Got the GPU 4 months ago, used the cable that came in the box, no pressure on the socket, didn’t take it in and out and boom, my games won’t load up and here’s why. Doesn’t look like the socket on the GPU is fried so that’s good but should I just RMA? This is ridiculous for a card to be 2-3k and it melts like this
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RMA. And use the cable that comes with the Power supply
Sales numbers show that customers like melting cads, since they like it so the new generation of cards melts a bit faster, the customers buys more, and company sells more, everybody is satisfied.
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This shits sad is what it is but I’m also gonna be honest and say people know this is a possibility going into the purchase of these cards yet they continue to do it anyway. It’s like gambling but with technology, you spend 2-3k on a video card and it’s like a 50/50 chance it turns into a melted mess. Almost a form of insanity really except instead of one person doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome it’s a whole bunch of people.
it’s a stupid connector. big fat 12v wires have been powering amplifiers in cars for decades. thousands of watts and user installable.
the solution is easy , nvidia basically just invented a square wheel.
This is a curse of ambition, like the Rheingold
Yes, it is pretty sad that a piece of hardware that’s that expensive burns out like that… BUT, we can assume you knew about that defect but bought it anyways. So now it’s on you to go through the RMA process and hope that it doesn’t happen again. I hope it gets solved smoothly and you can enjoy your purchase though.
I say this not to excuse how ridiculous that stupid connector is.
But if you’re going to buy that video card for over two thousand dollars.
Don’t use the cheap little fifteen dollar adapter that comes with it. Buy either a 3.1 compatible power supply. Or at least order a cable for your power supply that has the adapter on it.
Again, it’s a ridiculously stupid situation, and it certainly shouldn’t be like this. But the cost of either of those things is less than what you paid in tax for the card.
what psu?
Everybody thinks it won’t happen to them
Are you going to tell us what MSI video card caused that cable damage?
High failure connector
Another victim of the high power connector
Nvidia said “fuck you” to their customers as many times as they possibly could, but that wasn’t enough, so they mandated the use of a power connector that doubles as a fire hazard.
I’m so happy for my 3x 8-Pin power connector on my Rx 7900 xtx every time I see a melted connector
Your thumb is probably the longest I’ve seen
Got warranty? RMA.
Can’t you just wrap some electrical tape around the melted one?
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5090?
NVidia?
Why is this even a question? **Of course** you should RMA it as soon as possible.
At this point am I the only one without this problem?
Those adapters are dogshit, always the main failure point, so many fires caused by these
50 series I heard are fire 🔥
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Use the PSU cables always.
Corsair psu bud ?
What is RMA?
Return… the connector on both ends is damaged now, chances are goos that this will happen again even with a perfectly good cable.
Let me guess, you had a 600W card in a tiny case where 1) it can’t get decent air flow over the whole card 2) you jammed in all the wires so you could close it up.
EDIT: YUP…. was just a matter of time. Guaranteed you had the side panel pressing up against the connector and the pin that burnt the most wasn’t fully inserted, plus there’s basically no airflow and once things get warm and temp starts rising, so does resistance and you just speed up the process.
You were advised to get an angled corsair cable.
It’s a 600W card…. it’s not meant to be shoved in small form factor cases. Jeeez.
Everyone wants to blame the connector…. there’s always a lead up….why I’m a bit cynical when it comes to these posts. People picking form over function and then they act surprised when it doesn’t function as intended.
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