NVIDIA Investigates Reports of Faulty RTX 5090/5090D GPUs

NVIDIA’s newest headache involves their GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards—there are rising complaints about these GPUs suddenly becoming non-functional. In the face of these issues, the tech giant has jumped on board, eager to understand what’s going wrong.

There’s been a steady stream of reports about both the RTX 5090 and its Chinese sibling, the RTX 5090D, hitting a dead end. Users are left unsure and frustrated, trying all sorts of fixes to bring their beloved graphics cards back to life. Unfortunately, for most, nothing’s working.

Some users have stumbled upon a few makeshift solutions, but the majority of affected users aren’t seeing any signs of success. The situation has grown widespread enough to catch NVIDIA’s attention, and they’ve stepped in to address it. According to PC Gamer, NVIDIA had this to say:

> “We are investigating the reported issues with the RTX 50 series.”
> – NVIDIA Representative to PCGamer

That’s all the information NVIDIA is offering at the moment, and while it’s not much, it shows they’re on the case. If the mess with these GPUs is news to you, there’s another piece we put out recently that dives deeper into what’s happening. In essence, after users updated their drivers, the RTX 5090 and 5090D cards started giving nothing but black screens, refusing to cooperate with monitors.

This pattern popped up in nearly all the reports we’ve seen; the new NVIDIA driver seems to be the troublemaker. Worse still, even downgrading to an earlier version doesn’t fix the issue—affected GPUs simply disappear from the computer’s radar, incapable of being detected in the BIOS or Device Manager.

Although the real culprit behind these failures remains a mystery, whispers in the community suggest possible architectural or driver compatibility glitches rather than a hardware defect. We’ll have to hang tight for NVIDIA to dole out more details, as solutions to permanently resolve the RTX 5090/5090D’s bricking dilemma remain as elusive as ever.