The first time the 12VHPWR connector in the hands of consumers melted, what will the official think …
Beginning with the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, NVIDIA has mandated all AIC partners to replace the PCIe 8 PIN used with a new 12VHPWR (12 + 4) connector and since they joined the GeForce RTX 4090 of the Ada Lovelace architecture, consumers have been skeptical There are doubts about this connection.
Previously, there was a case of melting of the 12VHPWR connector and the adapter cable overseas.
the player isUS reddit discussion forumPost a photo of the burned 12VHPWR connector on the NVIDIA daughterboard below.
According to the player’s complaint in the discussion forum, the 12VHPWR connector melted in the middle of the game (Red Dead Redemption 2). Although the graphics card appears to be working, the gamer has requested the RMA service for the graphics card. ; The graphics card model in the incident is the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC and we only have one in hand for testing, no similar problems have occurred so far.
Judging from the photos, the position where the 12VHPWR connector melted is the hottest position of the whole connector, but the cause of the connector melting has not yet been determined.
Previously, we used the thermal image analyzer to irradiate 12VHPWR under full load, which is roughly the same position as this fusion; when the graphics card was fully charged, the temperature reached 67 and 69 degrees respectively, while the thermal image analyzer The video card shown is GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition and the video card ran Furmark for at least about 20 minutes and the TGP it is close to 600W.
NVIDIA and GIGABYTE have not officially responded to this case and, for the moment, it can only be classified as a “case”.
