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[electrosoft]

3 hours ago, tps3443 said:

IT WAS THE CABLE!! I think my 5090 did it in lol. Swapped the 12vhpwr. No crashing!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

 

3 hours ago, tps3443 said:

 
 

Yes! Very very hard to buy a 5090. That guilt is STRONG after buying one too. Today’s prices are nuts. 5080 is a value and gets the job done!! Gone are the days of high end affordable GPU’s. It’s a rich man’s club now. 
 

EDIT: 

 

So happy I found the issue! When that 2nd brand new Zotac RTX 5080 locked my PC up, I was concerned and relieved at the same time. Relieved that the RTX 5080 was not defective. But also worried what the issue could be. 
 

The bad cable was ran daily on a shunt modded 5090FE, so it must have took the cable out I guess. What’s weird though, is I had no issues running the 5090FE up until the day I pulled it from the system. So I think maybe it sitting it just degraded? It’s so weird. 
 

I’m going to do some testing now and see which is the best GPU! I would prefer a low voltage low power queen if I had to pick. I don’t know what all the fuss or hate about Zotac is either. Both of these cards are built incredibly well. I had a Gigabyte 4090 Gaming OC, and that thing felt like a Dollar General toy lol. 😂 these cards feel nice and look very high quality.

 

Best possible outcome. Feels like when my EVGA 1600w P2 started to falter a few months ago and I couldn't lock down where the failures or sporadic errors were coming from and had to start from the ground up to isolate the PSU.

 

The cables really are the weakest link this time around. I know with my 4090 and 5090 I kept the pigtail plugged in at all times even when swapping out. Many times for motherboard upgrades I would remove the GPU from the slot and lay it still connected on the lower part of the case.

 

Could have been just the absolute pounding you gave that cable and the limited times you have to plug and unplug it before it starts to degrade.....which is insane to think on a cable meant to handle 600w+.....

 

Gigabyte Gaming OC cards in general are not built that great. Master and Elite cards get the love. 

 

Glad you're back up and running! Let us know which one is the superior GPU. I'm curious to see vmax, best OC, best UV and overall temps head to head.

 

2 hours ago, Papusan said:

 

This become a problem because you had good contact in first place. Once removed and the connection will break and you get a problem. Cables have now become a consumable items. I mean the tiny trash called 12V-2x6. Those cannot be reused as the good old 8-pin cables. 

 

Benching the old gpu's ain't very fun anymore because you need to take out and in your new and shiny GPU if you want the newest in you rig after bench sessions. The modern cables ain't up to task. This tiny trash ruined my hobby.  

 

 

The only real way to do it now is to use the dreaded tentacle for a few reasons to bench multiple cards:

 

#1. You can keep the 12vfail connector connected at all times

#2. It makes it easy to bench and test traditional 8-pin PCIE GPUs since you have 4x 8-pin leads at your disposal.

 

 

 

 

[tps3443]

Would be awesome if running two RTX 5080’s was useful for something. 😂 They really match so perfectly together!! Maybe there is a benefit? Or a waste. 

[Mr. Fox]

40 minutes ago, tps3443 said:

Would be awesome if running two RTX 5080’s was useful for something. 😂 They really match so perfectly together!! Maybe there is a benefit? Or a waste. 

For gaming very little benefit since there is no SLI hardware support and almost zero SLI support in terms of game development. You could use one for render and one for compute, and you could use Lossless Scaling for gaming. That would be a very expensive second GPU for that though. What GPU does your son have? If he has anything less than a 4090 it would be a nice upgrade for him. If you wanted to experiment with Lossless Scaling, you could use his GPU for that as a second GPU in your system.

 

All of the above aside, having two matching 5080 Solid GPUs installed in your system would look pretty wicked.

 

If you end up returning the new one you will have an "original owner" invoice with your name on it to register for warranty with Zotac. 

 

You could buy this one 5090 for roughly the cost of 4.5 5080s if you wanted to do something extra-stupid and frivolous with your money. https://www.overclock.net/threads/msi-rtx-5090-lightning-z-65-of-1300-custom-loop-compatible.1819519/?post_id=29587541#post-29587541

[Papusan]

13 hours ago, electrosoft said:

The only real way to do it now is to use the dreaded tentacle for a few reasons to bench multiple cards:

 

#1. You can keep the 12vfail connector connected at all times

#2. It makes it easy to bench and test traditional 8-pin PCIE GPUs since you have 4x 8-pin leads at your disposal.

