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Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn
A rising tide of speculators are arguing that Nvidia's 16-pin 12VHPWR standard is designed with no safety factor, causing ...
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 ...
Surely not again: Worrying analysis shows Nvidia's RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card may be prone to melting power connectors
der8auer thinks none of the above. Using his own RTX 5090 FE, he loaded the GPU up with Furmark and found some worrying ...
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: Individual reports of melting connectors
Caution is also advised with Nvidia's new generation of graphics cards. Cables and connections can still melt.