EVGA has finally confirmed the main cause behind its GeForce RTX 3090 graphics cards getting damaged and it’s related to the PCB design.
EVGA Confirms That Poor PCB Soldering Design Killed It’s GeForce RTX 3090 Graphics Cards, Affected Batch Less Than 1 Percent
In a recent interview with PC World’s Gordon Mah Ung, it is reported that the issue occurred with the initial batch of EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 graphics cards which were produced in 2020. All of the cards manufactured prior to 2021 featured bad soldering around the card’s MOSFET circuits and that is the main culprit. Sure, a bad fan controller, if there ever really was, could also add to the overall damage to the card but if one MOSFET goes up, then your card is pretty much bust.
“In no way shape or form, is it related to the fan controller,” he said.
All of the cards were earlier production run cards manufactured in 2020. Under an X-ray analysis, they appear to have “poor workmanship” on soldering around the card’s MOSFET circuits that powered the impacted cards.
The company declined to say how many GeForce RTX 3090 cards it has sold, but did characterize this small batch as significantly less than 1 percent of the total.
PC World - Gordon Mah Ung
