Zotac RTX 5090 reportedly ignites while playing Battlefield 6 — undervolted card damages SSD, motherboard, and cooler, too

Date: 2025-08-11 22:20:13

A Zotac RTX 5090 seems to have caught fire during a gaming session, damaging not only the GPU, but also the motherboard, SSD, and cooler. Likely caused by a MOSFET or VRM phase failure on the memory power rail, this marks yet another 5090 going down in flames in the long list of 40 and 50-series GPUs.