Ever since the launch of the RTX 4090, there has been a steady stream of reports of high-end Nvidia GPUs melting the power cables that connect to them. Nvidia initially tried to solve the issue with a slightly revised connector, but as the years have gone on, the issue has refused to fully go away, with several RTX 5090 and even some RTX 5080 cards also affected. Now, in the latest incident, it’s once again an RTX 4090 that has caused issues, and this time it has melted a connector specifically designed to have “High Thermal Endurance” and reduce potential cable strain. The connector in question is the Corsair PCIe 5.0 12V-2×6 GPU Power Bridge, which provides a 180° bend, designed to allow for a neat PC build that doesn’t have an unsightly power cable sprouting from the top of the graphics card. Rated to withstand temperatures of up to 105°C, the connector is shown having melted while delivering power to what used to be the best graphics card in the world, the Nvidia RTX 4090.
Nvidia GPUs can’t stop finding new things to melt
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