The infamous so-called “user error” occurs so frequently that one technician claims to be repairing around a hundred of them on a monthly basis.
We all know the truth by now, the 12VHPWR connector introduced with NVIDIA’s flagship RTX 4090 graphics card isn’t just defective but it’s outright hazardous. Since the launch of ADA Lovelace countless cases of RTX 4090’s randomly igniting and melting its own power connector have come thick and thin, the tech press did its usual damage control spiel such as the likes of Gamers Nexus who proclaimed this to be entirely the fault of the users themselves rather than a design flaw.
Gamers Nexus along with other prominent figures such as Igor’s Lab scapegoated the flawed 12VHPWR power connector by demonizing CableMod’s adaptor cable as being the cause, that the adapter is faulty, alongside users seemingly failing to insert the connector in properly despite the whole abundance of melted cards appearing on various subreddits each and every day only to be buried.
I firmly maintain the belief that consumers should really be reinserting their 12VHPWR power cables into their graphics card no less than thirty times before powering up their machine to ensure complete compatibility to mitigate against the unavoidable fire hazard the lurks inside.
I’m sure NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang is probably laughing his ass off as to how he has gotten away with putting your life and home in jeopardy with these faulty power connector, because I genuinely do believe the likes of Igor’s Lab and Gamers Nexus when they lie through their teeth as to how this is a “user error” because it’s actually true.
Consumers actually went out and bought a ~$1700 GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card that’s unanimously associated with burning itself alive, there’s your “user error” right there, they were dumb enough to buy a 4090.
Because something has to be said about this, either every single consumer who purchased NVIDIA’s greatest graphics card just so happens to be retarded or maybe there’s a connection to the fact that the 12VHPWR connector is outright dangerous, and I highly fucking doubt it’s the former.
My thoughts and sentiments are shared by a NorthridgeFix repairman who is adamant that this issue is down to the design of the connectors themselves, why would he say this? Probably because he fixes damn near a hundred RTX 4090 graphics cards on a monthly basis.
The repairman states that the shop receives 20 to 25 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card each and every week, roughly around a hundred of them come into NorthridgeFix every single month.
I admire NVIDIA’s mindshare, graphics cards spontaneously combusting has been wrongly discredited as being entirely the users fault, regardless of aftermarket variants, regardless of what fucking adapters used, or cables. Clearly the consumer is in the wrong because everything to do with the RTX 4090 and its 12VHPWR power connector goes up in smoke.
As per usual, NVIDIA gets away with this sort of bullshit yet again.
It has been normalized and forgotten, you’d think NVIDIA would’ve been forced to halt production given the severity and frequency of these burning connectors but no.
You’d wager that there would be class action lawsuits up NVIDIA’s ass but that isn’t the case either, it’s a commonly accepted thing that the GeForce RTX 4090 can seemingly melt its own power connector and that’s okay because you can either RMA the damn thing or send it in for repair to shops such as NorthridgeFix.
“So now it is safe to say the 4090 melted connector is not a user problem. We discussed this many times in the past, but I want to mention one last time that this is not a user error.”
To highlight the frequency of repairs for GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards, the repair technician emphasized the necessity of using a half-mask respirator and an air purifier to safeguard their health while addressing issues related to melted connectors during the repair process, because there’s no greater way to fry your respiratory system than to spend each and every day chuffing burnt plastic, maybe that’s why the tech press is so negligent to actually blame NVIDIA for this issue.
Maybe they’re all high on burnt connector fumes.
It’s so goddamn lovely that this continues to persist in being such a common problem almost a year after release, with consumers having barely any foresight in making their purchasing decisions and propagated shill outlets continue to lie in regards to this common problem being that of a users negligence rather than actually addressing the issue itself for what it genuinely is.
A guaranteed class action lawsuit settlement, but don’t worry, just like how NVIDIA scammed customers with the 3.5GB GTX 970, after a decades time you’ll be eligible for a free $20 USD so do feel free to continue buying GeForce products.
