20 to 25 GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards with melted connectors come to NorthridgeFix repairs every week.
  • veriix@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    How does 20-25 a week and “about a hundred GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards with failed connectors every month.” suddenly turn into “hundreds” when it hits the title? Toms hardware used to have standards above blatantly false clickbate titles but I guess that era is over.

  • MarquisJames@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So are these all solely melting because owners aren’t fully inserting the cable? Or do these also burn up on their own?

  • timbsm2@alien.top
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    1 year ago

    I refuse to blame users for this nonsense. If this happened to me and I was told “You should’ve plugged it in right” I would be LIVID.

    • edk128@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Nobody important was seriously blaming users for this lol. Hence Nvidia offering to replace any GPUs that break from this, even those using cablemods defect cables.

      • CouncilorIrissa@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Plenty of smartasses on this very subreddit did, though. And were upvoted.

        Although I agree that /r/hardware’s comment section does not really fit the definition of “important”.

  • Zacharyf510@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Me and two other friends have owned 4090s since launch. 0 issues for us. Takes much more force than other connectors to insert is the only thing I noticed.

  • heatlesssun@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I got the Corsair 12VHPWR cable to go with my Corsair AX1600i for my 4090. No issues in almost a year of continuous operation.

  • RyanOCallaghan01@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Here’s me with a day 1 4090 waiting for the day that my card will be like these ones. /s

    I don’t think it’s an issue for any owner who knows how to seat the connector. It could be better designed to be more idiot-proof though.

    • g0atmeal@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Don’t worry, it will wait until the warranty period expires first, then melt

    • constantlymat@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Funny that people here are blaming CableMod when the one the repairman is calling out is Gamers Nexus for falsely claiming the issue as user error.

  • iRule79@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know why they just couldn’t have stayed with the current connector, even if you had to use 4. They work, are safe, and are reliable.

  • Kickinwing96@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I love how this is pretty much the only viable upgrade option for the 3080 and it will burn your house down. 5000 series can’t come soon enough.

  • tenkensmile@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Just curious: how did people know their 4090 cables were burning? Did they smell the burn, or did their 4090 malfunction?

    My 4090 with Cablemod has been running fine for a year now. One more year of warranty to go. If anything funny happens, I’ll RMA.

  • chx_@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Could someone explain to me why was this connector necessary?

    Gven the size of these cards … just add a third eight pin and call it a day? Most PSUs in the relevant range ship with six anyways…