Melting cables are, once again, affecting high-end NVIDIA graphics cards, as a small selection of disgruntled GeForce RTX ...
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Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burnA rising tide of speculators are arguing that Nvidia's 16-pin 12VHPWR standard is designed with no safety factor, causing ...
Our post on Tuesday about melting 12V-2X6 connectors on RTX 5090 GPUs concluded with a grim prediction that we could see more ...
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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Cable maker advises against using old 12VHPWR cables with RTX 50-series GPUsModdiy has warned users against using its older 12VHPWR-rated power cables with RTX 50-series products. It recommends only using its cables manufactured in 2025.
Two owners of Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 Founders Edition GPUs have reported melted power connectors and damage to their PSUs. The ...
A 12VHPWR power connector being used on the GeForce RTX 5090 has melted, sparking an investigation into the power draws of ...
Redditor posts picture of his melted 16-pin power connector on his PSU, which had NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 Founders ...
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More Nvidia RTX 50 Cards Are Melting—It’s Probably The Cables’ FaultMelting power cables was a persistent issue with Nvidia’s last-generation flagship, the RTX 4090. Its 450W power draw (with ...
Reports from a handful of early adopters of Nvidia's new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card are reporting that their power cables ...
Ever since the introduction of the RTX 4090, several reports have documented 12VHPWR connectors melting due to improper ...
Reports of melting 12VHPWR connectors are starting to come in, with the first victim losing both his PSU and RTX 5090 FE.
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