TL;DR: Northridge Fix, a Los Angeles electronics repair expert, warns against buying the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition due to its fragile, complex multi-piece design and delicate PCIe connector.

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John Deere settled a $99 million lawsuit accusing the company of monopolizing its repair services, but one independent repair technician said farmers still can’t repair their equipment themselves.