shoulderoforion@fedia.io to Technology@lemmy.world · 2 months agoHandful of users claim new Nvidia GPUs are melting power cables againarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square.Donuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoThe person on reddit used a third party cable instead of the one supplied with the device. https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/psa-dont-use-third-party-power-cables-on-your-2000-nvidia-rtx-5090-gpu https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1ilhfk0/rtx_5090fe_molten_12vhpwr/ It melted on both sides (PSU and GPU), which indicates it was probably the cable being the issue. 12VHPWR is a fucking mess, so please don’t tempt fate with your expensive purchase.
minus-squareterminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s bad, but that aside - It might be time to consider alternate power delivery to these cards. The power they need should warrant having a standard c13 plug directly on em or something.
minus-squareRxBrad@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago c13 plug Who would’ve thought… 3DFX was apparently ahead of its time…
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIs this the fabled Bitchin’ Fast 3d?
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months ago I love the IDE connector on the front of the card itself.
The person on reddit used a third party cable instead of the one supplied with the device.
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/psa-dont-use-third-party-power-cables-on-your-2000-nvidia-rtx-5090-gpu
https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1ilhfk0/rtx_5090fe_molten_12vhpwr/
It melted on both sides (PSU and GPU), which indicates it was probably the cable being the issue.
12VHPWR is a fucking mess, so please don’t tempt fate with your expensive purchase.
That’s bad, but that aside - It might be time to consider alternate power delivery to these cards. The power they need should warrant having a standard c13 plug directly on em or something.
Who would’ve thought… 3DFX was apparently ahead of its time…
Is this the fabled Bitchin’ Fast 3d?
I love the IDE connector on the front of the card itself.