What just happened? It appears that an RTX 5090 Founders Edition has suffered a melting connector issue. But before this gets added to the lengthy list of why Blackwell is proving to be the most-unpopular Nvidia GPU generation in recent memory, there's a caveat: the incident occurred while a non-official power cable was being used. A Reddit user going by the name ivan6953 shared images of an RTX 5090 FE with a badly melted connector. Given that this was a prevalent problem with the RTX 4090 series, there have long been concerns that it could reappear in the $2,000 successor.Thankfully for Nvidia and anyone who somehow managed to get hold of a Blackwell flagship, the cable in question wasn't the same one that comes with the card. It was a Moddiy cable, which, according to the website, is an ATX 3.0 PCIe 5.0 16-pin to 16-pin model supporting up to 600W with a 12V-2X6 design.ivan6953 writes that he was playing Battlefield 5 with a power draw of 500W to 520W when he smelled something burning. Sensibly, he immediately turned off his PC to investigate.As shown in the images, the damage was quite extensive. The connectors are burnt on both sides of the cable, which is something we haven't often seen in the RTX 4090 meltgate incidents. There's also damage to the Asus ROG Loki PSU.The graphics card also suffered burn damage.Many of these melting cable incidents have occurred because the connectors were not fully inserted, but the Redditor insists that it was fully locked and clicked into place. He also notes that he had used the same cable and PSU for two years with his old RTX 4090 FE.It's noted that the official cable that comes with the RTX 5090 is longer and more flexible, while the connector on the GPU side is angled. The original 12VHPWR power cable that came with the RTX 4090 was stiff and bent too close to the connector, meaning it sometimes wasn't plugged in correctly, leading to the melting issues.Last week brought more reports about the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 potentially melting their cables. However, it turned out that the problem was affecting only the RTX 4090 and likely the result of user error.Blackwell may suffer from disappointing generational improvements, reports of bricking, prices way above MSRP, and almost non-existent stock levels, but at least Nvidia can say the cards aren't melting any of their supplied cables yet. // Related Storiesh/t: VideoCardz