Thought it was only the cable that was discoloured, not a fault with the GPU. Unless i misread something.
Power supply connector question
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The connection is a pair of male and female pins and both seem to have been overloaded. The issue is the load across the six pairs not being equal and that’s down to the interface between pin and socket. Swapping the PSU/cable is as likely to make the situation worse as it is to make it better.
Personally I’d hook the card back up, put it under load and monitor the temps along the cable, then take it from there.
What was the original PSU? I noticed Asus mentioned earlier.
If you want to change to a different make how about this Antec PSU as it looks to be very well reviewed.
My basket at OcUK:
If you want to change to a different make how about this Antec PSU as it looks to be very well reviewed.
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x Antec HCG 1200 Pro Platinum 1200W ATX3.1 Full modular Power Supply (SKU: POW-ATC-02747) = £209.99
Total: £213.98 (includes delivery: £3.99)
It was only discoloured on the cable end the gpu end power socket seems to be fine no signs of melting either
I threw out my adapter when I discovered a pin like that:
Without load balancing, the next best thing is similar conductivity across the pins. I don't trust a discolored pin to conduct the same as the other pins.
Without load balancing, the next best thing is similar conductivity across the pins. I don't trust a discolored pin to conduct the same as the other pins.
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Yer looks similar to mine what cable did you swap it to?I threw out my adapter when I discovered a pin like that:
Without load balancing, the next best thing is similar conductivity across the pins. I don't trust a discolored pin to conduct the same as the other pins.
I had a new 1000w Corsair on hand (RM1000X). I just replaced the whole PSU and used the 12VHPWR cable that came with it. I am using a cablemod direct PSU cable on my other 4090 rig. (4 connectors on the PSU side and one 12VHPWR connector on the other)
Old PSU was an EVGA 1600w. I don't think the PSU caused the problem, but it's ~9 years old and I had the new one handy, so I now have a massive 'spare' PSU.
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So much for them advising to give the connector a clean then!! I said it was too dodgy to take a risk on, just think what could have happened to your card. No wonder third party's are selling adaptors that monitor the temps of the connections not that they should be needed in the first place if the connector was designed properly. If they are needed then they should be included with the card free of charge. They really need to go back to the old 8 pin connectors.
As for a replacement, either of these would get my money. The Antec in particular is a very high quality unit although I would be happy to buy any of them.
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 1200W V2 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-06078) = £159.90
- 1 x MSI MPG A1250GS PCIE5 UK PSU 1250W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: POW-MSI-05070) = £199.99
- 1 x FSP Hydro PTM PRO 1200W 80+ Platinum ATX 3.1 PCIE 5.1 Modular Power Supply (SKU: POW-FSP-06661) = £209.95
- 1 x Antec HCG 1200 Pro Platinum 1200W ATX3.1 Full modular Power Supply (SKU: POW-ATC-02747) = £209.99
Total: £787.82 (includes delivery: £7.99)
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No offense I’ve heard a lot of bad things about cable mods cables melting in past so for me that’s a no go but maybe they have changed now?
The 90 degree angle adapters were recalled for melting issues. I have not heard of, or experienced any issues with the cables themselves. Cablemod also seemed to do a good job of covering GPU repairs without hassling customers.
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my 12hpwr failed too, still using my 1200w strix psu but have a custom cable from cablemod, i had no discoloration but the housing on the gpu side got soft enough that 3 of the cables pulled out very easily on the original cable, funnily enough my fe 5090 was making a weird ticking sound under load, that's when i checked and found the issue before it got worse and very expensive