[Update - Recall Claim Retracted] NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090s Are Now Being Recalled In Europe Over a "Fire Hazard" Warning; Issue Likely Related To The 12V-2x6 Connector

MSI refutes false RTX 5090 "fire hazard" recall rumours

MSI has rubbished the false RTX 5090 "Fire hazard" recall claims that are circulating online. Considers legal action against the retailer.

Update: Statement on false rumors about the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G Suprim SOC Taipei, Taiwan – March 6, 2025 MSI learned on March 6, 2025 through an article on the KitGuru website that a Dutch retailer – UW GAME SPECIALIST (https://uwgamespecialist.nl/) – reportedly informed a customer that an order could not be fulfilled […] Source

Update: Hours after the news ran like gunpowder, KitGuru has retracted the information. The information ran like gunpowder, now knowing that the involved was MSI with its liquid model passed by water. Which, together with NVIDIA, denied any information about withdrawal from the market of its GPU. Arguing that the CEO of the store that communicated the information to the customer was a "miscommunication" Today, a KitGuru reader contacted us to in…

[Update - Recall Claim Retracted] NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090s Are Now Being Recalled In Europe Over a "Fire Hazard" Warning; Issue Likely Related To The 12V-2x6 Connector

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090s are now being recalled in Europe, with the risk of a "fire hazard" associated with the onboard 12V-2x6 power connector. NVIDIA's RTX 5090 Yet Again Is Facing Another Problem As A Major European Retailer Issues A Recall For Sold Units Update [3/7/2025]: In an update, Kitguru has confirmed that the retailer has now retracted the claim of a potential product recall of the RTX 50 GPUs. Well, it seems like NVIDIA's RTX Blac…

UPDATED: Retailer claims Nvidia is recalling ‘large number’ of RTX 5090 graphics cards

A European retailer claims that Nvidia has begun recalling RTX 5090 graphics cards due to fire hazard issues. This follows recent investigations into the new power cable shipping with RTX 50 series graphics cards, with some YouTubers finding that the cables simply don't have enough power regulation protections in place to be safe for use.

An RTX 5090 Rumour Likely To Spread Like Wildfire - PC Perspective

Grab the salt, because you should take a grain of it before reading on.  KitGuru got hold of a copy of an email sent by a retailer in the Netherlands called Your…