20 to 25 GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards with melted connectors come to NorthridgeFix repairs every week.
  • MarquisJames@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    So are these all solely melting because owners aren’t fully inserting the cable? Or do these also burn up on their own?

  • Zacharyf510@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Me and two other friends have owned 4090s since launch. 0 issues for us. Takes much more force than other connectors to insert is the only thing I noticed.

  • RyanOCallaghan01@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Here’s me with a day 1 4090 waiting for the day that my card will be like these ones. /s

    I don’t think it’s an issue for any owner who knows how to seat the connector. It could be better designed to be more idiot-proof though.

    • g0atmeal@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Don’t worry, it will wait until the warranty period expires first, then melt

  • heatlesssun@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I got the Corsair 12VHPWR cable to go with my Corsair AX1600i for my 4090. No issues in almost a year of continuous operation.

    • constantlymat@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Funny that people here are blaming CableMod when the one the repairman is calling out is Gamers Nexus for falsely claiming the issue as user error.

  • Kickinwing96@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I love how this is pretty much the only viable upgrade option for the 3080 and it will burn your house down. 5000 series can’t come soon enough.

    • nightfoxy@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      it was for 970 4*gb where 3.5gb were usable, the 0.5 not so much. ppl who bought the card in us, got 30$ from it.

  • veriix@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    How does 20-25 a week and “about a hundred GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards with failed connectors every month.” suddenly turn into “hundreds” when it hits the title? Toms hardware used to have standards above blatantly false clickbate titles but I guess that era is over.

  • Ph11p@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Keep in mind, most of these cards are sold to crypto currency miners who run their cards hard nonstop 24/7. They tend to burn through any catd in a couple of years.

  • Crintor@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Obviously a very useful “It runs fine on my PC” but I just had to pull my GPU to check an SSD and am glad to see both sides of my connector are completely fine over a year later, even while technically using it “out of spec” the whole time.