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Jabberwocky79 Can you imagine the backlash if this percentage of a certain make of vehicle was catching fire? We're going on 3 years now of these shenanigans occurring on a weekly basis, and nothing is admitted or changed. Reply
LordVile What’s really the advantage of 12VHPWR aside from manufacturing costs for the card maker? Reply
TheyStoppedit Another day, another melted connector. I wonder how many more cards have melted where the user hasn't discovered it yet Reply
FunSurfer I bet $1000 that the user didn't lubricate the connector with CRC 2-26 as I suggested… Reply
Skramblr Jabberwocky79 said: Can you imagine the backlash if this percentage of a certain make of vehicle was catching fire? We're going on 3 years now of these shenanigans occurring on a weekly basis, and nothing is admitted or changed. Checkout Hyundia/Kia ICCU. Their EVs have a similar issue with the 12V DC-DC converter burning up the FETs and we see daily, yes daily, reports from customers on failures. Yet they've been cranking these faulty ICCUs out for almost 5 year with no software or hardware fix that has stopped it. Reply
ezst036 No consumers should have to "know how to deal with this" – nor should any consumers have to face this issue while on a live stream or not. It's just bad customer service that this wasn't canceled years ago and proper connectors put on these cards. Reply
Skramblr LordVile said: What’s really the advantage of 12VHPWR aside from manufacturing costs for the card maker? These connectors themselves are MORE expensive, not less. The advantage is the conn can handle 600W of power, where the original connector is only rated for 225W. And buy using 1 conn instead of 3 of the old ones, they gain a large amount of real-estate on the card (takes much less room). Reply
Skramblr One thing I did notice is there was no actual 'fire' as the title claims. I watched the video twice and also didn't see any embers. But maybe I'm blind? Reply
QuarterSwede Jabberwocky79 said: Can you imagine the backlash if this percentage of a certain make of vehicle was catching fire? We're going on 3 years now of these shenanigans occurring on a weekly basis, and nothing is admitted or changed. The crazy part is we know why it’s happening and they still don’t update the connector and wiring gauge to support the increased current. Breakers exist mostly to prevent over current heating the wire up and melting the insulation. The math is known. Get with it GPU makers! Reply
TryRebooting Skramblr said: One thing I did notice is there was no actual 'fire' as the title claims. I watched the video twice and also didn't see any embers. But maybe I'm blind? Loosest definition of on fire is if something burns and emits smoke, but most definitions require it to be a exothermic reaction or visible flames which the connector is incapable of due to fire retardants. So it's really a argument of pedantics and I don't blame the author for using the loosest definition of smoke = fire. It's not clickbait as anyone knowledgeable in the subject would know flames are unlikely and that people say that when they see smoke. Reply
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