News Power supply maker yanks hairdryer advice for melting-prone 16-pin GPU connectors — Seasonic quietly deletes suggestion that PC builders use a hair...

[Admin]

Seasonic has now removed a suggestion in its 12VHPWR cable guide to use a hair dryer to make bending easier.

Power supply maker yanks hairdryer advice for melting-prone 16-pin GPU connectors — Seasonic quietly deletes suggestion that PC builders use a hair... : Read more

 

[Amdlova]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...-your-rtx-4090-power-cables-before-installing

 

[epiczombiekill]

I'm left laughing every single day when I read something new about GPUs like wtf happened?
R9 295X2s consumed almost 600watts before being overclocked and never had melting issues and any issues with power connections for that matter
Never had cracking PCBs either
Meanwhile you people are spending 2-3 times more than a 295 for this garbage

 

[M0rtis]

They probably removed it because they realized how dumb the average consumer is and its better not to add any more fuel to the fire that is this abomination of a power connector

 

[vehekos]

The problem is that they are trying to save copper inside the cables. They put too little, and it doesn't works in corner cases.

 

[Aslan7]

These noobs should get good. Mild heat with a hair dryer to bend a stubborn cable and get a more graceful arc rather than a sharp bend is solid advice. Of course one must do it with thought and care. An angled cable is nice if that's what you need, but what ships in the box should always be sufficient.

 

[Heiro78]

Do you mind removing the mention of cable mods since they are doing a recall on their connectors?

 

[kb7rky]

They were outed on Fark.com, and couldn't handle the embarrassment.