It's rare, but it may occur as we see a Redditor describe how his GPU suffered as a result of melted 8-pin connectors. Thermal Grizzly Wireview 8-pin Connectors Melted, Resulting in Freezing and Black Screens on Radeon RX 7900 XTX I don't know if I have ever read about burning and melting 8-pin PCIe connectors, since it's rare. However, it seems possible, as we see a Redditor complaining about his melted 8-pin connectors on the Thermal Grizzly WireView adapter. Redditor u/AwarenessHour9192 reports that his Radeon RX 7900 XTX was resulting in black screens and system freezes frequently. The problems persisted […]

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