PNY Says Your PSU’s Own 12V-2×6 Cable Voids Your RTX 5090 Warranty

[David_Schroth]

If you plugged your RTX 5090 in with the 12V-2×6 cable that came with your ATX 3.1 power supply, you did what almost every PSU maker tells you to do. According to one owner’s support emails, PNY now says that choice cost him his warranty. The owner, Reddit user Melodic_Initial_1767, posted the exchange to r/pcmasterrace. […]

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[kcthebrewer]

I think this is overblown.

Warranty goes to the PSU maker in this scenario.

It would be the same in any situation when a power cable melts.

Yes the connector sucks but the GPU didn't malfunction (without investigation by the PSU/cable maker).