Handful of users claim new Nvidia GPUs are melting power cables again
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Every picture I've seen has been an outside pin. So my theory is it's the cable getting tugged for cable management and even though it's clipped in, it's not making as good of contact.
That or just a bad cable design. I've bought a few cables from cablemod and I'm not happy with the wiring they used. Their website says "Crafted with 16AWG wiring" but they also brag about the flexibility of their cables so I assume they're using stranded wires instead of a solid core so you lose a decent chunk of ampacity (and heat sinking).
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https://youtu.be/Ndmoi1s0ZaY?si=SWRjC4AgseXSmOrm
https://youtu.be/kb5YzMoVQyw?si=eSGnUbFv6OJ4jtEg
It's poor design on Nvidias part. There is no load balancing.
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You probably mean der8auer?
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Alternate title:
Nvidia SLAMMED as 5090 GPUs start caching on FIRE
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22 Ampere is pretty much half the power draw of the card, through one wire instead of three if the load was properly balanced between them.
Apparently the reference design only has one current shunt, so they can't even measure the imbalance. Madness.
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What did it sayyyyyyy
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Use the 12VHPR cable that came with your PSU
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Well, of course. What can you expect from a Chinese PCB that costs only 2500 USD, right?
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That IDE connector was for SLI...
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A handful? Wow that's gotta be like 50% of the 50 series out there!
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That's a good point and I need to start considering that option in any future upgrades.