Human Error Reportedly Caused Latest 12VHPWR Cable Melting Incident

KillSwitx · 2025-02-05T01:00:10+0000

user556 said:
The human error was to keep using a power supply that had a 12VHPWR plug on it. It's the cable plugs that are the problem, not the board receptacles.

All 12VHPWR cables should be returned and replaced with 12V-2x6 cables, free of charge.

And it's very poor industry practice that this hasn't been a general recall already.

you know that 12v-2x6 and 12VHPWR cables are pretty much the same right? what changed was on the GPU connector ( female connectors ) with longer pins by 0.25mm and shorter sense pins by 1.5mm

The cables are not the issue... something like this

eidairaman1 · 2025-02-05T02:01:16+0000

_roman_ said:
Has anyone really read the text from the topic post?

~~route cause~~

Or was it the root cause?

Root cause analysis - Wikipedia

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Can someone explain me why a SSD should cause this? Which formfactor of SSD? 2.5"? M2-nvme? usb-a or USB-C ?

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Another day - another bullshit about failed NVIDIA connector. Or maybe not failed NVIDIA connector. Yesterday AMD graphic card this - AMD graphic card that. Today nvidia connector this - nvidia connector that.

Everything all right - just some bad cables - for whatever reason - graphic card okay - just 50 € (fill in the currency amount you like) spend on new cables.

Nvidia buyers will say it's the user fault. AMD buyers will most likely say it's the connector fault. I doubt anyone will change their opinion by now about this connector.

Northridge Fix on youtube recently had made a comment that just because he doesn't cover a RTX 4000 series card in a video daily with the engineered defective connector doesn't mean he isn't fixing them daily.

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Human Error Reportedly Caused Latest 12VHPWR Cable Melting Incident

KillSwitx

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Root cause analysis - Wikipedia