We have seen many accidents of melting of graphics card interfaces such as RTX 5090, but it is rare to catch fire immediately after turning on the computer. A video uploaded by a user on Bilibili saying "Sleeping late is equal to dying early",An extremely rare scene was recorded. The moment the RTX 5090 host was turned on, the graphics card directly spurted open flames.https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1VaFQzpEUS/?spm_id_from=888.80997.embed_other.whitelist&bvid=BV1VaFQzpEUS&vd_source=51fa8dfaa063bf6b6c9d16b05f5c7e94
It is understood that the user had just replaced a 1300W high-power power supply at that time, and when he turned it on for the first time, he used a camera to record the process out of habit.
The video shows that at the moment when the power was turned on, sparks and open flames erupted from multiple parts of the graphics card at the same time. Although the user responded quickly and cut off the power supply, this top flagship card had apparently been scrapped due to a serious short circuit.
Unikoshardware believes that this multi-point fire phenomenon is extremely unusual and is likely to be caused by a short circuit in the power supply module involving the video memory.
Fortunately, except for the damaged graphics card and the burn marks left by the peripheral hardware, the user's other core configurations survived and the system can still run normally.
The most frustrating thing is that the user may not be able to perform after-sales repairs through official channels, because the RTX 5090 is a banned product in mainland China, and only the RTX 5090D and V2 versions enjoy official warranty.