RTX 5090 meltdown woes spark flashbacks to RTX 4090 fire hazards
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 is facing early concerns as reports of melting 16-pin power connectors have emerged, evoking memories of the infamous RTX 4090 connector failures. Two separate incidents have ...
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Handful of users claim new Nvidia GPUs are melting power cables again
This recalls a similar situation from early in the RTX 4090's life cycle, when power connectors were melting and even catching fire, damaging the GPUs and power supplies. After much investigation ...
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RTX 50-Series GPUs Aren’t Melting Power Cables, But 4090s Still Are
PCM reported that it had discovered two damaged and partially melted power cables Given the issues with melting cables with the 4090, the testers suspected problems with the 50-series. Here we go ...
RTX 5090 cable melting claim debunked — Investigation points at prior RTX 4090 FE cabling usage
A Hong Kong media outlet was scared by two melted 16-pin cables; initially mistakenly attributed to RTX 5090 testing.
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Nvidia says RTX 5090 isn’t expected to suffer from power cable melting issues that blighted the RTX 4090, despite the GPU’s 575W power usage
Nvidia has said it isn’t ‘expected’ that cable melting issues will happen with the RTX 5090 The company reminded us about the changes made to the 16-pin power connector after the RTX 4090 ...
New GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards are not melting cables, reports confirm issue was with RTX 4090
The higher power limits in the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 were always going to raise concerns that the cards might experience the same melting power ...