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 ...

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 ...

It's not a melting connector-level concern, but proceed with caution if you're using an RTX 5090 GPU with a riser cable for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. ASUS's flagship ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card has been shunt-modded by professional overclocker Der8auer, pushing its power limit to a much ...

July 11, 2026 | An ASRock TempGuard PSU failed to stop another RTX 5090 power connector from melting, raising even more concerns about the 12V-2x6 design. NVIDIA is reportedly preparing the GeForce ...