# MSI RTX 5090 Connector Melts During DLSS 5 Test

September 7, 2026 at 08:22 AM

> An MSI RTX 5090 connector fused after power draw surged to 613W during a specialized DLSS 5 rendering test in NBA 2K27.

A new report from Videocardz highlights a melted-connector incident involving an **MSI** GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC. Documented by a reader named erek, the GPU's 12V-2x6 connector plastic fused to the socket during a specialized DLSS 5 Neural Rendering test.

The failure occurred while running NBA 2K27, the only game currently supporting DLSS 5. GPU-Z logs revealed that the card's power draw surged from 450 W to a sustained 613.5 W, exceeding its 575 W rating. The hardware stopped functioning shortly after this peak.

This case adds to a growing list of RTX 5090 connector failures across various workloads. **NVIDIA** has not yet commented on this specific hardware failure or the significant increase in power consumption associated with the new DLSS 5 rendering technology.


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