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MSI Afterburner adds 16-pin power connector warning for its MPG AI PSUs — new update could save your expensive GPU from melting

The incendiary woes of the 16-pin power connector keep birthing new ways to prevent the inevitable. MSI's latest attempt is ...
TweakTown

GeForce RTX 5090 power connector spotted at 150+ Celsius, prone to melting

TL;DR: A Reddit user reported a melted 12VHPWR power cable on a GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition, despite ensuring proper connection. An investigation by YouTuber der8auer revealed uneven power ...
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Early Tests Look Promising For New 12V-2x6 GPU Power Connector Even When Not Fully Seated

If you're reading this site, you probably are well familiar with the controversy over the 12VHPWR connector used on NVIDIA's recent graphics cards. This connector is a smaller-scale twelve-pin plug ...
TechSpot

Nvidia is quietly upgrading GeForce RTX 4090 cards with a safer power connector

Why it matters: Nvidia's melting 12VHPWR power connectors are still out there, although a wave of media coverage last year has increased awareness of the dangers posed by improper contact or bending ...
TweakTown

NVIDIA has already been using the new revised 12V power connector on the GeForce RTX 4070

The outlet has now posted an additional report showing that the GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition model from NVIDIA features a modified 12VHPWR connector compared to what was seen on the GeForce RTX ...
TechSpot

RTX 4090 owner says his 16-pin power connector melted at the GPU and PSU ends simultaneously

WTF?! Confirming that the melting 16-pin power connector problem hasn't gone away, another RTX 4090 user says that not only has his connector melted on the GPU side, it simultaneously turned to molten ...