It seems that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 12VHPWR power supply burnout incident should come to an end? Recently, NVIDIA officially announced the investigation report on 12VHPWR power supply burnout. The results show that it is similar to the well-known foreign hardware YouTube channel a few days ago. Same as the experimental video shared by GamersNexus, is caused by the user not using it correctly, which also means that if you make sure that the power connector is fully inserted, you don’t have to worry about burning out.
NVIDIA announces investigation results of 12VHPWR power supply burnout: The user did not insert the connector correctly.
Recently, NVIDIA officially announced the preliminary investigation results of GeForce RTX 4090 power supply burnout. NVIDIA said that based on about 50 case studies around the world, it was found that the 12VHPWR power connector is not correctly inserted and burnt out is the most common situation. Therefore, users are recommended to ensure firm and even insertion when connecting the power connector. For details, please refer to the figure below.
The first picture is that the 12VHPWR power connector is not fully inserted, and there is a little gap at the front. The second picture is fully inserted and the front is completely closed:
No matter what causes the 12VHPWR to burn out, there are currently only 50 cases in the world, which is really very few. Gamers Nexus mentioned in the latest video that so far, the total number of RTX 4090 sold is about 125,000, which means that only 0.04% of RTX 4090 users have encountered it, and the vast majority of them are in normal use, so it cannot be said to be a major disaster. RTX 4090 Users should not worry too much, just make sure the power connector is fully inserted.
In any case, NVIDIA will provide follow-up support to users of the original version and custom version affected by this incident:
If you are really not sure whether your 12VHPWR is inserted correctly, you can watch the Gamers Nexus video at the end of the article. The second half will teach you how to insert it correctly:
Of course, as NVIDIA says, these are just preliminary results, and NVIDIA continues to investigate all new cases of burned cables, connectors, and adapters. If you find that your graphics card has a similar problem, please unplug it immediately and apply for RMA repair service.
Although the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 had a burnout event that worried many people after it went on sale, compared to the RTX 4080, the RTX 4090 still sold very well. According to the latest data, the RTX 4090 shipped as many as 130,000 units when it went on sale, while the RTX 4080 only shipped 30,000 units, a difference of 100,000 units:
It is very difficult to find RTX 4090 in stock now, but RTX 4080 is different. It is available everywhere.There is even a situation in the United States where few people want to buy it.：
The reason is nothing more than that the CP value of RTX 4080 is too low, the performance improvement is not huge, but compared with the previous generation RTX 3080, the price has almost doubled:
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Source: KOCPC Chinese