Even MSI's special plug couldn't stop this Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 cable melting

Another melted Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power cable has appeared online, and this time it was a 12VHPWR cable specifically designed to stop it from being connected incorrectly. MSI started including a two-color adapter cable with its RTX 5000 GPUs a few months ago, so the bright yellow would clearly show up if the plug wasn’t firmly embedded in its socket. However, one of these cables now appears to have burned out after being plugged into an RTX 5090 graphics card.

If you have the money, and you can actually find 5090 stock, the latest Nvidia flagship is undoubtedly the best graphics card you can buy right now. However, we’ve seen a number of reports about power cables melting since the launch, which Nvidia had previously claimed wouldn’t be an issue with the new GPU.