Chinese repair shop gets 7 melted 12+4-pin Nvidia GPUs in two days

A Chinese repair channel reported seven Nvidia graphics cards arriving in just two days with burnt 12+4-pin power connectors. The batch is mostly RTX 5090 cards plus Asus and MSI RTX 4090s; the technician replaces the sockets and tests each card in 3DMark.

• Seven Nvidia cards with damaged 12+4-pin connectors arrived in two days
• Mostly RTX 5090, plus RTX 4090 cards from Asus and MSI
• The technician resolders the sockets and tests cards in 3DMark
• A 12+4-pin voltage drop to 11.3–11.4 V signals a problem