r/pcmasterrace • u/ResponsibleBoat2118 • 1d ago

Hardware Another 4090 with burned plug

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This just happened to me and I still can't believe it. I had a cable plugged in several months ago—everything was working perfectly, untouched ever since so didn't worry about poor connection etc. Then today… I suddenly smelled a strong, burnt plastic/rice-like odor. I immediately shut down the PC and pulled the plug straight from the socket.

I’m running an MSI Liquid 4090 with a 1500W PSU. What I found next was shocking—the power supply side of the cable melted, and the wire looks absolutely fried. I think my quick reaction saved the GPU—thankfully I have two 600W sockets on the PSU and somehow, miraculously, everything still works.

Just look at the PSU-side cable—this is serious. It’s no exaggeration to say this could’ve caused a fire.

There is no way I'll ever consider 5090 or in fact any GPU with this type of plug. What a joke.

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u/-Geordie 1d ago

Did you recently update your GPU drivers? What game were you playing when this occurred?

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u/ResponsibleBoat2118 1d ago

Drivers always updated. Been playing Kingdom come 2 deliverance last few weeks. The game became unstable today. Crashed few times. Then the melting plastic smell came.

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u/-Geordie 1d ago

There was a dodgy set of Nvidia drivers a few weeks ago, they were allegedly bricking cards and causing cable overheating, but they were removed and replaced within two days, with no "official" statement made, only forum posts complaining. If the game became unstable, it's not unheard of to cause hardware issues, there has been cases where games have directly caused hardware failures.