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Expensive prebuilt RTX 5090 PC's power connectors melt

Original: $5,245 prebuilt RTX 5090 PC's connectors melt after sitting boxed for a year When one gamer's prebuilt PC had a GPU and

A gamer who paid $5,245 for a prebuilt PC with an RTX 5090 found the GPU power connectors had melted after the machine sat boxed, unused, for a year. With the GPU and power cables burned up, the owner was left caught between the system builder and the GPU manufacturer, each pointing to the other's warranty policies and leaving an unclear path to a fix.

Why now: It raises fresh concerns about the reliability of the 12V high-power connectors on Nvidia's RTX 5090 and who is responsible when they fail.

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• $5,245 prebuilt RTX 5090 PC's connectors melt after sitting boxed for a year When one gamer's prebuilt PC had a GPU and power cables burn up, they didn't know where to turn: the system builder or the GPU manufacturer. It turned into a headache of differing policies and… · techwire@gamefan.net · 4

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