As the discussions about the overheating issue of the GeForce RTX 4090 continue to grow, the first legal action has been started against Nvidia. A consumer named Lucas Genova has filed a class action lawsuit against Nvidia in California federal court.
Genova says she bought the GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card for $1,600 and installed it in her computer, following the instructions carefully. After a while, as you can guess, the 12+4 pin 12VHPWR power connector of the video card melted.
accused of fraud
The claimant states that he has experience in computer assembly, but despite this, the power connector failed. Genova has accused Nvidia of unjust enrichment, breach of warranty, fraud and violation of the New York State General Commercial Code.
The plaintiff stated that the company not only marketed the graphics card with a “defective and dangerous” power connector, but continued to sell it despite the complaints. Genova emphasizes that this problem causes the video card to become inoperable and also poses a risk of fire and electric shock.
Lucas Genova announced that he has filed a complaint on behalf of all affected users. There are 26 confirmed cases of melting power connector on Reddit. Although Nvidia investigated the issue after the first events, it still has not been able to determine the cause of the melting of the connector.
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