User says RMA'd Nvidia RTX 5090 nearly burned again, saved by MSI Safeguard

A user reports that their Nvidia RTX 5090, freshly received after an RMA replacement, nearly burned up again. The MSI Safeguard protection feature reportedly kicked in just in time to prevent damage.

• The card was an RTX 5090 received as an RMA replacement
• MSI Safeguard reportedly triggered and prevented a repeat failure
• The account comes from the user; Nvidia and MSI have not commented