ezst036 I am surprised someone didn't do this sooner. It does not seem to be the best solder job but if it were done correctly this would be a better solution than many of the others I have seen. It is terrible that Nvidia just doesn't care. If you got a melted GPU just go buy another one for five thousand dollars. Reply
Ogotai ezst036 said: It is terrible that Nvidia just doesn't care. If you got a melted GPU just go buy another one for five thousand dollars. the ONLY way nvidia would even begin to care.. if their sales started to drop with cards with the new connector on it… but we all know that wont happen, as there really isnt another option for the 80 and 90 series of cards…. OR, if maybe a persons place almost burned down, cause of this connector… but again.. that doesnt seem to be a possibility as well….. Reply
Kindaian This only solves one issue which is the connector burning. Doesn't solve the over-wattage over one wire. Reply
FunSurfer Well this connection proves that each 6 wires of the 12VHPWR connector (6 for 12V and 6 for ground), can be short-circuited, so a possible solution for a one wire overheat and burn on the connector, will be unifying each of the separate 6 pins layer to one flat and wide pin, so the new 12VHPWR connector will include 6 pins, two big flat ones and the original four small sense pins. The high current will flow through a whole flat pin and not concentrate on one small pin. Reply
Vanderlindemedia Kindaian said: This only solves one issue which is the connector burning. Doesn't solve the over-wattage over one wire. It does, resolve the issue. The root cause is usually, corrosion happening over repeated pulls/insertions or not fitted properly or too much tension on the wire. All the burning connectors come from corrosion that ramps up resistance thus less current being provided over a single wire, and spread towards the rest of the set. When you merge all this, it becomes one again, and there's no weak link. The problem here is nvidia refusing to acknowledge the design is a faulty one. Even a 300W 9070XT managed to burn, that connector. And not even in years a PCI-E connector ever has burned off because of it. It's just too fragile. Reply
Vicecrow For a good solder on these graphics your need a Lot of heat Will damage the board. It's why is ugly as hell. The Pcb suck ALL the heat from a Iron some times you need a Air station and a Iron to remove a caps. Reply
Trake_17 Y'all are critiquing the solder job and utterly missing how unforgivable this is. People are desperately learning to solder because Nvidia won't own this and doesn't have to because of how broken this market is. Reply
Trake_17 Ogotai said: the ONLY way nvidia would even begin to care.. if their sales started to drop with cards with the new connector on it… but we all know that wont happen, as there really isnt another option for the 80 and 90 series of cards…. OR, if maybe a persons place almost burned down, cause of this connector… but again.. that doesnt seem to be a possibility as well….. There are AMD options. It's a lie that there aren't. But Pzc gamers are weak willed addicts if they know there's a more potent drug on the market, they're gonna use it, even if it kills them. When heroin addicts learned that fentanyl was more potent but also basically killed you if you used it, what happened? People bought the 5090 anyway. Is it really all that different Reply
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