You may have heard many stories about the RTX 4090’s power supply connector melting, but a player from Taiwan said that his MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming Trio had a burning smell and smoke. What really caught his attention immediately was not the hardware monitoring software or any automatic protection mechanism, but the cat at home suddenly kept meowing when he went to the toilet, forcing him to look back at the computer, only to find that the smell of burning plastic was wafting out!
Bought in October 2022, 1000W power supply is directly connected, the wires are checked regularly, plugged in, and not hard-bent
According to the description in the post, this graphics card was purchased in October 2022; the system uses the FSP HPT2-1000M 1000W power supply, and uses direct-connect cables instead of adapters. Players claim that the wires are checked regularly, inserted deeply enough, and not made into exaggerated sharp bends. When he noticed the smoke, the PC was still running, but the system didn’t seem to shut down properly, and he ended up unplugging it from the wall.
The PSU terminal connector is not melted but the wire becomes black and even “cannot be pulled out”
The photos show that the damage is mainly concentrated around the power supply connector on the GPU side. The connector on the power supply side is not said to be melted, but the wire looks visibly blackened. What’s even more troublesome is that users said that after the failure, the cable could no longer be unplugged from the graphics card.
Follow-up: Requested return for repair, MSI launches Power Supply Safeguard
The player stated that he has applied for an RMA from the manufacturer and is currently waiting for the pickup step. It is worth noting that MSI recently launched a PSU safety feature called Power Supply Safeguard.
Just after reading this kind of case, it will be difficult for you not to complain: the monitoring software was not saved, the power button was not saved, and in the end, the cat was saved first?