users reported melted power plugs on their new graphics cards and buyers ultimately filed a class action lawsuit against Nvidia. The company had designed new connectors for the RTX 5090 to avoid ...

NVIDIA and many others investigated the melting plugs, and the conclusion ... supply's 12VHPWR connector and the increased power draw of the GeForce RTX 5090 over the previous-generation RTX ...

Inno3D's new custom GeForce RTX 5090 Frostbite graphics card sees its 12V-2x6 power cable hitting an insanely hot 150C ...

Jese Martinez, CEO of custom PC builder PowerGPU, posted a video on X explaining that the company is facing the same problems ...

The power cable for an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card ... prompting concern that the days of melting power plugs are very far from over with the new gaming GPU range.

A worn or bent pin or a bit of dirt in the plug is enough ... the lower electrical power consumption. Asus partially avoids the problem with its ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090: Before the initial ...

Credit: u/ivan6953 / Reddit As the RTX 50-series rollout ... 12V-2x6 cables providing power to the graphics cards have been seen melting inside the GPU slot of 5090 and 5080 cards.

Our post on Tuesday about melting 12V-2X6 connectors on RTX 5090 GPUs concluded with a grim prediction that we could see more melting power plugs on GeForce graphics cards. Well, you already know ...

TL;DR: A Reddit user reported a melted 12VHPWR power cable on a GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition, despite ensuring proper connection. An investigation by YouTuber der8auer revealed uneven power ...