the ASUS website while doing a RMA it states for gpu
"Must return with original heatsink or considered damaged"
So I'm assuming that asus is lenient like evga and msi on warranties.
All I know is that if ASUS doesn't honor the warranty.. they will lose me for life.. and I always buy expensive hardware.