Someone dropped a sketchy BIOS for the ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 that lets the card pull 2000 watts, which is way past anything consumer cards should handle. ASUS said they never made this firmware and told people not to touch it because it could fry your hardware instantly. The file probably got made with community tools that mess with power tables at a low level, and even extreme overclockers think that wattage is wild.
The company warned that flashing unofficial firmware voids warranties and breaks past safety limits that keep the GPU and power delivery from melting down. The real problem is how easy it is for modded files to end up on public databases where they sit next to legit firmware, and users might not catch the difference before bricking their expensive cards.
The company warned that flashing unofficial firmware voids warranties and breaks past safety limits that keep the GPU and power delivery from melting down. The real problem is how easy it is for modded files to end up on public databases where they sit next to legit firmware, and users might not catch the difference before bricking their expensive cards.
