PC integrator Falcon Northwest said on X that it could not replicate the melting RTX 5090 FE power connector issue, even after testing multiple RTX 5090 Founders Edition builds using different power ...

Facepalm: Imagine getting ahead of the scalpers and securing a $3,000+ RTX 5090, only for the connectors on the card and cable to melt. There has been yet another one of these incidents reported, with ...

TL;DR: A Redditor reported that their NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card's power connector melted due to using a third-party cable instead of the official adapter. The issue ...

In worrying news for gamers, yet another burned-out Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 cable has been reported. While the GPU power port itself seems undamaged, a burned-out MSI cable, specifically designed to ...

What just happened? We've seen plenty of melted GPU and cable connectors involving Nvidia graphics cards, but some have question marks over their legitimacy. However, the latest incident, involving an ...

Another melted Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power cable has appeared online, and this time it was a 12VHPWR cable specifically designed to stop it from being connected incorrectly. MSI started including a ...

Nvidia’s Blackwell GPU series is facing renewed scrutiny after an RTX 5070 owner reported a melted power cable. While these incidents remain rare, they highlight potential design flaws that could ...

The Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics cards appear to still be having trouble in the connector department, with a user reporting that their component experienced a melted cable. Reddit user Roachard recently ...

Nvidia’s latest graphics cards sold out almost immediately, which means tons of people are still clamoring to get their hands on one. But with recent issues rearing their heads, you might want to hold ...

The 12VHPWR power cable issues strike again. The 12VHPWR power cable issues strike again. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

Famed overclocker Roman "Der8auer" Hartung has pushed the RTX 5090 to its absolute limits, raising the power limit to close to 800W using a shunt modification. It needed water cooling to prevent ...