They will never admit this is a problem..

It is beyond me how NVIDIA doesnt get a class action lawsuit to their ass. This is simply ridiculous.

People should start suing these companies for not honoring warranties, warranty is like a contract and any breach of contract should face legal consequences

The more you buy, the more you save

20 cards a week is crazy.😢

I'm curious if out of all the 4090s you have repaired, have you ever had to repair the same board twice?

4090 pulls like 350 to 400 watts with a small and weak connector, this is a design flaw

I will never overclock my TUF 4090. 400+ watts over that tiny connector is asking for trouble. I've got mine undervolted, it rarely pulls over 250watts. I think its kept me safe so far.

4090s will have that new house paid for in no time! 50xx will take care of college tuition.

You're in a class of your own. I don't know how you manage to stay above water with the work, still doing all the repairs yourself after all these years.

another great fix. never gets old watching your fantastic work.

Glad i skipped the 4090.

I've loved Nvidia for the last 15 years, but I am so glad I picked up a 7900XTX this generation. Not quite on par with a 4090, but absolutely zero regrets!

If they admit then they will have to repair or replace... This is what happens when you have a monopoly

Better than factory 🏭

First time you worked on this card January 20 2023 - Best work

Most likely, if there ever is a class action suit, Alex will be an expert witness. Great job as always. Still patiently waiting on repair pads #2 😅

I watch all kinds of technical skill channels, especially where the person clearly has a pride in the quality of his craftsmanship, as you clearly have. For me, it's not neccesary to have a deep understanding of the process when it is so well explained and executed.

You can get tea mugs with integrated heaters, that way you can re-heat the tea.

Wow that should be covered under warranty

600w and 12v is 50amps on those small wires and connectors.

You should publish a list of cards which you have never seen in your shop, so the rest of us can use it as a buyer's guide!

Even the factory didn't have such solders, I admire the work you do respect😊

I bought a founder edition. For now it works quite well. I take a lot of care of supporting the card in the case, and plug firmly the connector, but you give me chills.

I have learnt alot from your videos sir..much appreciated

Watching @Philippines❤

bro, my hope for your video is that there will be time slip footage of the process of opening a VGA or electronic goods being serviced. So your video can grow, and why isn't your boss (your father) included? because I am very happy to see the family in your company. I enjoy videos and I'm not an electronics technician, but I enjoy watching people disassemble/repair something.

Too much current through a single connector, it's obvious...

Excellent strategy Alex . Too much solder is good for 2 reasons . It will be a stronger joint and it will be cooler temp when carrying the same current compared to Ngreedias skint factory soldering . However I wonder if you used low melting point solder for the new connector. Otherwise could the same board connector be a bigger hassle to replace a year later because of excess solder??

Great job, those joints look so neat.

Very good work

I have an MSI 4090 that I bought a year ago. So far so good and I play FS 2020 for hours on end. I do hope they change the plug design on the 5000 series when it comes out because the connector needs to be a lot beefier.

Do the replacement connectors actually hold up?

I've had my MSI rtx 4090 gaming x trio for over a year with no problem still running great use a third party cable and make sure it's plugged in all the way

Amazing work! Great video

I’m so glad changed my mind and got an AMD card I know it’s not quite as fast but fast enough n had zero issues with it in a year n half

Great job i love how you take pride in what you do. Sad about 4090s though problem is will it do it again or? i mean new connector gonna melt also?

Beautiful repair.

That work looks amazing. like little perfect pearls, gotta love the craftsmanship!

Since you have a large numbers of 4090s, I suggest you invest in making of a tool to desolder that connector in one go, like a die or big iron head with custom places for all the pins.

I think these 4090 owners don’t have proof of purchase bc it doesn’t make sense warranty was denied

Just purchaded one of these. Have a really scarry feeling ill be getting intouch with you in the future.

You are fantastic 👌👌👌

I have gigabyte 6800xt 16gb gaming oc version which used to fail on vram test so my friend reflow vram no more fail on test but now it green screen and restart pc when idle no load. When I play a game and the gpu is full load its fine any suggestion? My friend did notice a darker color vram chip that looked different than the others any suggestion?

Yes better than factory. I’ve learned so much from you. Thank you.

Are you able to get the newer 12v-2x6 headers marked H++ or is it the older 12vhpwr headers? Because I have a gigabyte 4090 gaming oc revision 1.0. and would like to have the newer header put on it.. I find it funny that they deny rma under "user error" and then nvidia & pci sig revised the header but never did a recall.. Why revise a hardware change if it's user error? There needs to be a lawsuit.

You do good work 😉👍

Kingpin put two 12 vhpr receptacles on the RTX 3090 ti cards that EVGA produced. It seems that would be a low-cost solution to this problem. But then, it may cost an extra 8 bucks in manufacturing. I am done upgrading my system. I will only replace broken parts. The hardware vendors, esp. Nvidea, have taken all of the fun out of the hobby of building exciting new computers.

Very interesting and not something i was aware of. Thanks

Amazing work.

Ugh, this just happened to my 4090. Going to send it over to you soon!

I want to thank you for this video. .. For explaining what you're doing... I change some mosfets on a Rockford fosgate amplifier .. and I burnt the board ... I would have never thought to use low hg eat solder to mix in right away. . I completely understand now... I haven't tried taking anything off a PCB since then 2016 ish . You get down to the point .. You don't take forever to explain.. Your perfect.. Please do more .... You sound like explaining bothers you .... But your not talking forever making the video trying to hear yourself talk like most . .. You don't have that problem.. I actually don't want to turn your video off... I'm a afraid I would miss some important information if I turned your video off.... Please keep the info going. I've seen lots of your videos of video cards coming apart and going together.. And I'm baffled and clueless to what's going on... I wish you would explain over the video of what's happening. I know some people don't like to hear talking. . But you amount like the teacher.. That people would walk right into the classroom and sit down mesmerized as you explain items you're holding... You have that gift ... You don't have a massive accent.. You are easily understandable.. Please keep them coming

What is your hot air set to, temp? air speed?

