By Muhammad Zuhair
Publication Date: 2025-11-25 16:49:00
NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090 has had a ‘troublesome’ time in the market when it comes to burning incidents, which was a plague carried on from the previous generation.
NVIDIA’s RTX 5090 Burns To a Point that the Adapter Cable Looks ‘Welded’ to the Socket And Isn’t Coming Out at All
As gamers, we are all well aware that NVIDIA’s power connectors have been prone to burning out in several incidents over the years, and the issue remains prevalent in ‘power-hungry’ models like the GeForce RTX 5090. Initially, the problem was associated with the 12VHPWR power connector; however, this hasn’t been the case, as the flagship Blackwell gaming GPU did come with the upgraded 12V-2×6 connector, promising not to create trouble for gamers. However, a Redditor has managed to see a burning incident, which is probably one of the most unique ones out there.
Based on the Redditor’s report, his Windows system randomly stopped detecting the GPU under normal workload conditions. Upon investigating the PC, he found burning marks on the power adapter mounted on MSI’s GeForce RTX 5090. The burning is reportedly so ‘intense’ that the GPU connector isn’t coming off at all, even after applying reasonable pressure, which indicates that the connector has managed to find a way to ‘stick’ with the power socket, likely due to the severity of the burning incident. Redditors in the comment section are advising the GPU owner not to pull out the connector by any means,…
