Somehow the “bad joke” of the moment, the melting of a cable in his PC is obviously not to be taken lightly.
While the GeForce RTX 4090 was not even available yet, we were already talking about its famous 12VHPWR connector designed to allow 450 or even 600 Watts to be reached.
From the adapter cast…
Problem, the availability of graphics cards has not put an end to the controversy and it would even be quite the opposite since the slightly disturbing photos have been published.
Some users have actually reported cases of partial melting of the adapter supplied with NVIDIA graphics cards. An adapter that connects three to four classic 8-pin connectors to the 16-pin port of the RTX 4090.
The first case was reported by a certain “reggie_gakil” on Reddit. Supporting photos, the user illustrated the melting of his adapter, specifying that the graphics card itself remains functional. The same cannot be said for the adapter rendered unusable.
… to criticism of “extreme twists”
Reggie_gakil says “ not knowing what happened “, but emphasizes ” smelled a funny smell and saw smoke “. Other cases were then mentioned, but the problem does not seem to be very widespread.
Contacted by Tom’s HardwareNVIDIA “ investigation of these reports “. She specifies ” be in contact with the first user ” and ” check with others for more information “. Aris Mpitziopoulos – food specialist at TechPowerUp – has his own idea.
Through a video he posted on his YouTube channel Hardware BustersAris Mpitziopoulos presents things clearly and insists on the fact that the problem would not really come from the adapter, rather from excessive twists forced by the users.
An explanation that makes sense, especially since the search for a box that is as “classy” as possible pushes some users to twist their unsightly cables to a large extent: a habit to review with this kind of adapters while waiting for manufacturers’ solutions?
Sources: TechPowerUp, Tom’s Hardware
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