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ezst036 Dell has more Nvidia meltdowns than what gets acknowledged publicly. Companies do not spend money to create things like this on a "maybe". Reply
spongiemaster ezst036 said: Dell has more Nvidia meltdowns than what gets acknowledged publicly. Companies do not spend money to create things like this on a "maybe". Any system that gets shipped is far more susceptible to having the cables bumped or wiggled out. So naturally, large OEM's like Dell would come up with a solution to try and prevent such mishaps. Long before the issues with this cable, Dell was hot gluing cables plugged into the motherboard. They are used to dealing with this issue. Dell has been using this adapter for years. It is not new as this article states. Reply
ezst036 spongiemaster said: Dell has been using this adapter for years. It is not new as this article states. Using this on 12VHPWR seems new. If you can show it some place else in the Dell ecosystem please specify. Reply
spongiemaster No idea what you asking for. This connector has been standard on most Nvidia GPU models since the 4000 series launched in 2022. Dell doesn't have a choice what connector is used. Reply
changemeimfamous ezst036 said: Using this on 12VHPWR seems new. If you can show it some place else in the Dell ecosystem please specify. Seems new? If you can show show in the Dell ecosystem where they aren't using this adaptor for this card PLEASE SPECIFY.. Reply
ezst036 changemeimfamous said: If you can show show in the Dell ecosystem where they aren't using this adaptor spongiemaster said: No idea what you asking for. This connector has been standard on most Nvidia GPU models since the 4000 series launched in 2022. Dell doesn't have a choice what connector is used. I just don't understand why people stop reading the original article. SMH Admin said: the teardown reveals a rather interesting approach to supplying power to the GPU inside. The connector is permanently bolted on so it doesn't move even a bit. Admin said: but the main takeaway was the metal fitting on the 12V-2×6 connector You see that. The main takeaway is the metal fitting. The metal fitting is what is new. Why do I need to specify this? Here is an old dell (well, 2023 perhaps?) which does not have the bolt on mechanism, with several different photos show the connectors but one in particular is super clear as day to view. There is no bolting on present on any of the photos. https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/precision-fixed-workstations/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-dell-precision-tower-3660/647fa33ef4ccf8a8de90e92d https://www.dell.com/community/assets/community/687062f5-603c-4f5f-ab9d-31aa7cacb376/communityasset-4579e2b5-8634-437e-a05d-98713e9d02c2-843465895 Reply
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