 

Probably the best for several reasons. Not sure I have seen so many org Asus tentacle meltdown Asus cards this time around. If the connector melt into the GPU, then it's nice if it's the org Asus adapter fused to the card😀 Still, I don't like the solution. I hate that stupid lille connector. Even Jonny Guru at Corsair say the connector won't stay properly connected with the card when you pass 6 months. It will loose the connection and here we go... BOOOM!

Corsair explains why 12V-2x6 still needs protection despite ...

The revised mechanical design is a real improvement. But it’s not a complete solution, because connectors don’t stay fully seated forever.

Cable tension from routing, vibration, the weight of a stiff cable pulling at the connector, repeated insertions over time – any of these can gradually work a connector loose. A connector that clicked in perfectly when you first built your system can develop marginal contact six months later without any visible indication. The physics of partial-contact heating are identical whether it was never fully inserted or worked loose after the fact.

 

 

 

 

[Papusan]

On 5/12/2026 at 11:31 PM, Mr. Fox said:

Brother @tps3443 dodged a scammer bullet yesterday. Glad you were not a victim, Brother T.

 

https://www.overclock.net/posts/29585246/

 

The scumbag posted the same scam on a Swedish web site.

 

https://www.blocket.se/recommerce/forsale/item/22104267?ci=4

 

And the scumbag is ranked 71 on hwbot.... https://hwbot.org/users/mllrkllr88

 

Do you trust all results posted on hwbot? Sharing is caring... Isn't it? 

 

 

[win32asmguy]

On 4/29/2026 at 10:50 AM, electrosoft said:

A valid comparison would me 9700x vs 9800X3D to really see what X3D brings to the table. I do know in FO76 the 9800X3D toasted the 9600x I tested worse than the 14900KS so X3D is magic sauce for some games.

 

I picked up a MSI Raider A18, this one with the 9955HX3D, 5080M and QHD+ 240hz display. The X3D cache is hands down curb stomping the 275HX in WoW. Easily getting 80-90fps compared to 40-50fps in Silvermoon bazaar at the same settings at QHD and significantly better 1% lows.

 

This new revision of Raider A18 is pretty refined as well compared to the last gen. So far no audio system dropouts, no standby or display blanking issues, no problems with dGPU mode switching to iGPU mode randomly while a game was running. The Mediatek 7925 wifi card had some issues dropping the connection with the provided driver but it seems like a newer revision on Windows Update addressed that issue. Swapping to an AX210 is also an option if the problems persist. Delightfully this model has static red by default for all of the RGB instead of the rainbow puke on the Intel Raider 18.

 

Its a shame the 275HX is limited by memory latency in WoW. The 285K does really well paired with good memory but on mobile it is very limited by heat. Maybe Nova Lake HX will help this if it has an on-die memory controller again and/or bLLC.

[tps3443]

Quick update! 
 

The issue still persists!

 

Things I have tried. 
 

(1) Two different GPU’s

(2) Pulling ram cleaning and reinstalling 1 stick only. 
(3) Removing CPU, checking pins, cleaning contact surfaces and remounting CPU all torqued to spec at 12in lbs in correct sequence!

(4) unplugging everything and plugging everything back in to motherboard.

(5) A different 12vhpwr plug

(6) A different PSU all together .

(7) Different bios on my motherboard.

(8) Reinstalled windows 11

(8) moved M.2 to a different location. 
(9) Tried different PCIe slots

(10) tried running only x8 PCIe speeds

(11) Tried adding unrealistic CPU and ram voltages at stock speeds or reduced clocks. 

 

PC is completely freezing I can still see the picture. It completely HARD locks. 

Things I have NOT tried yet.

 

(1) Using a different M.2. Maybe my 2TB M.2 is failing? It has fairly low health left something like 75%.

 

(2) Different motherboard. Maybe my Dominus Extreme is failing?

 

(3) Trying a new CPU. Maybe my Xeon W3175X is failing? 
 

 

I am at a loss. 

 

It sure does look cool though lol!!!