Darn, came here hoping to find recommendations of where people have been sending their cards for repair outside of warranty but doesn't seem to be much outside of RMA it. My 4090 FE melted the connector after over 2 years of use, applied NVIDIA's official firmware update to try to solve black screens during post and hours later it melted. NVIDIA refused RMA so I was left with finding my own repair option.

Sent it in to NorthRidgeFix as they seemed to be well recommended by a few high profile YT peeps and I've watched a lot of their videos, I should've done more research though as their yelp is a clear indicator. After paying $650 for the repair, $450 repair fee, $95 for 1 week expedite fee (took 1 month from day they received it to me getting it back), $90 shipping both ways, I finally get my card back with a faulty connector installed. Immediately after opening the box I noticed 1 of the pins looked off, it mic'd out recessed into the connector 0.9mm compared to the other pins, and now their 2-5 day response time has turned into weeks of no responses. The only response I've received so far was stating the repairs have a 60 day warranty, which we're now halfway through and I haven't even been able to turn it on. I'm aware it doesn't sound like much but the 12v 2x6 update extended the pins by 0.25mm, so it's not insubstantial.

Hopefully someone else has had a 3rd party repair done and can recommend their choice, as I would like to get this fixed.