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ZOTAC RTX 5090 Catches Fire (Literally) While Playing Battlefield 6; PCB Melts Horribly, Leaving Burn Marks On The Motherboard

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One of the most horrible burning and melting cases we have ever seen on a GPU. This ZOTAC RTX 5090 edition literally caught on fire. ZOTAC RTX 5090 Amp Extreme Infinity Turns Into Furnace; PCB Got Cooked at the Memory VRM, Leaving The PC in a Horrible State A 16-pin melted power connector on the GPU or the PSU might not be as scary as seeing a GPU literally engulfed in flames. This might be very rare since actual fires on electronics components …
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News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. The month of August already leaves your first case of a NVIDIA RTX 5090 that is set on fire, and it is not a basic model, but the ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5090 AMP Extreme Infinity, one of the most powerful versions of this GPU. The most surprising thing is that the fire did not start in the 16 pin power connector, as in other previous incidents, but directly from the PCB, pointi…

A particularly dramatic incident has caused a stir in the PC community: A ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5090 Amp Extreme Infinity was literally on fire for the new game during a gaming session with the Battlefield 6 Open Beta, causing massive hardware damage. The incident occurred during normal gameplay and is one of the most serious […] Source

We already have the first NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 to set fire to the month of August, specifically, a high-end model, the ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5090 AMP Extreme Infinity. But the most striking thing about this new case, which has not originated in the 16 pin power connector. But that fire was generated directly from the PCB, which implies an isolated failure that must now be investigated to find a response to what happened. Specifically, it was a us…

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Wccftech broke the news in on Monday, August 11, 2025.
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