ASUS straightaway denies repair due to a crack in the interface, but the good thing is that they are offering a "whopping" 50% discount on the replacement.

ASUS Rejects RMA Claim, Quoting "Surface Irregularity" on User's RTX 5090 Astral Card; Asks for $3,340 for Replacement

GPU RMA claims can sometimes become quite complicated, and this case is exactly what led to several months of back-and-forth conversations between the customer and the ASUS representatives. Redditor u/kromz explains on the ASUS subreddit how his RMA claim was rejected by ASUS as the company reportedly found a "crack" on the PCB near the PCIe interface.

The user said his ROG RTX 5090 Astral started producing black screens and caused reboots. So, he sent the GPU to ASUS for RMA, but ASUS found "surface irregularity"

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