News Melted RTX 4090 16-pin Adapter: Bad Luck or the First of Many?

[Phaaze88]

There's more:

The horror has a face - NVIDIA’s hot 12VHPWR adapter for the GeForce RTX 4090 with a built-in breaking point | igor´sLAB

Those who are now beating up on the new 12VHPWR (although I don’t really like the part either) may generate nice traffic with it, but they simply haven’t recognized the actual problem with the…

www.igorslab.de

Save yourself a potential fire hazard by not using the Nvidia adapter folks.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

call the new card, the fire breather

these guys aren’t clever enough anymore. They’re going the way of 3DFX.

TOO MUCH power is needed

 

[DRagor]

From the IgorsLab article linked above by Phazee88:

The current trigger is NVIDIA’s own adapter to 4x 8-pin in the accessories, whose inferior quality can lead to failures and has already caused damage in single cases

(emphasis mine)
So, NVidia sells GPU costing 1600$-2000$ and skimps a few dollars (at best) on a proper quality adapter? Hilarious.

 

[Papusan]

Here's a new one from today... 2 hours ago

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/yexxqp/16_pin_connector_melted_in_4090_tuf_asus/

 

[DRagor]

And one more, this time it's MSI Suprim:

Source

 

[Phaaze88]

After what I read from the Igor's Lab article, they're likely bending them stupidly.

 

[Papusan]

A new one today.


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A Friend Messaged Me to check on my 4090's connector.

The new small fancy SFF chassis everyone wants doesn't make it easier avoid the bending.

Edit. One more...
MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 4090 adapter burned

 

[Phaaze88]

^Why does the OP of that thread have bottom exhaust fans???

 

[DRagor]

^Why does the OP of that thread have bottom exhaust fans???

So the magic smoke enters the room from below 🤣

 

[Bamda]

Nothing says power user like the smell of burning cables.

 

[alceryes]

So far we've got 15 confirmed and 5 more possible on Reddit.

Edit - 18 confirmed as of Nov 4.

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/ydh1mh/16_pins_adapter_megathread/

 

[alceryes]

We now have reports of an MSI 4090 Gaming X Trio melting a native 16-pin to 16-pin PCIe gen 5 cable on a top-end MEG/MSI 1300W ATX 3.0 PSU.

Manufacturers (both NVIDIA and AIBs) got lazy and completely ignored the warning signs with these power-hungry cards. If they had designed their adapters and cables correctly, and paid attention to the early warning signs of melting, uneven power draw, pin contact issues, and cable bends we wouldn't be in this situation.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1588462665676083200

View: https://twitter.com/VideoCardz/status/1588462665676083200

 

[alceryes]

So far we've got 15 confirmed and 5 more possible on Reddit.

Edit - 18 confirmed as of Nov 4.

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/ydh1mh/16_pins_adapter_megathread/

23 confirmed as of Nov 8th.

I like how the title of the thread is just the innocuous-sounding 16-pin adapter.
I don't expect it to be called 16-pin adapter catching fire and burning your house down or 16-pin adapter melting and releasing toxic fumes (although this is true), but at least 16-pin adapter melting would help people, who are looking for info on the subject, find the thread easier.