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Ben Wilson

NVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics cards are melting power cables (again) — but who's to blame for this recurring GPU nightmare?

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition power adapter in box.

Melting cables are, once again, affecting high-end NVIDIA graphics cards, as a small selection of disgruntled GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition buyers and content creators take to social media to report unreasonably high temperatures radiating from its 600W connector. Noticing a "burning smell" while gaming, Reddit user "ivan6953" discovered their third-party MODDIY 12VHPWR cable had melted primarily around one of its pins, sparking a concerning sense of deja vu in the PC gaming community.

RTX 5090FE Molten 12VHPWR from r/nvidia
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