It will seem that even Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Version graphics card is inclined to the continuing 16-pin energy adapter meltdowns. The primary reported case of Founders Version surfaced on Reddit (opens in new tab) over the weekend.
The affected GeForce RTX 4090 proprietor said in a Reddit thread that they purchased the GeForce RTX 4090 from Greatest Purchase on October 19, so the Ada flagship wasn’t even a month previous when it fell sufferer to the meltdown. The person housed the graphics card inside his Asus ROG Helios case with out the facet panel on in order to keep away from bending the 16-pin adapter (the alleged explanation for different RTX 4090 meltdowns). The Redditor confirmed that they’d related the three 8-pin PCIe energy cables from his Asus ROG Thor 1200W energy provide.
The person spent the subsequent seven days taking part in Name of Obligation: Warzone, round two to a few hours a day, however then his display screen went pitch black on October twenty ninth. However, sadly, it was already too late after they took aside the system. The injury was already finished, and the 16-pin energy adapter and the 16-pin energy connector on the GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Version had melted. The Redditor has returned the broken graphics card and adapter to Nvidia for evaluation. Sadly, though the chipmaker despatched the Redditor a substitute three days later, they’re reluctant to put in the graphics card.
Based on the thread on Reddit (opens in new tab), we’re simply 4 incidents in need of reaching the magic 30 quantity. Till this weekend, there was solely person suggestions on customized GeForce RTX 4090 fashions, but it surely looks like even the Founders Version is probably not protected. Nvidia’s investigation continues as new reviews proceed to pile up. In a quick assertion, the chipmaker mentioned it was nonetheless investigating the reviews and did not have any new particulars.
The one new improvement up to now is that Nvidia has confirmed to the German publication Igor’s Lab that the corporate bought its 16-pin energy adapters from two producers: Astron and NTK. Each adapters conform to PCI-SIG’s specs. Nevertheless, Zotac and Gigabyte allegedly instructed Igor’s Lab that the NTK adapters are much less susceptible to failures after a number of mating contacts. The necessary phrase right here is “much less,” so there may be nonetheless an inherent likelihood {that a} failure can happen.
There have been quite a few theories across the 16-pin energy adapter’s failures, spanning from the adapter’s design to person error. Sadly, there’s not a lot GeForce RTX 4090 homeowners can do aside from wait till Nvidia concludes its investigation. Sadly, the clock is ticking, so let’s hope Nvidia can finish the GeForce RTX 4090 casualties sooner slightly than later.