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At this point, it’s unclear whether the issues are one-offs or systemic.

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[–] donuts@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)

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.

[–] TunaLobster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

https://youtu.be/Ndmoi1s0ZaY

https://youtu.be/kb5YzMoVQyw

It's poor design on Nvidias part. There is no load balancing.

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