Our post on Tuesday about melting 12V-2X6 connectors on RTX 5090 GPUs concluded with a grim prediction that we could see more ...

A previous incident involving an RTX 5090 system highlighted the shortcomings of the older cable design. A verified report described how a power connector overheated and melted, prompting Moddiy to ...

Thermal images of the new graphics card show one wire of the 16-pin 12VHPWR cable drawing over 20A and running at a high temperature.

Heavily bending of the connector was also cited as a potential concern, as well as using some of the third-party 2x 8pin to 12VHPWR converters. Nvidia used the newer 12V-2×6 design on later 40 ...

Despite 2024 had less news about busted high-end GPUs due to “cables not being connected properly” or “positioned at the right angle”, it was not until the 12VHPWR was replaced with the revised ...

The RTX 5070 Ti is finally here, however, just like the RTX 40 series, there’s no Founders Edition for this model. Instead, ...

Notably, third party cable manufacturers including Ezdiy-fab and Cablemod have introduced 12VHPWR adapters with heatsink ...

The angled GPU adapter for Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards could save you a ton of stress, but it's not yet compatible with ...

Extra cooling components on 16-pin adapters demonstrate that the standard is fragile compared to 8-pin and 6-pin connectors.

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.

The 12VHPWR power cable issues strike again. The 12VHPWR power cable issues strike again. Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft ...