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erek had his msi replaced successfully.
that's correct
Good to hear, considering I have a MSI 5080 currently and it's headed in the same direction price wise. How long ago was this though? I am skeptical AIBs will keep cards in stock for warranty purposes given current market 'opportunities' (sell any remaining inventory at current prices or repurpose the dies for the rtx pro cards, a relatively simple operation for the big players).
The 8pin end of the adaptor melted on the psu, not the 16pin on the card.
But that would mean that the 8-pin connector is also prone to damage if the user isn't adequately seating it.
This isn't the gotcha that you think it is. That is a 300W card. The only way that card will be melting that connector is if that connector wasn't fully seated.
still melted somewhere tho
So root cause doesn't matter, only the rage matters?
Or it means Nvidia cheaped out and left out load balancers. Or it means someone tried driving 600W through 300W of connectors -- the PCIe 8 pin is rated for 150W. You need four of them to drive a 5090, two is insufficient.
It's the latter at this point. Same for mentions of statistics unlikely to ever be released.
You are almost there. So close, so very close.
At the end of the day it doesn't matter if it the cable, the connector or because no load balancing.....they are buring because the power delivery circuit is subpar the cable/plug needs more overhead and the vrm probably should be broken up to two or three current limited pairs.....or just two plugs for everything over 400w
Pretty much agree only I'm not sure if two plugs are enough without load balancing.
So you are making this thread useless.
Well, I think it’s pretty obvious to most people that the connector(s) in conjunction with cheapskate board design, lack of regular design safety margins for current and even some user errors resulting in trashed cables and connectors is established.
But this thread should be subdivided, because he posts all sort of stuff and tries to attribuate to the same "issue"
I pointed this out a few pages back. The ROG Equalizer is the worst of the fixes because it actually exacerbates the problem rather than improving it. Without the equalizer, it has the entire length of the wire to help balance out resistance. With the equalizer, only the short piece of wire between the equalizer and the plug contributes to the balancing, amplifying any effects of pin resistance difference.
And several posts down in that thread was another 5070 ti user with a burnt connector.
