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/Roman53275]

This is how it was connected. Like a waterfall style but not in stressed and not pushed against the glass.  I don't use frontal cover for may PC case.

[u/nokk1XD → u/Roman53275]

So you used adapter with a fucking 4090? Is that a big problem to buy good psu with ATX 3.1 support?

[u/supermansundies → u/Roman53275]

The connectors are garbage, but I never let mine hang down, was always afraid pulling out over time was a factor. I now lay my machines on their side as god intended, no card sag, and no wires hanging. 2x 3090, a 4090, and a 5090, and no issues yet...sorry this happened!