Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition destroyed by melted 12VHPWR connector — author argues design flaw, not user error
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Ben Hardwidge
Summary
The article reports that the author's Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition GPU and PSU were destroyed by a melted 16-pin 12VHPWR power connector. The author argues this is not user error but a fundamental design flaw in the connector, which has been causing similar failures across multiple GPU generations. The piece criticizes Nvidia for not acknowledging or fixing the problem.
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Twitter / XNvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition destroyed by melted 12VHPWR connector — author argues design flaw, not user errorclub386.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledIt finally happened to us. After years of watching the horror stories pile in about melted cables and smoking graphics cards, our own Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition became a hot, smouldering mess and kicked the proverbial bucket.
Not only had we effectively cremated an extremely expensive GPU, but our PSU is also no longer with us. All because of a connector that clearly isn't fit for purpose.
This isn't user error; it's a flawed connector.
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