Someone must’ve been on Santa’s naughty list, as a user on Reddit has posted an ugly picture of a melted RTX 5090 power connector that occurred on Christmas. The connector is fried past recognition, to the point where its owner thinks it’s safer not to even try to take it out right away.
lockquote class=”reddit-card” id=”1pw0xij/5090_12v6x2_shenanigans”>5090 12V-6×2 shenanigans from r/pcmasterrace lockquote>
This melting fate befell user u/nmp14fayl, who data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1pw0xij/5090_12v6x2_shenanigans/” data-url=”https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1pw0xij/5090_12v6x2_shenanigans/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>described their misfortune on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit.
[I]ndeed it did not just melt, when I started smelling something…
