In the AMD gaming graphics card camp, the Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards from ASRock and Sapphire use a 12V-2x6 16-pin power supply interface, but burnout incidents related to this interface have occurred one after another recently. Just yesterday I mentioned the third burning incident.Just one day later, the fourth burn incident surfaced again, and the model was also from Sapphire RX 9070 XT NITRO+.
From the photos shared by user ShoddyIntroduction76, we can see that the six 12V pins of the power supply interface have obvious signs of yellowing. Unfortunately, the user did not explain the cause of the problem.
To review, the A-card interface burnout incident occurred for the first time in August this year. The model was ASRock Taichi RX 9070 XT Taichi. Then in October, the first burnout case report of Sapphire RX 9070 XT NITRO+ appeared.
It’s November, just a few days ago, and there have been two cases of Sapphire RX 9070 XT NITRO+ burning out.
It has been 8 months since the release of RX 9070 XT. The TDP is only at the 300W level and the power consumption is not too high, but the power supply interface still frequently burns out.
As time goes by, it is expected that similar faults may gradually increase. It is recommended that RX 9070 XT users who use the 12V-2x6 power supply interface should check whether the interface is loose or displaced to reduce the potential risk of burnout.
