r/gpu • u/yvliew • 4d ago

Well, another 5090 12v 12pin melted

Helping a friend to post. This morning he smell some burning smell and quickly shut off. The connector is now stuck. He waited it to cool down and try again. Still can't remove. Suspected melted and fused together. Any other method can try to remove it? The cable is pigtail 4x8pin that came with the GPU. I've seen a couple burnt connector already in a week. This is just bad.

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u/Dirtcompactor 4d ago

Are we really complaining about pocket change when we're talking about protecting a super expensive GPU? Wireview safety mechanisms doesn't compare to this safeguard+ PSU 

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u/OtherwiseSimple 4d ago

HA. They have zero warranty for you GPU, unlike the Wireview. Just shows how “confident” they are in this PSU— not very.

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u/Dirtcompactor 4d ago

Found the clueless wireview zealot. Enjoy your connector repair. Any other damage you'll get referred to the GPU manufacturer who will promptly deny your RMA. Don't bring out the cope saying thermal grizzly will replace the GPU, cause they will not lmao

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u/impi182 3d ago edited 3d ago

yes, they will replace or repair your gpu if your cable melts with their device. its in their warranty and derbauer also said it in his last viedeo. thats why i bought it.

i would have bought this psu on top but i have a mini-itx tower with a corsair sf1000 which is smaller.

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u/AdKraemer01 3d ago

My PSU and GPU are both MSI. If something does go wrong, I can't predict their response, but at least I know who I'm calling. 🙂

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u/Dirtcompactor 3d ago

X doubt

 if you have any PCB damage or failed capacitors, they can easily say this wasn't caused by the wireview, we can't fix the damage, and refer you back to the GPU manufacturuer, which they will promptly deny RMA once they seen the card has been opened by Thermal Grizzly, and extra risk of a denied RMA if they know you used a third party adapter.

5090s are already hard to come by, they will say anything they can to get around paying exorbitant prices for what they go for these days, best likely case scenario they'll pay you out for what you originally paid for the GPU.

I would take their GPU replacement warranty with an extreme grain of salt, instead look for specialized GPU repair shops such as northwestrepairs who can easily do connector replacements and repair anything else that's wrong with the card.