Even the workarounds are failing to protect the 16-pin connectors from melting, as we see a user complaining about ASRock's high-end Taichi PSU. User Reports Melted 16-pin Connector on ASRock Taichi TC1650T PSU Despite Using a 16-pin Connector Cable With NTC Sensor "Truly Space Age Engineering from ASRock", says the Reddit user u/ScientiEtRatio91 after witnessing a 16-pin connector failure with a setup that was powered by ASRock's latest high-end PSU. The Redditor describes the incident that caused the connector to melt on the PSU side, even though the PSU and connector cable feature temperature monitoring. If you remember, it has […]

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More vendors are coming to rescue the burning 16-pin connectors, and ASUS's latest innovation tries to do it outside of the PSU and the GPU. ASUS Launches ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1-Compliant ROG Equalizer Cable to Balance Load Across All Pins on 16-pin Power Connector Since NVIDIA keeps neglecting fixing its 16-pin power connector, its board partners are innovating new technologies/parts to mitigate the issue. With countless melted power connector reports, many refrain from buying the higher-end RTX 50 series GPUs. Many of those who buy them live under constant fear, checking their GPUs now and then. Many vendors started […]

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