User Witnesses Melting Of 8-pin Connectors For The First Time As Thermal Grizzly Wireview Suffers From Damaged Ports On RX 7900 XTX
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Melted power connector problems mainly affect high-performance NVIDIA cards, but as you can see, they also affect AMD systems. Moreover, we're talking about an 8-pin connector, not a 16-pin one, that melted in the Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Reddit user... Full version of the page: https://ithardware.pl/aktualnosci/radeon_rx_7900_xtx_8_pinowe_zlacze_stopione-53974.html
Since the launch of the RTX 4090, players fear that, at a certain point, their graphics might stop working. This fear arose when we began to see cases of burned graphics or more specifically, the connectors of these GPU melt. We have always blamed the 12 pin connector, both 12VHPWR and 12V-2x6, but it turns out that it is not the only one that can get overheated. Now we have a case where 3 8 pin connectors Thermal Grizzly WireView of a GPU Radeo…
Fastened power plugs on graphics cards connect many primarily with Nvidia's new 12V-2x6 connectors. But even proven 8 pin plugs are not completely immune. This now shows a case with melting contacts at a Thermal Grizzly WireView. (Continue reading)
Burned Triple-Eight-Pin WireView Prompts Thermal Grizzly Investigation
Thermal Grizzly is investigating reports of burned triple-eight-pin WireView adapters used with Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics cards. The incidents are notable because they involve conventional PCIe eight-pin connectors rather than the 12VHPWR or 12V-2×6 interface more commonly associated with recent connector failures.
Reddit and the owner of Radeon RX 7900 XTX reported the melting of the 8-point contact of Thermal Grizzly WireView and the damage to the video card as a result.
User Witnesses Melting Of 8-pin Connectors For The First Time As Thermal Grizzly Wireview Suffers From Damaged Ports On RX 7900 XTX
It's rare, but it may occur as we see a Redditor describe how his GPU suffered as a result of melted 8-pin connectors. Thermal Grizzly Wireview 8-pin Connectors Melted, Resulting in Freezing and Black Screens on Radeon RX 7900 XTX I don't know if I have ever read about burning and melting 8-pin PCIe connectors, since it's rare. However, it seems possible, as we see a Redditor complaining about his melted 8-pin connectors on the Thermal Grizzly W…
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