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[//DEVIL//]

Every Time I boot my PC I pray lord Jensan that my card dont die.

Don't you have an Astral 5090 like me ?

I have the 12 pin sensors on screen display while playing games. Tells me each pin current measurement.

 

[OverHeat]

Don't you have an Astral 5090 like me ?

I have the 12 pin sensors on screen display while playing games. Tells me each pin current measurement.

My Astral died, I have an MSI now.

 

[peish]

Another victim:



This GPU (and cable) is a fucking fire hazard.

User problem.

If he wants to take in and out, should have used the native cable and not a thick octupus adaptor that dangles about, creating stress points

 

[KyoZz]

How do we calculate the correct amount of blown in order to decide if it was under or over-blown? Your personal experience alone doesn't seem enough to move the needle one way or the other.

That is why two other important words are here: "I think".
Now combine this with "overblown".

I'm not claiming to be right and that you're all wrong. What we know is that GamerNexus and AIB partners (ASUS, MSI, etc.) reported failure rates of 0.05% to 0.1% based on feedback from customer service, distributors and cable suppliers. This is statistically rare (much lower than a "normal" failure rate for high-end hardware for example), even though the consequences are visually impressive.

Yet we have people making it look like it's something that WILL happen to you, it's just a question of time.

I hope that's clearer now, and as always: fuck Nvidia of course.

 

[//DEVIL//]

My Astral died, I have an MSI now.

how did your astral die if you dont mind me asking ? wouldnt have made sense to just RMA it or return it for a new card ?

First time I am hearing of astral dying outside of one blown-up capacitor

 

[OLED_Gamer]

User problem.

If he wants to take in and out, should have used the native cable and not a thick octupus adaptor that dangles about, creating stress points

The adapter provided by the manufacturer?

 

[OverHeat]

how did your astral die if you dont mind me asking ? wouldnt have made sense to just RMA it or return it for a new card ?

First time I am hearing of astral dying outside of one blown-up capacitor

It just died no signal no fan spining. So I return it to the the store since it's 30 days return policy and they did not have another astral so they refund me the difference for the MSI.

 

[Bojji]

Leaving the adapter in was probably the worst choice, could have bent the terminals slightly from flexing. He does say he can't guarantee he always checked if it was properly inserted when putting the card back in. Still, it's insane there isn't the slightest bit of margin for this, using the included adapter even, whatever tiny resistance was introduced caused the meltdown.

Nvidia recommends using their dongle cable, even over official cables from PSU manufacturers. They created this problem and refuse to solve it.

User problem.

If he wants to take in and out, should have used the native cable and not a thick octupus adaptor that dangles about, creating stress points

WTF are you talking about, this cable comes with the GPU - NVIDIA RECOMMENDED. And he only disconnected parts going into 8 pin, there is no burn in on this side.

There were no such problem with 6 and 8 pin connectors in the past. This new connector is a fucking disaster, I'm forced to use it on 4070Ti Super as well but at least this GPU maxes out ~270W.

 

[peish]

The adapter provided by the manufacturer?

manufacturer didnt tell him to keep taking the gpu in and out of his pc, whilst leaving the adaptor cable still plugged in.

he only unplugged the cables coming from the psu side.

 

[Bojji]

manufacturer didnt tell him to keep taking the gpu in and out of his pc, whilst leaving the adaptor cable still plugged in.

he only unplugged the cables coming from the psu side.

Unplugging and plugging in GPU side of that cable would kill it much quicker.

 

[Kilau]

Nvidia recommends using their dongle cable, even over official cables from PSU manufacturers. They created this problem and refuse to solve it.

I don't have a problem with using the adapter but his use case is far from typical and leaving it connected when removing and reinstalling means it had that many opportunities for flexing the connection.

I'm not giving Nvidia a pass on the situation, I just think he would have been better off disconnecting each time so it wouldn't have had a chance to flex and he would have had to ensure it was properly connected, still an insane scenario they created.

 

[LordCBH]

User problem.

If he wants to take in and out, should have used the native cable and not a thick octupus adaptor that dangles about, creating stress points

If the adapter is bad for the card, then the manufacturer should not include it.

 

[CobraAB]

People sure expect a lot from a card costing $3500+.