Rtx 5090’s Fiery Flaw Isn’t Going Anywhere

Nvidia’s melted messiness torches different $2,900 GPU

Another RTX 5090 has gone up successful smoke. Reddit personification Roachard shared photos of a charred MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC, revealing a meltdown that took retired some nan graphics paper and nan powerfulness proviso cables.

Despite utilizing Nvidia’s charismatic powerfulness connector, nan nonaccomplishment still occurred, wrecking nan cogwheel and costing them a cool $2,900. “The harm was localised to 1 pin connected nan connector,” they wrote, which aligns depressingly good pinch what has now go a hallmark of Nvidia’s flawed 12V-2×6 setup.

He said: “I did not messiness pinch immoderate of nan OC settings; I ran it arsenic is retired of nan box. I bought it astir a period agone from a Best Buy drop. I saw nan pouring cablegram posts and thought that I was safe if I stayed distant from civilization cables. It's still not safe to usage nan original manufacturer's cables.”

I initially thought nan harm was constricted to nan GPU side, but aft disassembling nan build, I recovered moreover much harm connected nan PSU broadside (pictures included). Yes, that bulge connected nan connector is melted plastic, and what appears to beryllium a cablegram is burnt white.

The problem stems from a dodgy pin design. If moreover 1 of nan six pins doesn’t afloat connect, nan remaining ones effort to prime up nan slack — triggering surges and, arsenic Tom’s Hardware grimly points out, imaginable fires. It's nan aforesaid responsibility that haunted nan 40 series, and now it's resurfacing crossed RTX 5090 cards pinch disturbing consistency.

Others connected Reddit person posted akin scary stories since February, initially blaming third-party cables. But Roachard's cooked connector was nan mill exemplary — making it clear that nan rumor was baked successful by design.

Meanwhile, pinch Nvidia still struggling to get RTX 50 bid units connected shelves, replacements are arsenic uncommon arsenic a GPU from Chipzilla worthy buying. Roachard’s hopes of getting a hole retired of Nvidia look astir arsenic slim arsenic a connector pin not catching fire.

Tom’s Hardware suggests Asus’ ROG Astral GPUs arsenic a safer bet, touting per-pin existent readings to dodge these powerfulness meltdowns. For those assured capable to mod, incorporating per-pin sensing into existing RTX 50 GPUs mightiness connection a lifeline — aliases astatine slightest immoderate bid of mind while gaming adjacent to a occurrence extinguisher.