tom's Hardware on MSN5d
Official RTX 4090 power cable found melted by reviewer 2 years later — card functioned fine despite hidden melted connector
The gaming/tech review site Dark Side of Gaming looked at its test rig RTX 4090 and 12VHPWR cable. Despite not removing the ...
Put away your pitchforks, the first report of an RTX 50-series graphics card melting a cable was actually down to an ol' RTX 4090 under load
but the first report of a melting power connector was actually caused by an RTX 4090, likely due to an improperly seated power cable. Hong Kong media outlet PCM initially reported that its testing of ...
ExtremeTech15d
RTX 50-Series GPUs Aren’t Melting Power Cables, But 4090s Still Are
and an RTX 5080, PCM reported that it had discovered two damaged and partially melted power cables Given the issues with melting cables with the 4090, the testers suspected problems with the 50 ...
Yahoo5d
Official RTX 4090 power cable found melted by reviewer 2 years later — card functioned fine despite hidden melted connector
Reports of melting cables in RTX 5090 GPUs are reaching a fever pitch. Greek PC gaming site Dark Side of Gaming checked its last-gen RTX 4090 power connector for signs of melting and wear and ...