Nvidia's RTX 5090s are apparently melting or burning (again) and they may be affected by one specific issue.
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Nvidia RTX 5090 owners report melting power connectors and damaged power supplies, mirroring the same RTX 4090 issues.
Nvidia does not "expect" the upcoming RTX 5090 or 5080 GPUs to burn up and this is thanks to a new type of 12VHWPR PCIe power connector.
ASUS has a rather radical solution for the ill-fated 12VHPWR connector: ditch it instead of fixing it. A new BTF standard replaces 12VHPWR and cumbersome cable management for a 600W PCIe connector.
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Remember the RTX 4090/4080 melting and burning power connectors? It looks like there is finally a viable alternative solution so that users won't need second-guessing if their GPUs will burn or not.
Although highly praised in terms of performance, the Nvidia RTX 4090, and other top-end 40-series graphics cards from the company continue to be plagued by melting 16-pin power connector issues.
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Asus has confirmed via a recent change to the specifications of its Asus ROG Thor Platinum II SMPS that the upcoming 12-pin power connector will be able to deliver up to 450W of power instead of 600.
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