Subj : Bad news, Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU owners: cable melting issues are ba To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Thu Oct 12 2023 12:45:04 Bad news, Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU owners: cable melting issues are back Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:40:45 +0000 Description: Thought your Nvidia RTX 4090 graphics card was safe from a melting cable? Think again FULL STORY ====================================================================== Nvidias RTX 4090 quickly became the source of controversy not long after its launch thanks to instances of melting cables a problem that you might think is well in the past, but it turns out that isnt the case. In what will doubtless be a concern for anyone with an RTX 4090 bought in the early days, Byogore on Reddit (as spotted by Toms Hardware ) reports that their Asus model of the Lovelace flagship has had its cable melted (complete with the obligatory pic of the scorched connector). Reports of problems with the melting 16-pin power connector have not been around for some time, but this Asus RTX 4090 is nearly a year old, showing that the issue is still present, and can affect graphics cards much further down the line in the longer-term, in theory. As Toms notes, this sadly puts paid to the theory that if a melting crisis is to occur, itll be in the first six months or so. Unsurprisingly, that has not made RTX 4090 owners feel very happy in the Reddit thread discussing the new meltdown. Analysis: Be careful out there, owners of older RTX 4090s This is just one report, of course, but as mentioned its still going to be pretty concerning given the seriousness of the issue. Having a melting incident and your top-performing graphics card , which cost a fortune, getting bricked is pretty galling, no doubt. For those curious on further details, the Redditor tells us that they were using Nvidias own power connector (not a third-party modded cable, which hit the market not long after the melting problem became widely known), and a Corsair HX1000i power supply (1000W, 80+ platinum rated). Newer RTX 4090 models have addressed this problem, or have attempted to anyway. Weve seen moves made such as the 16-pin power connector being repositioned (on the back of the graphics card) to ensure its easier to get a better connection (an improperly seated connector being blamed by Nvidia as the cause of cable melting). Moreover, a redesigned spec has come in for a 12V-2x6 power connector, rather than the original 12VHPWR, and this is designed to get round issues of wonky connections, and its now appearing in new RTX 4090 graphics cards. From what we see thus far, it does indeed side-step any fiery connector gremlins But what if you have an old RTX 4090 with the 12VHPWR connector? Aside from hoping and praying, you could use a modded cable (this incident happened with the included Nvidia connector), or alternatively, keep checking from time to time that the connector is properly seated. The latter is hardly ideal, mind, especially considering theres a theoretical maximum number of times the connector can be unplugged and then plugged back in (30) before that action might cause problems (yes eek). Seeing the melting issue pop up now is seriously disappointing all round, really, although at least the affected owner, Byogore, still had a GPU under warranty. If youre out of warranty coverage and this happens to your very expensive Lovelace flagship when new cards have a redesigned power connector to avoid the potential issue well, that doesnt seem fair, frankly. Its a lot of cash to go up in smoke You might also like The best cheap graphics cards of 2023: top GPUs on a budget Top gaming PCs: great rigs for serious PC gaming Best PC games of 2023: must-play titles you don't want to miss ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/bad-news-nvidia-rtx-4090-gpu-owners-ca ble-melting-issues-are-back --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .