According to a foreign media report wccftech, recently a player @reggie_gakil was using RTX 4090 to play “Red Dead Redemption” 2“, the graphics card’s power interface suddenly caught fire and the power connector was directly burned.
It is reported that the graphics card used by this netizen is GIGABYTE RTX 4090 Gaming OC and it has only been more than a week since the graphics card was obtained. It can be seen from the image that the 12-pin power supply of the graphics card’s power interface has been burned to melt and only the top 4-pin pin is relatively intact. The player has stated that there is a quality problem with his switching cable and is looking for a replacement from the manufacturer.
It can be seen from the image that the user is using an adapter cable with the NVIDIA logo, but the graphics card is still burned out. Although the true cause of the fire has not yet been determined, due to the thick 16-pin adapter cable of the RTX 4090 graphics card, it is difficult to route the cable in a small chassis and the user has to bend the cable to complete the connection, which could be the cause of the fire. Also, it is said that in the video card burning discussion thread, another network user also reported that the power supply of his RTX 4090 graphics card was burned out.
