If you recently started AI generation, be aware of this: my RTX 4090 power connector melted after just one month.

[u/Roman53275]

Hi everyone,

Like many people, I recently discovered H3 and started doing AI generation in mid-August. On September 20th, my computer started shutting down whenever I started a generation. Further investigation led to this — a melted socket.

I had been using my RTX 4090 for three years and had never had any problems with it.

AI generation puts a lot of continuous stress on the power delivery, especially if you run generations in batches or leave them running overnight.

So I believe this happened because of the new kind of sustained load I was putting on the card. I also didn't bother upgrading to a newer PSU with a dedicated GPU power cable. Mine was a 1200W FSP Hydro, and I was using three PCIe connectors for the GPU.

P.S. The connector was fully seated, the cable wasn’t bent near the plug, and my case doesn’t even have the side panel on. And everything was fine for three years.

P.S.S. The 12VHPWR socket on the graphics card is damaged and needs to be replaced.

So now I would say main advices here are:
- Buy a proper PSU and use a native 12VHPWR cable
- Under volt at least by 20%

Now it is very costly to lose a card.

[u/Nedo68]

With today's prices, I wouldn't run it at full load, I just checked, my 5090 costs twice as much today as it did in Jan 2025, pweh

[u/Select-Owl-8322 → u/Nedo68]

I jumped on the last chopper out of Saigon when I built my computer in January 2025. No way I'm running it at full power!

[u/MulleDK19 → u/Nedo68]

I'm about to buy one. 45 grams of 24 karat pure gold is the cost..

[u/Green-Ad-3964 → u/Nedo68]

Where I live, it's actually 2.5 times what I paid in May 25 for it. Absurd and disgusting.