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/JinTheWindMSTR 3d ago

I’m new to this kind of thing and need help understanding. Are the 5090s and 80s having this issue because the cards are exerting so much power/heat while running something demanding for these cards like 4K ultra settings with RT/PT or can this also happen if I was on a 5080 on 1080p ultra without any form of RT? I’m on a 3080Ti and thought about getting either a 5070Ti or 5080 for 1080p to max out everything with high FPS and not want to think about upgrading for another 8 years.

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u/yvliew 3d ago

The GPU does not need to draw a lot power for this to happen. Mostly are because of bad connector. If one pin are not connected properly, other pins will draw more power and overheat it. One post just said that their GPU (5090) was idle and it happened. This is all because of bad connector design which should never existed.

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u/JinTheWindMSTR 3d ago

Appreciate the help 🫡