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RTX A5000

Overview

RTX A5000 appears in this evidence set as a 24 GB professional GPU used in Exxact workstations and multi-GPU servers, including Cryo-EM, HPC, and general compute systems. The tickets show it both as a directly failing component and as a comparison or replacement GPU used to isolate slot, riser, software, or platform faults.

Known Issues

  • GPU Hardware Failure , 12 tickets
    Recurrent symptoms include not-detected cards, stress-test crashes, ECC or DRAM errors, pixelation, bus-drop behavior, and cards that fail in multiple systems. Representative tickets: #11605, #13034, #15453, #20283, #41885, and 7 more.
  • PCIE Riser Failure , 4 tickets
    Some apparent A5000 failures were actually slot, riser, or broader PCIe-path problems, especially when missing GPUs or bus drops affected multiple devices. Representative tickets: #13737, #29009, #6075, #40561.
  • Software Installation , 4 tickets
    Driver version, NVLink expectations, CryoSPARC usability, and Linux display or X-stack behavior appear repeatedly around this GPU family. Representative tickets: #11823, #18781, #21533, #32413.
  • RMA Workflow , 14 tickets
    A large share of A5000 tickets end in component RMA, advance replacement, or vendor handling. Representative tickets: #11605, #15432, #17232, #20283, #8288, and 9 more.
  • Overheating , 1 ticket
    One ticket ties a 4x A5000 system to loud mechanical fan noise that looked like cooling hardware contacting or failing. Representative ticket: #41804.

Common Questions

  • If nvidia-smi shows a GPU missing or not recognized, is the card definitely bad?
    Not always. Some tickets proved the card was defective in multiple systems (#15453, #8288, #20283), while others found the real issue was riser or slot related (#29009, #6075, #40561).
  • Does RTX A5000 support NVLink automatically in a multi-GPU node?
    No. Ticket #11823 shows that NVLink required actual bridge hardware, and the customer discovered no bridge had been purchased.
  • What power limit should I expect from an A5000?
    Ticket #17557 documents customer confusion after a replacement A5000 appeared capped at 230W; support clarified that this limit was expected for that card and acceptable for the mixed-GPU system.
  • Can software or driver updates resolve A5000 instability?
    Sometimes. Ticket #18781 ended with stability after moving to newer 550-series driver and CUDA 12.4, while ticket #13737 was returned with a recommendation to update to driver 550.78 after Exxact could not reproduce the fault.
  • Can A5000 be used as a replacement for another GPU family?
    Yes. In #17232, Exxact replaced two failed Zotac RTX 3090s with two A5000s after Zotac denied repair, and the customer confirmed the system worked.
  • Can an A5000-looking failure actually be a software or application issue?
    Yes. #34011 points away from hardware and toward Relion 4 memory-leak behavior, and #32413 concerns CryoSPARC usability on Rocky8 rather than a confirmed hardware defect.

Related Products

  • RTX 3090 , a frequent comparison or replacement pair. #17232 and #17557 show A5000s replacing failed 3090s and creating follow-up questions about power limits and expected behavior.
  • RTX A6000 , often compared for display or workstation expectations. #13079 explicitly discusses A5000 and A6000 video-output quality together.
  • PNY VCNRTXA5000-BLK / NVD-900-5G132-2200-000-00 , common SKU forms for the same product family seen throughout component RMA tickets (#11605, #15453, #41885, #8288).
  • Multi-GPU Exxact servers with 4x or 8x A5000 , a recurring deployment pattern where the real issue may be platform, riser, cooling, or software rather than the A5000 itself (#13737, #31443, #34011, #41804).

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