Hero cat saves owner as PC starts burning from NVIDIA RTX 4090 meltdown (opens in new tab)

submitted by geneva_convenience to technology2 points | 0 comments story originally surfaced on a Taiwanese forum similar to Reddit, before being picked up by tech outlets. “When I was squatting in the toilet, I suddenly heard the cat keep screaming, and when I opened the door, I saw the smoke and smell of plastic,” the user explained. While the cat’s alert likely prevented a worse outcome, the incident highlights an issue that has followed NVIDIA’s flagship GPU since launch. The RTX 4090 has...