Limiting Power to 80% Didn't Save the RTX 4090 From Melting the 16-Pin Connector
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The well-known 16-pin connector makes headlines again: A current case shows that even reduced power consumption obviously does not exclude a defect.
Even Setting the Power Limit to 80% Wasn't Enough: My RTX 4090 with the Original Adapter Burned Out!
The power connector of a GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card melted when operated with the official adapter and at 80% power limit.
Despite all the precautions taken by this user, the 16-pin power connector of its RTX 4090 has still melted. That this connector does not have anything exceptional, it is not the first time and it will not be the last. However, what is all the more surprising is that it has melted [...] Article A RTX 4090 sees its connector melt with the official cable! appeared first on Overclocking.com.
A GeForce RTX 4090 has ended up with signs of burning on the power connector. And yes, this really is not news, what is news is that this problem has come to light even as it is operating limited to 80% of its power. That is, this graph was capped in performance The entry A GeForce RTX 4090 limited to 80% of its power also sees the 16 pin connector burned aparece primero en El Chapuzas Informática.
Problems with top-of-the-line GeForce cards related to 16-pin power connectors aren't limited to the RTX 50 models, as it all started with the previous-generation models, as this article reminds us... Full version of the page: https://ithardware.pl/aktualnosci/rtx_4090_limit_mocy_kabel-54448.html
Limiting power to 80% didn't save the RTX 4090 from melting the 16-pin connector
Another GeForce RTX 4090 user encountered a damaged power connector and the card was operating at a power limit of up to 80%. This equates to about 360 W instead of the standard 450 W, with the user themselves deliberately lowering the limit to reduce heating and power consumption. The problem started with periodic black […]
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