Nvidia is 'investigating the reported issues with the RTX 50-series' cards after RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 owners

[Kaz]

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We've been tracking reports of problems with Nvidia's new RTX 50-series GPUs for a little while, but they now seem to be hitting critical mass. It seems numerous owners of the new RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 cards are suffering crashes and particularly black screens, with a few arguably less substantiated reports of "bricked" cards, too. We've asked Nvidia about the problems and have been told that it is currently "investigating the reported issues with the RTX 50-series."

 

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Nvidia is 'investigating the reported issues with the RTX 50-series' cards after RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 owners (and some RTX 40-series folk) report black screen problems | PC Gamer

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Proof, not that it was needed, that you should always do a clean driver wipe before a new GPU install.

 

 

Maybe the limited stock will save people from the headaches of trying to troubleshoot such an expensive graphics card.

Edited February 8 by Kaz
fixed typo

[Kaz]

RTX 5090 cable overheats to 150 degrees Celsius — Uneven current distribution likely the culprit | Tom's Hardware

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One wire was spotted carrying 22A, more than double the max spec.

 

 

Uneven current distribution is thought to be the culprit.

[pio]

  On 12/02/2025 at 22:15, Kaz said:

RTX 5090 cable overheats to 150 degrees Celsius — Uneven current distribution likely the culprit | Tom's Hardware

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One wire was spotted carrying 22A, more than double the max spec.

 

 

Uneven current distribution is thought to be the culprit.

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That does APPEAR to be the case, for both 4090's and 5090's.  This is a pretty thorough video explaining it too.
 

 

[schuck6566]

And 5 years from now Nvidia will send out a tweet saying "Move along, nothing to see here." As a man is spraying down a power connector with a chemical fire extinguisher.