5090 astral caught on fire

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“was playing PC games this afternoon, and when I was done with the games, my PC suddenly shut down while I was browsing websites. When I restarted the PC, the GPU caught on fire, and smoke started coming out. When I took out the GPU, I saw burn marks on both the GPU and the motherboard.”

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1iv7277/my_5090_astral_caught_on_fire/?rdt=34257
 
Blade-Runner said:
Nvidia is going to have to start bundling fire insurance with every 5090 sold.
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lMaybe that is the worthwhile super bundle. Instead of power supplies mobos and keyboards no one buys. Newegg could maybe partner with State Farm.

Something tells me after State Farm ran a cost analysis, they would be less likely to offer fire coverage for NV owners then to home owners in the Pacific Palisades. (sorry that joke might be a bit too soon)
I mean keep it up Nvidia... and State Farm paperwork may require you to indicate your Nvidia ownership status. (again too soon)
 
Of course user plugged in the capacitor wrong way so it caught fire. Nvidia is innocent. 😉
 
I see that users with rtx 4090 are happy, otherwise this is Blown Capacitors. Not Connector Issue
As for the connector, it is logical that it may be too small, too weak, they squeezed 4*8pin classic connectors into one connector with small wires and plastic, it is logical that it is not a good idea, you don't need any great knowledge, but I guess Jensen and the power supply manufacturers know what they are doing.
4x PCIe 8-pin cables (adapter in box) OR
1x 600 W PCIe Gen 5 cable
Maybe it is better to use an adapter than directly, does anyone have information about that?
 
Well, with such a poor launch from Nvidia, maybe AMD will take the chance to make their GPUs relevant finally... if they don't mess something up, which AMD likes to do.
 
If your GPU started in fire wouldn't the ATX case protect you from harm? Unless there was a surge to the outlet. Maybe if you had a wooden ATX case the wooden bezel it would start on fire.
 
typically when smcs go up its a burst of flame and then its done. you need sustained flame for a long time to catch most things in a gpu on fire.
 
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Steve Burke replying to buy the thing
 
Comixbooks said:
If your GPU started in fire wouldn't the ATX case protect you from harm? Unless there was a surge to the outlet. Maybe if you had a wooden ATX case the wooden bezel it would start on fire.
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Fans pushing so much fresh air over the fire will heat it quickly. And the amount of flammable material around the case will change how it spreads. But usually just pop and done and stinky smoke
 
DooKey said:
I've blown caps in a PSU. I've also had a Gigabyte 1070 blow an smc in the past. Both gave up the magic smoke. Blew a cap on my subwoofer one time and it smoked, too.

Go troll someone else trollboi.
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Well done giving an example of another broken Nvidia product, you're helping me to prove my point. 👍 Try not to love Nvidia so much.
 
Comixbooks said:
If your GPU started in fire wouldn't the ATX case protect you from harm? Unless there was a surge to the outlet. Maybe if you had a wooden ATX case the wooden bezel it would start on fire.
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Nope, the entire Walmart will burn to the ground.
 
pioruns said:
Oh really? I smell Nvidia fanboy.

When the last time your PSU caught fire?
Or actually anything?
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I had a MSI 780 catch fire years back. Shit happens and all you people just want to jump on Nvidia for everything because you mad.
 
pendragon1 said:
typically when smcs go up its a burst of flame and then its done. you need sustained flame for a long time to catch most things in a gpu on fire.
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Well if your connectors and related bits are already running stupid hot as per spec. Then a cap blows. I guess I could see that happening. Who knows though maybe it was a conjunction of crap... maybe the AIB got some parts that were cleaned with too much solvent at the factory or something. That stuff generally evaporates but some of the high flash point stuff does take quite awhile to evaporate. lol I am half joking. For sustained flames to happen it does feel like there has to be more to the situation. Hopefully tech jesus managed to buy it, and will see if anything crazy was going on.
 
Most already have some type of high-end water-cooled system that could afford this card, so adding some type of sprinkler heads to your loop is the best advice I have.
 
Send it to NorthWestRepair and let him look at it. Also it wasn't on fire. It probably blew and smoked but that isn't catching on fire. If that was on fire, then you'd see a hole. If anything a mosfet that wasn't rated for that power current has just shorted to ground.

This is what happens when something is on fire.

View: https://youtu.be/yRSt4jVr0y4?si=aW2VWUViY4DOkGNR
 
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