There have already been a few RTX 5090 graphics cards sold only to burn out due to the amount of power going through the 12V-2×6 power connector. When this happened with the first RTX 4090 graphics cards two years ago, the issue was primarily pinned on user error due to the power cable not being pushed all the way in. However, this time around, it may not have anything to do with the user at all, as we have received reports of a recall in direct relation to a potential fire hazard.
Your Game Specialist, a retailer in the Netherlands, has emailed customers stating that “Nvidia has recalled a large number of video cards due to various safety issues”. One of our YouTube channel viewers reached out to us to supply us with a copy of the email along with proof of their RTX 5090 order. This viewer specifically ordered an MSI RTX 5090 Suprim graphics card.
Here is what the retailer email said, translated from Dutch to English: “Nvidia has recalled a large number of video cards due to various safety issues. We currently have five units of this model in stock, but they all have to be returned due to an increased fire hazard. In this situation, we do not give priority to anyone; all customers are treated equally based on the ranking when pre-ordering or ordering the video cards.”
Based on the email, the recall in question appears to have more to do with fire hazard concerns rather than the other situation currently going around – defective GPUs with missing ROPs, hampering performance by double digit percentage points.
YouTuber Buildzoid released a video in mid-February, finding that Nvidia had reduced the number of ‘shunt resistors' in the cable shipping with the RTX 5090, meaning the cable can't properly regulate how much power is being delivered to the GPU by each individual wire. It is believed that this issue is what led to the first wave of RTX 50 cards burning out with melting connectors. Der8auer had also investigated this issue earlier in the year, finding that two much power was being sent through one wire in the cable, rather than being evenly distributed and thus, leading to overheating and melting connectors.
The confusing part to us is, there have been no announcements and nobody we've spoken to has been made aware of any recall plans. We reached out to one of our contacts at MSI, but they did not have any information on the apparent recall. Nvidia has also not made any public announcement about a recall at this stage. In a conversation with a representative for UK retailer SCAN, we learned that there has been no recall announcement for the UK at this point in time. With that in mind, we also have to wonder if Your Game Specialist was mistaken.
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