Hey guys I have a 4000 series card and it has been working well for over a year. A few weeks ago I checked to see the connector and make sure there is no melting issue. It was fine but now I’m having this issue where it’s gotten stuck and I can’t take it out. I have tried a few times by pulling it (not very hard) and also wiggling it gently (side to side) but it’s still stuck. I don’t know what to do. Please help!!!
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Looking at the burned pin, there is not really anything you can do to fix, if its not working, you have to warranty claim it. Usually either PSU or GPU manufacturer should be the one handling your damages afaik.
It was the checking that did it.
Maybe when you checked it you messed it up? Idk mean, that just kinda sucks
every replug has chance of melting,
so checking is a bad idea.
RMA it
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No one seen that coming, no one warned, it was totally unexpected.
Schrodinger’s pins. They become melted as soon as they are observed, but are neither melted nor not melted until observed.
Maybe this is a sign you need to kick Nvidia to the curb. 5090 has the same issue
Who am I kidding, this is PCMR, you’ll buy two
This happens for over 3 years now and yet amd bad, nvidia good, Jensen God in glitter jacket. Nvidia don’t even properly addressed this ever
ROFLMAO it has become sentient. you must burn it with fire now and finish the job. For real though? What are the damn odds. I am infuriated for you. That is a lot of money
That really sucks, but how are annoymous Reddit users supposed to help you with a melted connector?
I would at least attempt to appeal to customer service. Any decent business will compensate you for a critical hardware failure, even out of warranty. EVGA would probably send you a 5090 if they were still in the GPU business.
4090s are NOT cheap. I would respectfully raise a bit of a stink with the CS reps until it was escalated to someone who can assist you. Ask for a supervisor.
This is why I decided to go with AMD this round. I was really looking forward to a 5090 but the prices and fire risks were too scary. Went from a 2070 Super to a 7900 XTX.
jansen: gottem
Spend a gazillion dollars on a overpriced gpu only to have it melt. No shot. Went AMD no worries in this house from a fire lol…
definitely engineered to fail when the next gen cards become available 😀
don’t go for 5090, you’re gonna be writing same post about it
Could I ask what gpu model you had, what psu you used and what cables – native, custom etc.
Thank you.
Nobody feels bad for you.
why would you buy an even bigger fire starter?
“If it aint broken” and shi
Dont tell your 4090 you want to replace it next time…
It ust doesn’t want your leg to go….
Should still be under warranty no? Less than 3 years since release.
Why do these things keep melting again?
One often meets their fate on the road they took to avoid it.
I’m sorry for your loss. 🙁
I see so much of this I’ll never buy one of these GPUs, especially used.
Looks to me like you could just clean out the 3 pin on the GPU side and get a new cable
So you can melt another one?
Makes me wanna ditch my 4090 for a 7900xtx.
Whip out a soldering iron and get to work
3000 series ruling supreme yet again
Good time to stop giving nVidia you money. Not a lot of fires in AMD computers.
RTX 4090 = $1599
RTX 5090 = $1899
Nail clippers = $2.98
Man all these posts make me so glad I don’t buy a 4090 or 5090. It kinda makes me feel elite not having top of the line gear hahaha.
r/midlyinfuriating
Why would you upgrade from a 4090 to a 5090? You wouldn’t even realize the difference
Folks are buying the cards for 3k unironically. Quality just disappeared these past two gens.
Still buying NVIDIA I guess?