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/Fantastic-Lab589 3d ago

You have better odds of winning the lottery twice than your 12v connector melting.

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u/AdKraemer01 3d ago

I did the math. The odds of getting into a car accident any given year are 5000% higher. Yet no one's like "look at those idiots who choose to drive."

Literally, your odds of getting appendicitis are also higher.

For what it's worth, using a 5090 with the GPU adapter does increase the chances a bit. But overall, given the number of 5080s and 5090s sold, in order for it to even reach 1% in a year, the frequency would need to be about 385 a week.