The card was already RMAd and is fine. I didn't think of the cable being an issue as I ran it on 80% power due to it being in an A4-H2O SF case. This was even a "premium" cable.
The card was already RMAd and is fine. I didn't think of the cable being an issue as I ran it on 80% power due to it being in an A4-H2O SF case. This was even a "premium" cable.
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Reset the counter boss
It just works™
Fuck Nvidia
Is that the cable that came with your PSU? It doesn’t look like it to me.
STOP USING 3RD PARTY 12VHPWR CABLES.
Sorry OP, no intended disrespect but…WHY the fuck do you people keep buying them thinking, “It won’t happen to ME ?” I’m serious, it seems foolish to gamble like that.
RIP. I never knew I could dislike an inanimate object like a power connector as much as I do the 12VHP/2×6. I have a 4080 Super and worry when it’s pulling 320w that I’ll smell plastic one of these days. Why was it so hard to go with 8 pins, Nvidia? You already have the cards shipping with an adapter for 3x 8pin so just put them back on the cards already.
No 7900XTX was harmed by this cable
High failure connector
IDK, im using my MSI 4090 Liquid for over a year by now, i even moved it to my new workstation and i never had any problems whatsover. My GPU has been moved in and out of the case multiple times for cleaning… I’m using be quiet PSU and its original cables…. Again, never had any problems with these connectors.
Im sorry for you tho, hope you find a quick (and cheap) solution. Maybe be quiet PSU/cables is the way?
Nvidia – The Way It’s Meant to be burned
Lifespan gpus so you can keep buying the same product over and over again
Not since molex to sata cables have I seen so much carnage
9070XT Nitro+ has one too – my friend just got one a couple weeks back. Fingers crossed
The more you buy the more you save right? Nvidia gaming GPUs are a joke now, not really any reason to go for them for gaming.
Cue /u/Bleach_Baths explaining to us why this is totally ok and expected.
Let’s be real. Even OEM harnesses can fail if the power demands aren’t matched with proper engineering.
Picture this: you drop an LS3 into your build with a factory harness that technically supports the current… but the connectors are finicky, and the wire gauge is just barely enough. You rev hard, repeatedly. The resistance builds, connectors aren’t seated perfectly, and then BOOM! Heat, arcing, meltdown.
That’s the 12VHPWR cable story. Even stock cables, ESPECIALLY if bent too sharply, partially seated, or pulling full wattage at peak boost… can go thermal. It’s not just user error or aftermarket junk. It’s a flawed connector design dancing at the edge of tolerances.
Bro do I need to check on my dang 3090 connection?
12 volt high failure-rate cable
I’m still going strong so far, almost three years.
Right now I have power limit set to default, and I got tired of fiddling with undervolt related things.
If it burns, it burns.
I have an MSI PSU and am using the cable that came with it. Some 1000W model.
How has this not led to a major recall of these products, luckily they are way out of my price range so I never got one early on, but seeing this I’ll never buy NVidia again.
https://preview.redd.it/ap3twff7ftue1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eee4220340125e00c17eebd4ace14928cc82f4b4
Cable fault. Nothing to do with PSU.
All these posts make me want to check, but I also don’t wanna fuck with it if it’s working.
Why are the upper pins much more further back than the lower ones? Don’t think I ever looked at how they are but wouldn’t it make sense for them to be more or less the same? If there wasn’t a good connection,I would think it’ll just hot and,as there, melt.
I kinda wonder. Has there ever actually been a documented case of melting with a properly made angle cable? Not with a plugin adapter, but the angled connector built-in to the cable, and being overall a quality designed cable?
Granted they wouldn’t fit the 5000 series, but the times I’ve setup builds and for the cable routing. It seems the connector is especially susceptible to deflection angles that could be induced by cables being too short, excessive bending, not fully seated, even the weight of cable itself. Then because they didn’t design enough excess capacity beyond rated max in the spec…
It’s every 4090 at this point. WTF is going on.
Did NVIDIA deliberately fuck these up with a driver update somehow?
That’s the second 40 series burn out on my home screen.
At this point I would rather keep going down the resolution until I hit rock bottom on my 3080 TI
How’s warranty, Nvidia helps?
I mean. Some of those contact pins look really pushed in too. Reminder to always check before replugging back into gpu
16x times the current!
Me with my 3070 with a daisy chained dual 8pin connector in a 500watt psu….
Im not up on date how things fly, but how this is still happening?
Tile floors strike again
How did you discover the damage ? Gpu died ? Magic smoke ?
Looks like only the recessed pins were the ones affected.
honestly if you are buying these cards you just gotta accept you got suckered into buying a faulty design and accept it will happen eventually. seen enough copium from owners saying “Oh my card is fine its only a few that melt”
Startingl go see this more often than busted side panels.
Would this happen with a 5070 ti? I’m kinda concerned. I’m getting the gigabyte aero model
That’s what you get
I’m getting scared mang. Will it be all right if I just ignore my PC?
hmm majority of these cases popping up along with 5090 connectors seem to be using these cards in SF/SFF cases…. I wonder if maybe, such high power cards shouldn’t be squeezed into tiny cases where airflow is limited.
Guess that won’t stop people.
I wonder if overheating cables is less of a issue with people with a case that provide a lot of intake over the GPU . My system uses an old case with 200mm side fan blowing air on the GPU along with front 200mm fan intake.
So when will this be a class action?
This is obviously not the factory cable….why everyone has overlooked that is beyond me I had issues with my 7900xtx running at 100% load with cable mod custom length cables as soon as I used factory cables supplied with original power supply if it calls for 1000 watts cables matter
Corsair psu by chance? Contacts look deep set like Corsair. Please confirm my anti Corsair bias.
NVIDIA IS THE NEW INTEL
Was this an aftermarket cable?
What 4090 did you have and did the GPU port get damaged or just the cable?
What PSU?