Professional bit of artwork. Leonardo would be happy.

Knowledge and jokes! Love your videos.

Alex, Have you ever repaird the same connector twice? Have the new ones also failed???

Better than factory joints

You are right. A soldering masterpiece.

im curious, is there any data required by the customer about how they use their cards.. regular power draw, overclocked or undervolted.. just to collect more data and cover a wider spectrum of incidents, if this will also occur undervolted?

The same policy against the customer as in the case of TVs, laptops... get used to it, it will be even worse :)

Thanks

Holy moly that's a lot of cards 😮 Any particular brand that you see more frequently than others?

I like the perfect process he has to change the connector, and he really gets done a very professional job. The real question here is, how long will the new connector last before it melts again after some normal use?

Fantastic work as usual🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I wonder is the connector you have replaced the same or is it a better non melting type of connector ?? Can it be made using a ceramic mix ??

Hi, may be a silly question, but have you considered designing a heat resistant connector in conjunction with a manufacturer of the connectors, maybe some sort of heat resistant material, just a thought.

Does this include the new 6+6 design 12 pin as well that was suppose to fix this problem ?

I love how they are still trying to say these are just a You problem when its all over the internet. Just shows you JUST how shady million dollar companies can be. Love you man, Never stop sticking it to the man.

You are a master!

i have a zotac rtx 4090 trinity, with a corsair 12VHPWR connector from corsair 1000w rmx swift PSU, after 11 months of usage with games that bring the card to consume over 400W the cable is still perfect being worried about all those melting reports i decided to check the condition inside the connector and gpu and both are in perfect conditions, the fact that i attatched the connector with literally 0 tension from cable is helping to avoid the melting? or the corsair connector is just better than others

My Asus Strix 4090 is almost 2 years old and stil going strong. Cool you're PC 🥵

Watch the paolo gome, they explain why it melts, the design if the pcb was defect… it can be fix if only they use two 12v connector or modified the 12v and add additional 2x 8pin pcie

Can anyone please explain to me how there has not been a product recall?

04:00 what's the solder you mix in? Leaded or what do you say? I don't hear well.

I bought a 4090, oddly enough the connector at the GPU didn't melt but the connectors at the power supply unit did melt. I even bought the special cable from NZXT to go from 2 connectors to a single one so I didn't have that crazy adaptor with like 8+ connections installed.

Does more power connectors mean less chances of melting ? Like on the galax 4090 hof ?

Awesome job definitely better than factory

Wonder how the warranty cases are working when buying a prebuilt system? It ought to be harder to claim that the user did something wrong, if the user bought the system complete and never had to touch anything inside.

Great job

that is one hell of a sexy soldering.

If you have and old intel Mac Mini they make great cup warmers. No more cold tea.

Can't help but feel this problem has been incredibly under-discussed. If any AMD card had this issue you'd never hear the the end of it. But then again, I've always said nvidia's greatest asset isn't their cutting edge tech- it's their marketing/viral marketing department.

Why is this not happening to the 4080 super the 4080 Super OC from ASUS or Gigabyte pulls almost the same Watts as the 4090 and sometimes even more depending on the workload so its confusing why the 4090 connectors are the one melting but not the 4080’s or 4080 supers’ connectors any one can explain ?

what is the best graphic card you believe it's the best so far? thank you.

You need to get the NF Tea cosy to keep your tea hot.

80-100 on Alex ALONE, imagine the combined estimation for the whole GPU repairs shop... could have reached thousands per month

Northridge i love your work bro always have watch almost everyday but can i just make this point that iv had a 4090 since lunch and its being no problem what so ever i feel that most of the cards you have to fix is cuz most people are not cooling there pc enough when they have such a powerful card in there i guess i could be lucky but mine has never being a problem and works flawless but i have 12 fans a big case a liquid cooling which tbh if your spending 2g on a card just go the extra mile and cool it correctly. love ya vids bro just thought i should say this :) also im using cable mods cable not sure if that make diff but works no problem

Are these cards equipped with the new 12V2X6 connectors or the "old"12VHWR ones

Better than factory for sure :)

Where is the box you put the melted 4090 power ports?

You need an electronic solder sucker they work amazing.

I’ve been using Lian Li V2 on mine for over 7 months no problem! They do get really hot within 2 minutes upon start up. Good thing I went with Gigabyte version that has 3 Fans! Gotta keep them fans running on all the time!

An other nice repair done here more and more 4090's are getting these issues especially now which is almost 2 years after they launched. Even though I am curious to how long these repaired power connectors last, some tell me that you need to use an ATX 3.0 power supply, but even these won't make much difference right? The PCB date of that RTX 4090 card you are working on read 4122 meaning it was made during week 41 of year 2022 :)

Of course they are! 600W on a 6 amps per pin connector… that’s 8+ amps per pin. The only fix is to reduce current (reduce performance). This is exactly what those 4 extra pins are for.

Are these cards using the included Nvidia adapter or are they using adapters that come with new power supplies?

Is there any way to secure for this issue??🤔

One of the reasons I just bought a 4070 super on this connector, it doesn't eat as nearly as much as a 4090, making it really ideal for the connector

I use Asus ROG Strix 3080 Ti which is rock solid until now. i had a thought to upgrade into 4090 but i will wait for another series

what soldering station does he use?

Which gpu models have the best build quality in your experience? Really hope u see the comment. Thank u!