Melting 12VHPWR Connector Claims its First AMD RX 9070 XT Victim
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It appears as though AMD has also fallen prey to the melting 12VHPWR connector issues that plagued the NVIDIA RTX 4000 and 5000-series cards. Although very few AMD graphics card makers used the 12VHPWR connector for the Radeon RX 7000 series, adoption rates for the new connection standard increased ...

It appears as though AMD has also fallen prey to the melting 12VHPWR connector issues that plagued the NVIDIA RTX 4000 and 5000-series cards. Although very few AMD graphics card makers used the 12VHPWR connector for the Radeon RX 7000 series, adoption rates for the new connection standard increased with the release of the RX 9070 and 9070 XT. What appears to be first recorded instance of a melted 12VHPWR connector on an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has been posted to the r/Radeon subreddit by a user who goes by u/Savings_Opportunity3. […]

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    25 days ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12VHPWR

    The connector was replaced by a minor revision called 12V-2x6 (H++), introduced in 2023,[2][3] which changed the GPU- and PSU-side sockets to ensure that the sense pins only make contact if the power pins are seated properly. The cables and their plugs remained unchanged.[4]

    So does that card use the revised connector?