If your RTX 5090’s power connector is going to burn out, nothing will stop it. A new report has surfaced online, with a user complaining that their RTX 5090 AORUS Master ICE melted its power connector. However, the conscientious owner did everything possible to protect their card, as we shall see.
A Gigabyte RTX 5090 AORUS Master ICE melts its 12V-2×6:
For the record, a user has shared his feedback with us about his graphics card, which was starting to play some nasty tricks on its owner. By this, we mean crashes in the middle of gaming sessions, for example. Upon inspection, it turns out that the card did indeed burn out its power connector. Once again, it was the six pins supplying power to the card that showed signs of burning.
Before that, the card’s owner took sensible steps to protect his card by lowering the power limit and reducing the voltage to the GPU. The power limit was set at 500 watts, while the voltage was reduced by 0.9 volts. But despite all this, it wasn’t enough and the connector still melted.
Of course, it should be noted that these problems have been known for a long time and even affect a few rare graphics cards that don’t consume much power. We had seen a case of an RTX 3060 affected by the melting of its connector. And yet, we are at much lower power consumption levels than on an RTX 5090!
The reason is known, as a load distribution problem within the connector seems to be the cause of the issue. Der8auer discussed this at length in one of his analysis videos. In any case, for warranty reasons, it is recommended to use the adapter provided by the brand or the power cable from your power supply unit. Generally, graphics card manufacturers do not like third-party adapters.
