An RTX 4090 has been caught melting on camera, with streamer "jessick" being lucky enough to record the incident for the ...

TL;DR: ASRock introduces a custom 12V-2x6 L-Type GPU power cable with built-in Cable Over-Temperature Protection, featuring an NTC sensor that monitors heat and signals compatible ASRock Taichi or ...

ASRock is going green with its newest L-type 12V-2x6 PCI Express cable connector, though it has nothing to do with being energy-conscious or adding a splash of color to your gaming build. Instead, the ...

Some of the best graphics cards come from Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50-series (codenamed Blackwell) family. The chipmaker's partners are constantly exploring innovative strategies to differentiate their ...

TL;DR: At CES 2025, ASRock unveiled its RDNA 4 graphics cards, led by the Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi, featuring a 16-pin power connector compatible with the latest ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1 standards. This ...

The yellow 16-pin adapter from MSI continues to cause problems, and several GPUs have already suffered the consequences. Cases of melted 16-pin connectors keep piling up, and once again, MSI is in the ...

In response to potential connectivity issues in high-performance graphics card installations, MSI has introduced a new design for its RTX 50 series graphics cards. The updated design features ...

Update 11/18: In a new post on the Nvidia support page, the company confirmed that it is still "actively investigating" reports about the 12VHPWR 16-pin connector cable. Nvidia notes that "about 50 ...

Why it matters: The 16-pin 12VHPWR power cables for Nvidia's recent graphics cards have been controversial since users began reporting melting adapter plugs late last year. The company quietly ...

WTF?! Confirming that the melting 16-pin power connector problem hasn't gone away, another RTX 4090 user says that not only has his connector melted on the GPU side, it simultaneously turned to molten ...

The cause was traced to a capacitor near the 16-pin connector, which exploded and deformed part of the heatsink. Interestingly, the well-known 16-pin connector issue was not involved; the connector ...

Rumors have already pointed to the forthcoming Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 drawing a lot of power, but the latest speculation is that the new GPU could have not one, but two 16-pin power sockets. When ...