Two Asus 4090's melted connectors.

[@DracoMcGuyver]

Welcome back Alex. I hope that you fad a great time.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

The legend returns! You look healthy Alex 😊😊

[@Brodda-Syd]

Return of the Legend. Straight Talking Electronics Expert! No BS on this channel!!!

[@imamalox]

It's crazy to me how this problem isn't getting more coverage by channels like GN, I know they've already covered it numerous times but the fact it's still such a widespread problem is crazy.

[@tomthomas3499]

I guess, there are some feathers that even GN don't dare to rattle..

[@jjlw2378]

Widespread is an exaggeration. It's certainly very uncommon.

[@Benri05]

GN ruled it out as "user error" it was a blow for the actual issue.

[@Rikitangoable]

Gn are shills

[@mantid83]

I called it on that picture you took. That you will have to come back and fix some 4090s, haha.

[@NorthridgeFix]

You nailed it..

[@ARUNMANOJ86]

curse of 4090 and 14900k imagine spending all that money to get top of the line PC.. im just scared to upgrade now..

[@arbiter-pe3xg]

Doesn’t happen on my gtx1080

[@patrickjohansson3076]

Well also amd cards have problem , and some amd has bios crashin and unstable. Right now as I can see cards that are good is cheaper cards hahaha. Like 3060, 4060, 4070 , 3080 no ti, 3070 no ti, 2080 ti , i think 4080 is The best now , amd 7950 7900 ... too soon to say but as far no issue. Cpu some content creators say intel has problem but sometimes small problem is not as big. So cpu 10k gen 11 gen 12 gen no worries , so wanna go big high end wait is ur key here , i think next year 2025 new graphics Come with upgraded connectors , and intel new cpu will also be amazing , check amd but as far as i can tell intel is still proven to be long run bang 4 buck🎉🎉🎉

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😞

[@djirate052380]

Ummmm yeah man I just got a 4090 for an AM5 build. Haven't built a PC in 15years and I'm so scared man. I am poor and it took alot of time and hard work to get the money for this PC. It would be such a dissapointment to have it burn up because of an issue with THEIR power connector. I'll be using the corsair 12v plug that came with the 1000w PSU which I heard is a little better but heres to hoping!

[@tombriggs5348]

I had to get one for work. One thing I made sure of was there was no tension, twist or force of any kind on the cable. The orientation of the connector meant the case couldn’t close without forcing the cables to bend. I used one of those 180 degree connectors, and carefully zip tied the cables so the connector was under no force whatsoever. So far so good.

[@melstead7937]

Thanks for coming up to visit us here in Canada. You look well rested. Seems like 2 months, not 2 weeks, that you were away. You have been missed. Thank you for your video's. I sure look forward to each and every one. Ontario, Canada

[@rongray8934]

I hope you had a wonderful vacation. What fantastic solder joints.

[@a13Banger]

Gosh, so glad you are back! Your channel is part of a small number that always put a smile on my face when I see they've dropped :)

[@JacobLara]

Good to have you back Alex. Same here, I love vacation, but I feel the same way, tend to worry how behind I will be when I return.

[@gregfisher216]

Glad you are back Alex, glad you had a nice vacation !

[@club4ghz]

Man, imagine having 4090 with this, crashing 14900K with smoking DDR5 at the same time.

[@TroySkirchak]

Welcome back. We missed you.

[@floridaapplemacprosinc.2224]

Welcome Back! your videos add some nice lunch time viewing to my schedule, which sadly in Florida in middle of summer, is slow season.

[@ArminAkhlagh]

Welcome back buddy. Your videos motivate me to do customers repairs sooner.😁❤️

[@patrickjohansson3076]

Hope ur all good family and you🎉🎉 TY for coming back love everything on ur channel 🎉🎉🎉 wish you all the best ,hope house is going like you will 🙏🌿

[@Jason-zh7wo]

Hope you had a great holiday Alex with your family. I think if they are keeping these dodgy connectors they need to fit 2 on the high power cards 🙏🙏🔥🔥

[@heyguyslolGAMING]

My Asus TUF 4090 is still dodging bullets and running good but I'm not delusional to think that one day it may fail. I do have temp probes on the pwr connector so hopefully I can catch it before it gets burnt should that day ever come. fingers x

[@zfkzemun9958]

Hello and welcome Max back to work !!!

[@toifel]

For every melted connector Alex grows another gray hair.

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

And his bank account, because quite a few 4090s seem to come in for repair.

[@MadukaJayalath]

One million + 1 VGA power connector replacement video. Welcome back!

[@JeSuisUnePatate]

I'll start to believe that you want to open a shop in Canada. NorthernFix ? 🤣 Welcome back and hope you'll tell us how that trip in our country went.

