The new flagship Nvidia gaming GPU has already melted under load, with the cable, power supply, and gaming GPU all damaged as ...

Two owners of Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 Founders Edition GPUs have reported melted power connectors and damage to their PSUs. The ...

Nvidia’s new RTX 50-series GPUs represent a leap forward in gaming and content creation, but they also push the boundaries of what’s expected from your power supply. The RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 ...

Melting cables are, once again, affecting high-end NVIDIA graphics cards, as a small selection of disgruntled GeForce RTX ...

A 12VHPWR power connector being used on the GeForce RTX 5090 has melted, sparking an investigation into the power draws of ...

even after testing multiple RTX 5090 Founders Edition builds using different power supplies and cable types. It has even run several days of “closed chassis burn-in” and found that all ...

Hong Kong-based tech outlet PCM raised alarms after testing Nvidia’s RTX 5090D and RTX 5080, where it encountered two melted 16-pin power cables and a failed 1,200W power supply unit (PSU).

According to Hartung, it would’ve been better if Nvidia had installed two power connectors on both the RTX 4090 and 5090 to better distribute the power load. As of now, the only thing anyone can ...

RTX 5090FE Molten 12VHPWR from r/nvidia Curiously, ivan6953 also points out that the pins on their Asus ROG LOKI 1000W power supply look noticeably thinner compared to the RTX 5090 connector.