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NVIDIA 4000 Series

Iron Man said:
Maybe they should have plugged it in properly!
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I have a feeling that the people with melted connectors have successfully plugged in the old 8-pin connectors without experiencing this issue.

Maybe the new connector should come with a permitting process to weed out the people who just aren’t ready to move up to the next level of plug-in skills this new connector seems to require.
 
Still looking at just a few cases from around the world. Any OCUK 4090 owners melted yet? Or they know anyone directly? Or is this all just pictures off the internet who couldn't plug them in properly or jammed them into unsuitable cases?
 
Kaapstad said:
I think 4090 sales should be suspended until this problem is fixed.
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This issue is also going to seriously affect the value & desirability of 4090's on the 2nd hand market of first generation 4090's until a hardware level fix is put into newer 4090's (if its determined that's what's needed)

Which could be a big deal for many who use the sale of their 'old' '90 card to part fund their 'new' 90 class card.
 
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I know Nvidia told investors they would manipulate supply to try and move Ampere stock, but I would expect the melting cable issue to result in less Ada supply on its own.

This issue could cost Nvidia a lot of money and the cost of the fix will probably increase with the number of connectors in the wild. The logistics of fixing stock on hand has to be a lot cheaper than fixing product dispersed around the globe to individual customers.
 
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DFroN said:
What a mess this is turning into. Anything with 12VHPWR is a fire risk and should be recalled, it’s matter of time until there is serious damage to property or worse.
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he difference between plastic melting and plastic igniting is over 200c.

but yea recall over 100k cards because about 15 had issues so far
Woodsta888 said:
Still looking at just a few cases from around the world. Any OCUK 4090 owners melted yet? Or they know anyone directly? Or is this all just pictures off the internet who couldn't plug them in properly or jammed them into unsuitable cases?
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one person claimed their connector had a crack and that it would melt if they kept on using it.

which makes little sense to me, cracks and melts are not the same thing.

one is caused by stress the other by temperature.

none of the experts manage to get a mangled adapter to melt anyway so seems like worrying over nothing.

one guy put 1kw through the lead and it didn't melt so....


none 4090 owners are going to keep on crying about it forever I guess
 
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arknor said:
he difference between plastic melting and plastic igniting is over 200c.

but yea recall over 100k cards because about 15 had issues so far

one person claimed their connector had a crack and that it would melt if they kept on using it.

which makes little sense to me, cracks and melts are not the same thing.

one is caused by stress the other by temperature.

none of the experts manage to get a mangled adapter to melt anyway so seems like worrying over nothing.

one guy put 1kw through the lead and it didn't melt so....


none 4090 owners are going to keep on crying about it forever I guess
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What percentage of melting products do you think Nvidia is comfotable with?
 
Twinz said:
I know Nvidia told investors they would manipulate supply to try and move Ampere stock, but I would expect the melting cable issue to result in less Ada supply on its own.

This issue could cost Nvidia a lot of money and the cost of the fix will probably increase with the number of connectors in the wild. The logistics of fixing stock on hand has to be a lot cheaper than fixing product dispersed around the globe to individual customers.
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Even a teflon like reputation can be tarnished eventually..
 
Monkey Puzzle said:
Something sounds wrong there - does the GPU core TIM pattern look like it's making good contact? Almost sounds like some of the thermal pads are too thick or something
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turns out there is meant to be a slip of paper somewhere in my ek waterblock box which states that i should use the 0.8mm and 1mm pads and not the 1mm and 1.5mm pads as it states in the instruction book! Sadly i used the online instructions on EK website which they havent updated whioch still says 1mm and 1.5mm so I am going to strip down the block this weekedn and redo it.

Ek really need to put an update on their website rather than rely on a slip of paper amendment!!!!
 
Greebo said:
turns out there is meant to be a slip of paper somewhere in my ek waterblock box which states that i should use the 0.8mm and 1mm pads and not the 1mm and 1.5mm pads as it states in the instruction book! Sadly i used the online instructions on EK website which they havent updated whioch still says 1mm and 1.5mm so I am going to strip down the block this weekedn and redo it.

Ek really need to put an update on their website rather than rely on a slip of paper amendment!!!!
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A real pita. EK said their first small batch was slightly out of spec and remedied via using different sized pads.
 
Wonder if these connector issues will bring forward the release of the 4090ti.
Release the ti so they can issue a fix for the std card..
Hopium
 
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