NVIDIA RTX 4090 graphics cards are apparently melting, with some users reporting that the cables are becoming brittle and breaking. The issue is most likely caused by the high temperatures that the cards can reach, but it’s also possible that something else is causing the cables to become brittle. If you’re experiencing this issue, be sure to take your card to a nearby computer store or service center for repair.
Some users are reporting online that the power connectors in their RTX 4090 graphics cards are burning and melting while powering the card. As a result of this, not only is the power cable itself damaged beyond repair but often, the power connector in the actual card is also damaged as a result. Mind you, this is happening just weeks after the release of the GPU, so if we start to see more reports, it’s not great news for RTX 4090 buyers, even if they aren’t affected.
What’s causing this? It’s not immediately clear yet, but according to cablemod, bending the wires too close to this specific power connector could result in some terminals coming loose or misaligning. Unless you have a lot of space in your PC’s case, though, this could prove hard to avoid — the RTX 4090 is a big card, and since the power connector is on the side of the card most of the time, it’ll often hit your PC’s side panel, thus bending.
As for NVIDIA, the company says it’s investigating the reports of at least two people and getting in contact with them to gather more information. If it’s a hardware issue that gets bad enough, NVIDIA might need to issue a recall. After all, not only is your hardware getting damaged, but it could also potentially be a fire hazard. Here’s hoping it doesn’t get that bad, though.
Source: Reddit, The Verge, cablemod
