NVIDIA Claims 16-Pin Power Connector Issues are Over, No More Melting

[freeagent]

Yes because looks is the number one thing people care about in power delivery. Not safety, not reliability, not ease of use etc. Looks. /s

Yes, because it is really hard to plug something in. Difficulty. /s

 

[Dammeron]

Nvidia used Gamers Nexus' credibility to silence everyone that was saying that there was a problem with the connector and unfortunately Steve was insisting on the user error story for way too long after that initial video. Now Nvidia says that the user error problem wasn't a user error problem but something that was fixed with a new revision of the connector.

Gamers Nexus went with the user error claim since it worked in a test bench environment, but he made a video later on saying the 12v connector is a dumpster fire and wasn't fool proof enough

^THIS

It wasn't that the connector was faulty and caused fires - the failure rate is still few % at most - there are plenty of cards and cables running properly without any problems. The problem is that the connector can become unsafe with a moderate ease by the user.

What nV claims now is not that they fixed the defect, but that they made it more fool proof. Whether it's true or not... we shall see.


As for GN - his jokes may not be funny and videos are sometimes on the verge of being boring, but he is pretty throughrough with his testing and 'investigations'.

 

[Readlight]

You need solder on larger wires and connector.

 

[Random_User]

Spoiler

Its fine. And its better than looking at 3x 8 pins hanging out of the side of your card.

Imagine if there was 4? Man that would look even goofier.

Cover the side panel/glass, and problem solved. People supposed to look at the screen, not onto the connectors.
Besides, if they work without issues, there's no problem. At least the 8-pin ones do not have the required bending angle issue.

 

[freeagent]

Cover the side panel/glass, and problem solved.

Who spends thousands to do that?

 

[Tomorrow]

Who spends thousands to do that?

Never seen industrial builds?

I myself run thousands worth of hardware with a solid panel. The case is not even on my desk where i could look at it.
Oh and there zero RGB in it or in any of my peripherals. Just the way i like it.

 

[Prima.Vera]

450W to 575W is 225W yes.

125... Yeah, I know..

 

[john_]

Oh and there zero RGB in it or in any of my peripherals. Just the way i like it.

Big mistake

 

[Crackong]

When GN tried to recreate the connector melting they even cut most of the cables so that the load goes only through 1-2 of them and nothing happened. 20-30% more power going through it won't change anything - it's all about removing the risk of contact points barely touching each other, creating high resistance.

While GN also told us the connector design is a dumpstar fire, without audible clicks it is wide open for installation error, and without a physical lock( it is just a friction lock ) the connector could walk itself off just by the force from doing cable management.

its interesting Nvidia blames it on user error even though they quickly revised the connector.

true.

If it ain't broke , don't fix it.
If they fixed it, it was broken.

Every revision costs them millions of dollars, they won't fix it for no reason.

 

[x4it3n]

Let's hope so because when I bought my 4090, I was definitely checking the cable pretty often... Even now I still check from time to time just to make sure!
I bought a Seasonic Prime TX-1600 Noctua Edition (ATX 3.1 / PCIe 5.1) and am waiting for the 5090 for that and DisplayPort 2.1 (UHBR20) so I can use DSR/DLDSR on my 4K@240Hz QD-OLED monitor.

 

[trsttte]

Here I though there were never any power connector issues

As broken as the class actions system is, the statements from this press event should be exhibit A on one against nvidia for both selling this and pushing partners to do the same.