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ZOTAC RTX 5090 Dies In Cloud Of Smoke After 5 Minutes, But The 16-Pin Connector Was Untouched

A close-up view of a graphics card with visible heatsink fins and a component labeled 'HDMI' installed in a motherboard.

Another one bites the dust, but this one didn’t die due to the common 16-pin connector burning out. Redditor Reports Unexpected Loud Pop and Crackling on His RTX 5090, Followed by Smoke Caused by a Short Circuit The NVIDIA RTX 5090 is one of the biggest victims of damage in the whole RTX 50 series GPU stack. It’s power-hungry and mostly heavy when it comes to the AIB designs. While these are only a few factors that cause problems for the GPU, there are more flaws, especially on the connector side, which usually causes physical damage. Another report surfaced on […]

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