If you've got older electronic equipment, you probably have a set of red, white, and yellow cables somewhere in your house.
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12VHPWR adapters sporting heatsinks and thermal pads show how problematic the connector isExtra cooling components on 16-pin adapters demonstrate that the standard is fragile compared to 8-pin and 6-pin connectors.
High Power Draw: The RTX 5090 can draw up to 575 watts through a cable rated for up to 600 watts, leaving little headroom.
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Why you're not alone if the PC RGB mess causes confusionRGB lighting is one of the most cost-effective ways to add some personality to your PC, be it through fans with integrated ...
A rising tide of speculators are arguing that Nvidia's 16-pin 12VHPWR standard is designed with no safety factor, causing ...
Our post on Tuesday about melting 12V-2X6 connectors on RTX 5090 GPUs concluded with a grim prediction that we could see more ...
Redditor posts picture of his melted 16-pin power connector on his PSU, which had NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 Founders ...
In other words, at least one of these cable-melting cases appears to have been caused by user error: the 12VHPWR cable that melted, despite being physically compatible with the RTX 5090, was ...
A previous incident involving an RTX 5090 system highlighted the shortcomings of the older cable design. A verified report ...
Moddiy has warned users against using its older 12VHPWR-rated power cables with RTX 50-series products. It recommends only using its cables manufactured in 2025.
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