If the AMD Adrenalin software is not detecting your GPU, physically inspect the cable connections, then use these fixes to ...

It's no secret that we're a fan of eccentric repair stories here at Tom's Hardware; we've already had classics like a dead RTX 5090 with a cracked PCB being revived, and an RX 7800 XT that was saved ...

As RTX GPUs age and 12VHPWR connectors fail, ZapFixers steps in to restore burned cards and prevent costly replacements. We’re seeing more RTX cards with burned connectors every week — even older GPUs ...

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TL;DR: Northridge Fix, a Los Angeles electronics repair expert, warns against buying the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition due to its fragile, complex multi-piece design and delicate PCIe connector.

Why it matters: The surprisingly common practice of replacing a high-end graphics card's GPU with a different one from a cheaper card, borking it in the process, isn't going away. A Chinese repair ...