[@vicrod74]

Welcome back Alex! We all need some good rest. 😉

[@madpom2]

Welcome back i have missed your uploads

[@HazeAnderson]

Already back from vacation and exposing us to UV lights!! 😎I hope you had a wonderful rest! 🌴

[@thenic123]

Hope you had a good holiday? Can I ask you, Alex. Have you emailed your 4090 melting connector videos to Nvidia and made them fully aware of his problem? This is NOT an end user problem but a connector insufficient of handling the current/watts under high load regardless if connection is slightly compromised.

[@blackdotkiller1]

Hooray your back feels like months you've been away 😂

[@RushHour3onDVD]

Welcome back brother!

[@SarockPashotan-s6l]

Very nice job Alex.

[@ThePred2009]

welcome back!!!

[@Gamehunter4070]

Great job

[@Inkarnid]

No way, you were in Canada? Too bad I was not able to meet you! Funny enough I saw someone on the bus today that looked like you but I thought to myself no, Alex is too busy working in California he would not randomly be on a bus in Vancouver

[@davidsmith4186]

Better than factory 🏭

[@Greenalex89]

The 4090s flooding in on mass in repair shops got meme status by now..

[@danydavidsmdpacatdefataief6491]

The only one that Best work 😊😊

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

You are a Maestro. SUBSCRIBED!

[@CORVUSMAXYMUS]

AMAZING PRO.CONGRATULATION.

[@giginet4625]

Imagine that you have a PC,I have one letting on idling almoust non-stop...you go to work like every normal person and when you come home...eat and make something to in your desk and find out that you house almoust got destroyed because of this video card,that's is what scares me

[@saltcityrepairs5121]

Nice tan Alex 👍

[@LcTVirusGames]

had my 4090 a year now still no problems. i watch these videos and hope i can get to the 5090 as soon as i can

[@DaveBrown1]

I was thinking about the 4090 connector problem, could it be as simple as the pins on the connector are just a bit small and giving a high resistance between the plug and socket? Then over time, arcing & heat this gives a higher resistance then gets a thermal runaway. Or is it just the 4090's current and the connector is not up to handle that sort of current?

[@scorcher617]

You flashed me with uv light 🫣😂

We understand the issue with this video cards, but I think that you have enough videos about this fault. 🙂

[@tienie3652]

Missed you❤

[@carlosroig5315]

For the price they sell the cards, they should redesign those connectors. Maybe a phenolic body instead of cheap plastic or even ceramic. They can also redesign both, the board and the connectors with more pins, or thicker pins to manage the high currents.

[@bblod4896]

Welcome back.

[@DonaldAdkins-i4n]

Like always excellent video

[@Foxx_69]

Where in Canada did you vacation!? Nice work as always’

[@pdamasco]

I keep mine a bit power-limited just in case. Still is distressing that the vast majority of the cards you get are ASUS 4090s. Also it's a shame that they are all in on this. The RDNA 4 series is supposed to use the 12VHPWR connector too :/

[@BreakingDimes]

Who said that it's not going to use that connector

[@Angriffsmacht]

Are you now installing the 12VHPWR connectors or the newer 12V-2x6 connectors on the cards?

[@TheFather_]

12VHPWR, but it doesnt matter, both are shit, the 12v-2x6 has shorter sense pins and thats about it, they discovered that people are not plugging in the cable fully because the sense pins on the 12VHPWR are long and create some resistance when people try to plug in the cable, anyhow, the only way to prevent melting is to keep monitoring the 16Pin HVPWR input voltage supplied to the GPU and set an alert for that in HWInfo64, if it drops below 11.6v then something is wrong and will give you a chance to save the port from melting.

[@NothingFPVPH]

I think they need to make a water cooling for that connector 😂

[@RargoWingate1]

What is the best way to prevent the connector from melting. Besides the "make sure it is plugged in correctly"? I had to have mine repaired. You did a fantastic job as usual. Cable Mod recall paid for repair, and I am using the new design plug, but I am still worried.

[@walterwolfgaming]

Ensure that you have a quality PSU and always stable 12v.

[@retrocomputinggrotto]

LOL - green UV mask increases the re-sale value 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Nice job :)

[@coolirc]

Let's get back to our Asus laptops and our 4090's 😂

[@powerpower1797]

Good video.

[@Swatlord60]

Welcome back Alex. I stick my RTX3080 because you are too far to my country.

[@bampergh]

WELCOME COME BACK WITH GOOD NEWS

[@davidschisler3385]

Do the replacement connectors also fail? or once they are replaced the issue/problem is solved???

[@Rikitangoable]

Would love to do this as a living 😂

[@zzzzzz6686]

I haven't seen one 7900XTX with a melted connector. Thank god I went with the 7900XTX. The 4090 is an embarrassing failed product. Nvidia should now be called nSHITia lol.

[@shangrilaladeda]

Welcome back

[@rodhester2166]

if you put NFIX at a microscopic size the parts would really go for high price, maybe get a tiny tiny ink stamp..

[@Eli9A]

The green signature is anti low ballig

[@cemsengul16]

This is why I am sitting here scared my 4090 will die any time now.

