cm0002@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 26 days agoEVGA motherboard owners furious over modern GPU issues — DIY users resort to taping over pins to fix RTX 50 Series problem on Z690 boardswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkEVGA motherboard owners furious over modern GPU issues — DIY users resort to taping over pins to fix RTX 50 Series problem on Z690 boardswww.tomshardware.comcm0002@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareLucy :3@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·26 days ago It’s highly possible that Nvidia’s RTX 50 GPUs likely don’t expect or cannot handle an SMBUS connection, which effectively halts the system from booting up. Sounds like yet another thing were NVidia is clearly at fault to me
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-226 days agoSame. Even though the pins are usually left empty nowadays, getting bugs because of defacto dead pins is… weird. What do Nvidia GPU’s expect there?
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26 days agoIt seems like the board should still boot with an invalid SMBus connection.
Sounds like yet another thing were NVidia is clearly at fault to me
Same. Even though the pins are usually left empty nowadays, getting bugs because of defacto dead pins is… weird. What do Nvidia GPU’s expect there?
It seems like the board should still boot with an invalid SMBus connection.