Given the huge amount of heat that GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards can generate, it's no surprise that some PC enthusiasts turn to water blocks to tackle the blaze. However, one experienced repair technician has discovered that should you make a mistake during the process of disassembling the card and applying the water block, and damage an internal connector, the whole thing will be borked because there's no replacement for it.
That's according to NorthridgeFix (via Tom's Hardware) in a recent YouTube video, covering a repair case it was hired to fix. A customer had sent in a non-functioning RTX 5090, which had failed after trying to apply a water block to it.
