Overview

• A Zotac RTX 5090 Amp Extreme in an NZXT prebuilt caught fire for about ten seconds while playing the Battlefield 6 open beta, leaving the GPU, motherboard, SSD and cooling loop heavily charred.
• Community analysts from UNIKO’s Hardware and Madness727 pinpoint the origin to the MSVDD memory-rail area and suspect a MOSFET or phase failure in a zone without active cooling.
• The owner reported having undervolted the GPU prior to the incident, adding uncertainty over whether installation factors or intrinsic design flaws triggered the fire.
• This case adds to a string of RTX 5090 failures, including melted 16-pin power connectors and VRM component blowouts, highlighting challenges in managing its roughly 575W power draw.
• Neither Zotac nor Nvidia has commented on the specific fire, and the damaged card is being returned through the distributor for inspection and RMA processing.