MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid X Radiator Fan Problem

raevy153d02dc

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I just recently got this card from Amazon along with a new Corsair HX1000i power supply.

The radiator and fans were too big to fit inside my case the way they arrived stock, so I took the fans off and mounted them on top of my computer case with the radiator screwed in under it.

It all seems to be nice and secure. I plugged the fans back in to the 4 pin connectors on the radiator and proceeded to install the new power supply.

When I turned on the system, I smelled and saw smoke, so I turned it off and looked inside the case. One of the 4 pin connectors coming off the radiator where one of the fans was plugged in had burned, and I am not sure why. The cables from the fans themselves seem fine.

I unplugged the cables from the radiator and instead plugged them in to the 4 pin fan connections on my motherboard, but only one of the fans is running and the other is stationary.

I have not changed anything regarding the card such as overclocking or messing with MSI Afterburner. Everything is stock, fresh out of the box.

What should I do here? Did the fan short out or break? Any idea why the cable on the radiator itself would burn?

Should I RMA the new card through Amazon or MSI?
 
Here is a picture of the top of the case. Pardon the dust. As you can see, one fan is stationary.

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Here is a picture inside. I plugged the two fans into the motherboard's 4 pin case fan slots. Only one fan is spinning. You can sort of see the damaged 4 pin connector coming from the radiator on the right.

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And here is the cable. It doesn't show the exposed copper as clearly but as you can see, the sleeve burned off. The other cable appears to be fine.
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