Even MSI's custom, yellow 12V-2x6 power connectors aren't enough to stop Nvidia's RTX 5090s from occasionally burning their power cables and risking the entire PC in the process. A Redditor with one ...

Another RTX 5090 has run into problems of blue screens and damaged cables, and in this case despite the user connecting it using MSI's yellow-tipped power cables ...

Another RTX 5090 has been reported with a melted 16-pin connector, adding to the already-long list of such incidents. Fortunately, the GPU-side connector remains intact, as verified by the Redditor.

New safety plugs were supposed to finally solve the heat problems with Nvidia’s RTX 5090 graphics card, but recent user experiences show the opposite, reports VideoCardz.com. On Reddit, several users ...