ASRock's TempGuard Failed to Stop a PSU-Side Connector Meltdown on a $15,000 RTX PRO 6000 Rig
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The ASRock TempGuard technology, designed to monitor the temperature of the 12V-2×6 connectors and prevent overheating incidents, is once again under the fire of critics. This time, the case concerns a professional configuration equipped with a NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000, a graphics card with a price of up to $15,000 [...] The article The ASRock TempGuard system again challenged after the deterioration of the RTX PRO 6000 to $15,000 cable appeared firs…
An NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Becomes The Latest Victim To The Melting 12VHPWR Cable
An NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell has become the latest victim of the dreaded 12VHPWR meltdown. The good news is that the GPU reportedly survived. The PSU it was connected to didn’t, but perhaps even worse — for the brand, at least — it was an ASRock-branded PSU. Redditor ScientiaEtRatio91, who seems to be a […]
OUPS, Re OUPS... Here we are again with a story of 12V-2x6 connector that melts. This time, the case is all the more interesting as the system concerned operated an ASRock Taichi TC-1650T power supply equipped with TempGuard technology, precisely developed to monitor the temperature of the connector and cut the machine before things went wrong. Except that obviously it didn't work. And at the end of the cable was still a NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blac…
ASRock's TempGuard Failed to Stop a PSU-Side Connector Meltdown on a $15,000 RTX PRO 6000 Rig
A repair shop technician has reported another melted 16-pin power connector on an ASRock Taichi TC-1650T PSU, paired with a $15,000 NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition GPU. The former ships with native 12V-2x6 cables carrying ASRock's own NTC temperature sensor. According to the technician's Reddit post, the connector failed catastrophically on the PSU side and melted into the socket itself, even though both ends of the cable were …
ASRock NTC Sensor Fails To Protect RTX 6000 PRO GPU From Melting 16-pin Connector; User Claims Sensor Is On The Wrong Side
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-en…
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