[@nicovandyk3856]

There is something I do not understand (And yes, because of my lack of knowledge hence asking the question): Why do you add mask on the scratch portions if the pin is already exposed? I.e. the mask would not prevent a short?

[@TheFather_]

i believe it is to protect the PCB from wearing out by those scratches over time, like those scratches might get deeper overtime and damage the whole PCB.

[@EmilAlexandru]

Hi, have you encountered any 4070 ti super with melted connectors ?

[@walterwolfgaming]

No, to weak for melting.

[@laszloradl7287]

hi, Master I have a question. Can you tell me about, approximately how many percent of cards have H+ or H++ connector?

[@user-ym5mc]

Are you repairing 14900K processors as well?

[@drake60000]

just as i bought a asus 4090! smh got me scared 😂😂😂

[@mihaipopescu90]

i think ceramic conectors would be a good ideea

[@MrGeneralScar]

they wont fix the problem with that connector until they recertify it for 300W or ditch it and make an entirely new connector. Crazy how some designer somewhere thought that taking 6x 12V wires (from 2x 8-pin), making them half the physical size and throwing them into a new half size connector, while also doubling the power rating (2x 8pin = 300W combined, 12VHP = 600W) would result in nothing melting. Wouldnt half size wires and 2x the power = 8x heat possibility? I guess nvidia wanted a new connector type for thier cards to make it so they didnt need 4x 8-pin connectors and a full size PCB to handle them. I will never guy a card with that connector, its a dumb design from a basic electrical point of view. Wouldnt it have made more sense to use 2x 12V EPS connectors with an adapter from 2x 8-pin pcie per 12v EPS?

[@Abah_Vina]

So you were in vacation... 🎉

[@rrekki9320]

But but, the other channel told me AMD sucks, only Nvidia makes good GPUs that dont fail!!! That connector keeps haunting our shop as well xD

[@AliTweel]

But the big question is there a popcorn inside it or not?? Salut to you Alex. 🌽🌽🌽✌😁

[@TomLee-lv8ql]

Some other channels are clear paid by a company to blame it on user errors. Wake up....

[@yves1926]

Hypnotic videos

[@hugosimoes5119]

You don't have to suffer if YOU get some more repair employees.... at least 2 or 3. You can/could benefit from their experience and from your experience. I know it costs time/effort to get decent people who know how to repair things properly.

[@sithounetsith9877]

Ready to ketchup with work bro 😊!

[@marksmith4831]

welcome home

[@internetprinting4314]

I wonder what PSU configuration and cables these people are using.

[@RideOrDieSB]

that's so awsome

[@ruvanefriebus-cv6td]

Wow Canada?

[@frankcross2297]

I wonder if these connectors come from ASUS motherboards which is currently a big source of the Intel issues?

[@Joachim21100]

450w usage I don’t think will cause similar issues. Can you confirm somehow the wattage these card were used with? I eould guess 600+ watt usage can cause the connector to melt.

[@ralphj4012]

There are many videos on other channels showing how a slight misalignment, possible even when the connector is in its locked position, causes this.

[@ranjitmandal1612]

💀

[@club4ghz]

They are planning to run 5090 500w and TITAN AI 600w on the same connector.

[@club4ghz]

@@ralphj4012 I connected and disconnected it like 20+ times already always with the little flashlight checking it all around before pressing power.

[@Joachim21100]

@@club4ghz Good plan. 🫥🫠

[@sithounetsith9877]

Ready to ketchup with work bro 😊

[@78ythjasnx]

My NF UV light does not turn off automatically. Please advise.

[@ranjitmandal1612]

How these problems are still not fixed

[@club4ghz]

Just use the ugly cable that came in the box and plug it all the way in.

[@rrekki9320]

Nvidia.

[@Mohammad-7846]

Id rather have 3x8pin over this garbage connector. This connector need to be enlarged this tiny one cant stand beyond 300watts. If its not fully seated it gets burned if you push too hard you may break it.

[@FartsMcNuggets]

Right., and you put bread in a toaster and it comes out toasted.

[@laqmnguyen2010]

Nvidia Geforce 4090 graphic card melted connector, likened Boeing 737MAX door fell off.

[@ksenchy]

Why do people even repair these. What is to say it won't melt again

[@shafiahmad6795]

Think about devil 😈 and devil is here 😂😅

[@joaomiguelxs]

nice to see you back on the bench. dont mean to intrude, but do you think we could get some assembly / disassembly videos from Big Boss? For some of us starting in the business/ hobby, seeing how a pro works on some of those devices would help a ton, specially notebooks and apple tablets.

[@firstnamelastname-th2ju]

11:58 thanks now i am blind and have skin cancer

[@onuroskay8613]

Attention to viewers. Put your Glasses on. You are warned!!

[@ewenblack4174]

My asus tuf 4090 going strong 2yrs no issues.

[@jimbabwe3246]

Crowdstrike melts another 4090......

[@aliemlek]

👍👍👌👌

[@amelicanaitoliotuli4593]

out of guarantee .. 4090 is a scam have 2 years lifespam ftw ...