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 ...
GeForce RTX 5090 Power Connectors Are Melting Now: What You Should Know
Two RTX 5090 users have already suffered burned connectors, and if community analysis is right, more may be on the way.
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Nvidia says RTX 50 GPUs won't suffer a repeat of melting 4090 power cables
In brief: Following reports of melting and burning power cables from RTX 4090 owners ... 5080, and 5070 Ti with yellow-tipped power cables. When properly inserted, the yellow paint will not ...
NVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics cards are melting power cables (again) — but who's to blame for this recurring GPU nightmare?
Melting cables are, once again, affecting high-end NVIDIA graphics cards, as a small selection of disgruntled GeForce RTX ...
GeForce RTX 5090: Nvidia has apparently messed up the power supply
Form over function was apparently the motto for the design of the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition and its predecessor, the GeForce RTX 4090. Starting with the 4000 series, Nvidia has simplified the ...
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If you're worried about your RTX 50-series graphics card suffering another 4090-meltgate, MSI's yellow-tipped adapter cables might just give you peace of mind
The melting connector problem with the RTX 4090 was down to a number of factors ... Its RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti cards all come with adapter cables (8-pin sockets to a 12V-2x6 connector ...
Official RTX 4090 power cable found melted by reviewer 2 years later — card functioned fine despite hidden melted connector
The gaming/tech review site Dark Side of Gaming looked at its test rig RTX 4090 and 12VHPWR cable. Despite not removing the ...
Does the Nvidia RTX 5090 have a cable melting problem? It's complicated - but you probably don’t need to panic
In other words, at least one of these cable-melting cases appears to have been caused by user error: the 12VHPWR cable that ...
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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 ...