CableMod made an improved version of its 12VHPWR angled adapter -- version 1.1 -- that too is defective, and now the company has just recalled both of its v1.0 and v1.0 angled cables. In a new tweet, ...
The latest NVIDIA GPUs require a new 12VHPWR power cable. That means new challenges for anyone obsessed with cable management. As it stands today, 8-pin to 12VHPWR adapters are bulky and the first ...
If you're using an angled CableMod 12VHPWR adapter on your Nvidia GPU, then you need to stop using it immediately and destroy it, says the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). According to ...
A Chinese manufacturer has come up with a 12VHPWR adapter featuring active cooling and real-time power monitoring, aiming to mitigate concerns of melting GPU power connectors. The unique angled ...
NVIDIA's RTX 40 series GPUs bring a lot to the table, with market-leading ray tracing, impressive compute features, and a more compact power cable. That last feature has been a bone of contention ...
It's been a slow burn, not a flash in the pan.
Earlier this month, information appeared online from the PCI-SIG (effectively the I/O hardware cabling regulator) expressing concerns over the use of the 12VHPWR adaptor. – For those of you unaware, ...
Some sources have raised alarms about using ATX 2.0 and adapters for the 12VHPWR connector on Nvidia's new flagship card. But it's really not a concern, according to a well-known power-supply ...
In context: Several hardware companies have offered solutions to the melting 16-pin connectors on some Ada Lovelace cards, especially the RTX 4090. Corsair is joining the party with its own take: a ...
Nvidia’s latest graphics cards are absolute monsters, both in terms of size and power draw. In fact the ferocious GeForce RTX 4090 uses the brand new 12VHPWR 16-pin power rail design, featured on ATX ...
Recap: The Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) is the standards body that writes the specifications for the major system interconnects, including PCIe. Last year it ...