$10,000 RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell workstation GPU reportedly snaps under its own weight during transit, severs PCIe connector — lack of replacement parts renders card useless despite its modular design

Broken PCIe fingers are becoming a frustrating trend among Nvidia’s latest flagship graphics cards based on its RTX 5090 Founders Edition design. Computer technician NorthridgeFix on YouTube published a video detailing the story of one of his customers who suffered such bad luck on not just any high-end RTX Blackwell GPU, but Nvidia’s crazy-expensive $10,000 RTX Pro 6000 workstation graphics card. According to the video, the card snapped under its own weight during transit after the unfortunate owner…