The archetypal lawsuit of an NVIDIA 16-pin connector, powering the GeForce RTX 4090, burning up and melting the plug has been reported implicit astatine Reddit.

NVIDIA 16-Pin Connector Burns Up! Melts The Power Connector On GeForce RTX 4090 Graphics Card

Update: Another graphics card, this clip the ASUS GeForce RTX 4090 TUF Gaming OC, has been affected by the aforesaid issue. As tweeted by @Vectral555, we tin spot that the 16-Pin connector and the powerfulness plug connected the PCB, some person burned up. Meanwhile, NVIDIA has reached retired to the OP & we'll support you updated connected however things enactment out.

Uh oh...

Another 4090 (ASUS 4090 TUF OC) with a damaged 12VHPWR powerfulness connector conscionable got posted successful the aforesaid reddit thread arsenic the archetypal Gigabyte paper station from today.

This is somewhat getting retired of hand...@Buildzoid1 @Sebasti66855537 pic.twitter.com/oQnaywqBzq

— Vectral (@Vectral555) October 24, 2022

Redditor, u/reggie_gakil, posted connected the NVIDIA subreddit a representation of the NVIDIA 16-pin connector each burned up. The connector was powering his brand-new GeForce RTX 4090 (custom model). The pictures amusement that some the powerfulness adapter which includes a 16-pin to 4 x 8-pin plug and the powerfulness connector connected the PCB ended up successful flames and melted. The graphics paper was the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC.

Looking intimately astatine the pictures, it seems similar the contented occurred astir the main 12-pins nether the 4 further pins connected the top. But looking astatine the adapter, astir the entirety of it has burned up and melted. The cablegram is supplied and confirms the authoritative NVIDIA specifications and we already stated that bending oregon putting excessively overmuch accent connected the cablegram tin pb to abnormal temps that tin extremity up causing issues specified arsenic these.

The idiosyncratic reports that helium was playing Red Dead Redemption 2 connected his NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 PC erstwhile the paper went up successful flames and burned the powerfulness connector. He besides states that it could beryllium a faulty cablegram and volition RMA it though we won't beryllium capable to get to the bottommost of this contented until we get much information.

PCI-SIG Internal Investigation of The Issue (Image Credits: GamersNexus):

It was precocious spotted that the NVIDIA 16-pin adapter cablegram for the GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards is conscionable excessively heavy and not casual to negociate successful smaller PC cases arsenic it hits the broadside sheet truly often. So users volition person to crook the cablegram a batch to adjacent the sheet but erstwhile again, this bending is not recommended arsenic it could vigor up the cables and origin the adapter to burst up successful flames.

More connected that here. Custom cablegram manufacturers and modding companies are trying to flooded this contented by offering 90-degree angled connectors which should spell up connected merchantability successful a fewer weeks.

Nvidia apparrently wasn't blessed with their precocious extremity cards suffering VRM failures truthful present they expanded their shitty plan practices to the powerfulness connector. pic.twitter.com/54sAwRIwFf

— Buildzoid (@Buildzoid1) October 24, 2022

But this is conscionable 1 study and the contented doesn't look to beryllium excessively wide different we would person been proceeding aggregate reports. But users lone had 2 weeks astatine max with the cards & astir radical are inactive waiting to get their shipments. So if the adapter oregon the plug connected the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards is truly faulty, we volition cognize for definite successful the coming months.

Cablemod 12VHPWR 16-Pin Cable Guide (Image Credits: Sebastian Castellanos):

News Source: Buildzoid