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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.Everything is a compromise between the bare minimum to make something work and how it should ideally be done. That is why most PCBs are... -
InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.Your role in standards-setting doesn't matter. In countries like Canada that take licensed engineers' role in preserving public safety...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn."Many reports" means nothing without knowing exactly how many of those cards are out there. A thousand sounds like a lot... out of a...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.Out of those hundreds, only a handful worked on MCAS. A handful of employees at only one company operating under the same oversight...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.It is multiple groups of people across multiple sectors of the industry and across multiple countries. Not one monolithic group. If it...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.There are cheaper options than MiniFitJr for ~50A and some variant of XT-60 would likely have worked better. The main reason for...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.I have already spelled it out something like 10 times in this thread already. As far as the fundamental math and specs are concerned...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.If you put something together and don't stress-test its known potential weak points before calling it good, that is your loss. You don't...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.Circuit breakers protect against short-circuits and sustained overloads, not damaged wiring, connectors and incorrectly torqued...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.The issue isn't the lack monitoring as it shouldn't be necessary in the first place. The amount of imbalance people are experiencing is...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.Contact temperature alone wouldn't cause one wire/pin to have 20X worse end-to-end resistance than the other. On a good connector...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.Again, enthusiast GPUs are sharing product space with entry-level system buyers. The PCI-SIG and Intel/ATX 3.0 intends HPWR to be used...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News Nvidia's RTX 5090 power cables may be doomed to burn.If adding current monitoring adds $3 to costs for the monitoring chip itself, the shunts, LC filters, board space, etc., it is cheaper...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News RTX 5090 cable overheats to 150 degrees Celsius — Uneven current distribution likely the culprit.Fuses do not protect against loose or broken connections, frayed cables and other "soft" faults that can produce sparks, heat and...
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InvalidError replied to the thread News RTX 5090 cable overheats to 150 degrees Celsius — Uneven current distribution likely the culprit.A better option is standardized connector placement and orientation so there doesn't need to be 50 connector variants in the first place.
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