Owners of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs are still vulnerable to "12VHPWR" adapter problems that include melting and burns, reports NorthridgeFix.
Famous Repairing Channel Discloses Large Volumes NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs Still A Victim To "12VHPWR" Connector Issues
The history of the GeForce RTX 4090 and its problematic 12VHPWR port started as quickly as the card was introduced. We saw our very first report which followed up with more cases which eventually caused PCI-SIG providing a design-change notice and NVIDIA specifying that the issue is absolutely nothing more than a "User-Error".
Regardless of a year of remaining in international markets, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs are still vulnerable to "frustrating" 12VHPWR adapter melting/burning problems, and NorthridgeFix has actually revealed that they still get "20 to 25 graphics cards each week" which is a stunning quantity. The service technician likewise exposed that he had actually purchased a "devoted respirator mask" when he does the fixing, to prevent prospective health threats due to the burning odor and direct exposure considering that he has to deal with lots of comparable cases and soldering them all day can lead to hazardous threat in his store.
We get them in a lot that I purchased myself this Hiroshima mask, so I do not need to smell the burn on those conductors. It smells like fireworks times 10. It can not be healthy to keep smelling charred ports.
- Northridge Fix
The remainder of the video includes him explaining littles the fixing procedure, however absolutely nothing beneficial to discuss other than the big "volumes" of GPUs being a victim of the 12VHPWR power port. The issue isn't restricted to a particular vendor/model, considering that he exposed that designs from ASUS, MSI, ZOTAC, and Gigabyte were all impacted by the issue. You should not be stressed about a specific design, rather we encourage you to adhere to specific preventative measures. We have a helpful guide on how to ensure that you have actually linked the 12VHPWR cable television port over here.
A typical reason that customers are dealing with the issue in the very first location is that the power adapters are not totally plugged into the graphics card, which leads to a bad contact force leading to interruptions within the power shipment procedure. While the adoption of the 12VHPWR requirement was big with the release of Ada GPUs, it appears like companies have actually established more "reputable" options, with the popular one being the 12V-2x6 power port.
This adapter is currently being utilized with the current production batch and on the more recent cards such as the RTX 4070. Even a couple of RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 GPUs have actually been seen with these plugs. The large bulk of GeForce RTX 4090 cards still utilize the older style so it needs additional preventative measure and handling. We have actually seen adapters and angled ports likewise being vulnerable to burn and melting problems though business such as Cablemod have actually released a repair which appears to be succeeding in the meantime. When it comes to the reports, we currently had insight from the Asian market where you would see charred or melted adapters on the RTX 4090 daily. It appears like users with a burned NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card have no other method than to get their cards repaired from a reputed hardware service center otherwise they'll wind up with a really pricey paperweight. News Source: Northridge Fix