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Tl; Some NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and 5090D graphics cards have been reported fail after driver updates, with users experiencing problems such as unrecognized cards and black screens. Reports from Chinese forums and Reddit show problems with models of colored, manli, gigabyte and ASU, which implies a potential problem with the driver.
Just imagine … Include your hard, mega-exted new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 or RTX 5090D graphics card and it is brick … Done, finished …
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According to some publications in Chinese forums, including Chiphell, Baidu and Social Media Bilibili, reports are running that the new GeForce RTX 5090D graphics card is brick: both colored and MANLI. There are also reports that Gigabyte and the Asus Custom GeForce RTX 5090 cards also die.
One poster explained: “After installing the driver, the screen remains black, the graphics card cannot be recognized and the same happens after a change of the HDMI DP port … This time the series 90 released only such a small amount, and several of them were affected“.
Another said, “The latest news is that the newly accepted 5090D of our group became a brick after the driver was updated. The first Renaissance 5090D Starship in China turned. The group member paid 6,000 yuan more to buy it. After the driver has been updated, the graphics card cannot be recognized. He was sent for personal insurance. There are several cases abroad. Please be cautious when you buy the first batch of 5090“.
A particular poster said, “The RTX 5090D is brick on its first edition. Do not rush to buy 5090 from home and abroad. All 5090D has exploded, probably due to a burned core. At the moment, even if you do not enter the system, the card is not recognized in BIOS. Current known information: The driver will lead to a collapse of a graphics card with a high probability of screen distortion and a very unlikely to burn IC“.
This poster continued and added: “After he inserted it and turned it on, he has different problems and becomes a brick. It’s too miserable. It seems to be a problem with the driver. It became a brick after it was installed. Renaissance Starship 5090D (the victim is requested for permission. This is a new card purchased for 25,000 yuan. Update: The original 5090 from abroad has also exploded“.
On Reddit Poster said his RTX 5090 was not detected, explaining “I bought the RTX 5090, but it was not found on Windows on the device manager, not by NVIDIA drivers or BIOS. Graphics Card LED is lit and fans work“.
