Blown capacitor kills $2,799 Asus RTX 5090 GPU and damages motherboard

A Redditor has shared a story claiming that the Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 'caught on fire' with images of the damage.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/blown-capacitor-kills-usd2-799-asus-rtx-5090-gpu-and-damages-motherboard

Created 1mo | Feb 22, 2025, 4:20:06 PM


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