RTX 5090 GPU catches fire while playing Battlefield 6
RTX 5090 fire burns motherboard, CPU cooler, and SSD
On August 10th, while playing the Battlefield 6 Beta, a pre-built PC containing an Nvidia RTX 5090 suddenly caught fire mid-match. The system’s graphics card, a Zotac RTX 5090 AMP Extreme, burned and spat flames onto the system’s motherboard and the CPU’s liquid cooler. This left both components charred. The User’s SSD was also affected, as it was using the PC’s top M.2 slot.
Below is what the owner of the PC had to say about the event.
On the evening of 8/10, I was bored and wanted to play the Battlefield 6 public beta. When I was halfway through the game, the screen suddenly froze.
The next second, I saw flames and a burning smell coming out of the computer next to the table…
At the time of the incident, it was observed that the main place where the fire came out was the junction of the graphics card and the motherboard. The fire lasted for about 10 seconds. In fact, the burn was quite serious. Even the water cooling pipes were blackened.
I was quite shocked at the time, I never thought I would encounter such a thing. I bought the machine as a set from the store
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It has been sent back to a house in Hsinchu. Now the entire machine except the SSD needs to be sent back to Taipei and asked to be inspected by the manufacturer. The fire point is currently quite obvious.
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On the evening of August 11th, a call came in from a house in Taipei saying that the console had been returned to the repair department in Taipei, and someone from NZXT’s agent, Largan Technology, would come to understand the condition of the entire machine as early as today.
It seems clear that this GPU fire was due to the failure of this GPU’s power circuitry. It is likely that one of this GPU’s MOSFETs may have failed. Currently, the exact reason why this GPU failed remains unknown. The full system has currently been sent away for analysis.
Zotac’s RTX 5090 AMP Extreme has been available since Nvidia launched its RTX 5090 in January. So far, this is the only report of one of these GPUs catching fire. At such, this event is likely to be an on-off event.
Since this gamer was using a pre-built system, their full PC will likely be replaced under warranty. After all, the RTX 5090 is less than a year old.
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