Recently, buzz surrounding the bricking of GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs has caught NVIDIA’s attention, prompting a thorough investigation.
There’s been a growing concern in the gaming community about the RTX 5090 GPUs and their Chinese counterpart, the RTX 5090D, suddenly becoming unusable. Over the past few days, worried users have flooded forums, desperately seeking fixes. Many have tried different troubleshooting steps, yet the issue stubbornly persists for most.
While a few luck-driven enthusiasts have managed to find temporary workarounds, the majority of users find themselves stuck with malfunctioning graphics cards. As this situation becomes increasingly widespread, NVIDIA couldn’t ignore it any longer. According to PC Gamer, the tech giant has finally acknowledged the problem:
> “We are investigating the reported issues with the RTX 50 series.”
> — NVIDIA Representative to PC Gamer
That’s about as much detail as NVIDIA has shared so far, but their acknowledgment indicates they’ve started looking into the problem. If you’re not up to speed on these developments, check out the piece we published a few days back that dives deeper into the issue. In essence, after updating their drivers, many RTX 5090 and RTX 5090D users found their monitors stuck on a black screen, unable to display anything.
This screen blackout has been a common thread in the reports, occurring right after users install NVIDIA’s latest driver update. The problem’s complexity really shines when attempts to revert to an older driver version still lead to the GPU not being recognized by the computer. Frustratingly, even a BIOS reset has proven fruitless, as the GPU seems to vanish from both the Device Manager and BIOS completely.
While the exact cause of the issue remains elusive, some speculate it could be linked to architectural or driver compatibility problems rather than hardware defects. For now, the gaming community is in limbo, waiting for NVIDIA to offer a lasting solution to bring bricked RTX 5090 and 5090D units back to life.
