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minus-square.Donuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoThe person on reddit used a third party cable instead of the one supplied with the device. https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/psa-dont-use-third-party-power-cables-on-your-2000-nvidia-rtx-5090-gpu https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1ilhfk0/rtx_5090fe_molten_12vhpwr/ It melted on both sides (PSU and GPU), which indicates it was probably the cable being the issue. 12VHPWR is a fucking mess, so please don’t tempt fate with your expensive purchase.
The person on reddit used a third party cable instead of the one supplied with the device.
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/psa-dont-use-third-party-power-cables-on-your-2000-nvidia-rtx-5090-gpu
https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1ilhfk0/rtx_5090fe_molten_12vhpwr/
It melted on both sides (PSU and GPU), which indicates it was probably the cable being the issue.
12VHPWR is a fucking mess, so please don’t tempt fate with your expensive purchase.