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20 Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power wire reportedly caught fire despite using the original cable

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 12/27/2025 07:10 EDT

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power wire reportedly caught fire despite using the original cable

We might be looking at literally the most cooked RTX 5090 yet, with a burnt power connector that has melted into itself, despite using a native 12V-2x6 cable on an ATX 3.1 certified PSU. The person smelled fire, saw it, and lived to tell the tale, all on Christmas eve.

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