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Check Your 4090's 12vhpwr Connectors To Make Sure They are in Pristine Condition

brostradamus said:
I doubt if that's going to solve the issue, the problem seems to be on the board side.. it would also need a redesign of the onboard connector
No word on FE yet
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You can't say this with zero evidence, but if you do have any evidence it's the pcb at fault please share
 
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Shaz12 said:
The reason people are failing to insert the adaptors properly is because they are defective. I noticed no clicking sound on plugging the Nvidia adaptor no matter how hard I pushed it. I just got my Cablemod cable and it gave an obvious clicking sound just like the usual PCIE cables.

It's clearly the adaptors which are faulty. Those native PSU cables likely face the same issue. The 12VHPWR seems to need a very tight QC which not everyone is doing.

I personally would not recommend using the 4090 with anything other than Cablemod or Moddiy.
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I am the same as you, I never heard a click when mine went in, I don't want to add more force than I already did as I'll prob break off the connector. I've had a look all around and it's completely flush with the connector. I am using a corsair cable though. Touch wood I've not had any issues, I've had 10 + hours gaming sessions and it seems fine. I do have the side of my case off though just so it doesn't bend too soon.
 
Well I did post in the other thread but got no response as to why is there a rail being reported in Hwinfo for my Ichill X3 peaking around 600w but no one seems to know.

The GPU power is not going over 450w but there is another rail in Hwinfo and during gaming sessions I'm seeing near 600w being reported.

Now if this is the case and some boards are spiking to way over the TDP then it is possible it could be a design fault or board fault if these connectors are only rated at 600w I'm guessing some of the cards that can increase the power target to 600w must be spiking to 750w, How long is this spike for? Who knows all I know I'm seeing a rail in Hwinfo almost hitting 600w on my 450w locked Ichill 4090.

If this is a board design fault damn good luck to Nvidia they're going to have to either do a mass recall or lock all cards down to a max of 450w in the drivers, The latter I can see being a possibility.
 
Adrian1976 said:
Well I did post in the other thread but got no response as to why is there a rail being reported in Hwinfo for my Ichill X3 peaking around 600w but no one seems to know.

The GPU power is not going over 450w but there is another rail in Hwinfo and during gaming sessions I'm seeing near 600w being reported.

Now if this is the case and some boards are spiking to way over the TDP then it is possible it could be a design fault or board fault if these connectors are only rated at 600w I'm guessing some of the cards that can increase the power target to 600w must be spiking to 750w, How long is this spike for? Who knows all I know I'm seeing a rail in Hwinfo almost hitting 600w on my 450w locked Ichill 4090.

If this is a board design fault damn good luck to Nvidia they're going to have to either do a mass recall or lock all cards down to a max of 450w in the drivers, The latter I can see being a possibility.
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They should be forced to do a recall. I think like you say though they will gimp the cards with driver updates.

Not a great launch. I wish AMD had something to match the 4090 because I’d buy it straight away.
 
Harshell123 said:
They should be forced to do a recall. I think like you say though they will gimp the cards with driver updates.

Not a great launch. I wish AMD had something to match the 4090 because I’d buy it straight away.
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They should I think, It seems they will try to do everything in their power obviously to avoid that though but if it is a board fault and it's the cards affected that are allowed to increase the power target then they have a tough decision to make.
 
Adrian1976 said:
Well I did post in the other thread but got no response as to why is there a rail being reported in Hwinfo for my Ichill X3 peaking around 600w but no one seems to know.

The GPU power is not going over 450w but there is another rail in Hwinfo and during gaming sessions I'm seeing near 600w being reported.

Now if this is the case and some boards are spiking to way over the TDP then it is possible it could be a design fault or board fault if these connectors are only rated at 600w I'm guessing some of the cards that can increase the power target to 600w must be spiking to 750w, How long is this spike for? Who knows all I know I'm seeing a rail in Hwinfo almost hitting 600w on my 450w locked Ichill 4090.

If this is a board design fault damn good luck to Nvidia they're going to have to either do a mass recall or lock all cards down to a max of 450w in the drivers, The latter I can see being a possibility.
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Even if your card is spiking and its not just a faulty sensor that will never cause the adaptor to melt. Spikes last for microseconds, they don't affect the temperature of the cable or the card at all
 
Bencher said:
Even if your card is spiking and its not just a faulty sensor that will never cause the adaptor to melt. Spikes last for microseconds, they don't affect the temperature of the cable or the card at all
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Agree but if it was just a spike then Hwinfo wouldn't pick it up, You need specialist hardware to pick up power spikes and Hwinfo isn't that so this is not a spike something is running way over wattage than it should.

Have you seen the Cybernetics video on how they measure power spikes in GPUs? And the hardware required to do that?
 
Harshell123 said:
This is unacceptable. People shouldn’t be expected to modify or change anything to make it safer.
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Agree. I still think there is more to this now we are seeing even PSUs with the correct cables cause issues still..


But at least ASUS has us all covered, you know the company so far with the most melting connectors in their TUF range, that doesn't seem so TUF right now...


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Do we know how long after insallation the burnouts have been happening? I've had my card installed since launch (or rather the day after with shipping) with no problems so far. Wondering if it's something that tends to happen quickly, or can show up over time.
 
Rogueywon said:
Do we know how long after insallation the burnouts have been happening? I've had my card installed since launch (or rather the day after with shipping) with no problems so far. Wondering if it's something that tends to happen quickly, or can show up over time.
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Can be a few hours to a few days really, some had it on first boot up and a few hours in it melted the connector but these ones I suspect to maybe people not connecting the connector up correctly, but again we don't know until Nvidia statement on the matter.
 
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