Nvidia RTX 4090 Graphics Card Risk of Fire Class Action

If you notice that your power cable is melting where it plugs into your new graphics card, do you risk causing a fire or abandon the $1,599 graphics card? This class action brings suit against Nvidia Corporation about the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card and the risk of fire at the power cable plug and socket.

The class for this action is all persons in the US who bought an RTX 4090. A New York Subclass has also been defined for those who bought the RTX 4090 in New York.

The RTX 4090 is a piece of computer hardware designed to speed up the creation of images.

Graphics cards can process graphics faster than normal computer central processing units (CPUs) and random-access memories (RAMs). They allow computers to offload graphics processing and can offer other advanced features as well. Graphics cards have become a necessity in gaming these days as game graphics have become more demanding.

But as graphics have become more sophisticated and impressive, graphics cards have had to become more powerful and to use more power in their operations. The complaint provides the example of Nvidia’s best graphics care in 2015, “which was designed to draw up to 250 watts of power. The recently released RTX 4090, on the other hand, was designed to draw 450 watts during normal use and up to 600 watts when overclocked. All that power means increased wattage and heat flowing through the power cable.”

To operate the RTS 4090, a user must plug a cable into the computer’s power-supply unit which is then connected to the graphics card.

When the RTX 4090 is in use, the complaint alleges that it “consumes more power than every other component in a traditional desktop computer combined…” To deliver this much power, the complaint alleges, it uses a 16-pin power connection. Since most power supply units do not allow for this kind of connection, Nvidia has included an adapter with its RTX 4040s.

The complaint alleges, “Immediately after the RTX 4090 was released, however, consumers began experiencing problems at the point where the 16-pin power cable plugs into the Card. Consumers reported that the connector on the cable or the socket on the Card began melting after use.”

According to the complaint, the problem is “a design flaw, relating to the high wattage flowing through each of the 16 pins. If there is even a temporary break in the electrical connection for any of the pins, too high a current will flow through the remaining pins, causing a meltdown.” This may happen, the complaint alleges, whether the consumer is using the native power cable or the power cable plus adaptor.

This presents the risk of a fire or an electrical hazard, the complaint claims.

Article Type: Lawsuit
Topic: Consumer
Tags: Breach of warranty, Fraud, Unjust Enrichment