Hundreds of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs Still Prone To “12VHPWR” Connector Issues, Says Repair Shop Owner
Owners of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs are still prone to "12VHPWR" connector issues which include melting and burns, reports NorthridgeFix.
The history of the GeForce RTX 4090 and its troublesome 12VHPWR connector began as soon as the card was launched. We saw our first report which followed up with more cases which ultimately led to PCI-SIG issuing a design-change notification and NVIDIA stating that the problem is nothing more than a "User-Error".
Despite a year of being in global markets, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs are still susceptible to "troublesome" 12VHPWR connector melting/burning issues, and NorthridgeFix has disclosed that they still get "20 to 25 graphics cards per week" which is a shocking amount. Moreover, the repairman also revealed that he had bought a "dedicated respirator mask" when he does the repairing, to avoid potential health risks due to the burning smell and exposure since he has to deal with many similar cases and soldering them all day can lead to toxic hazard in his shop.
We get them in so much that I bought myself this Hiroshima mask, so I do not have to smell the burn on those conductors. It smells like fireworks times ten. It cannot be healthy to keep smelling burnt connectors.
- Northridge Fix
The rest of the video involves him describing bits of the repairing process, but nothing worthwhile to mention except the huge "volumes" of GPUs being a victim of the 12VHPWR power connector. Furthermore, the problem isn't limited to a certain vendor/model, since he revealed that models from ASUS, MSI, ZOTAC, and Gigabyte were all affected by the problem. Hence, you shouldn't be worried about a particular model, rather we advise you to adhere to certain precautions. We have a handy guide on how to
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