A sizzling potato: Customized cable supplier CableMod has introduced a voluntary recall of its 12VHPWR angled adapters resulting from what it describes because the potential threat of the male connector coming unfastened, overheating, and melting into the GPU.
The recall applies to CableMod 12VHPWR 90-degree and 180-degree angled adapters (V1.0 and V1.1). Notably, this doesn’t embrace the corporate’s angled cables.
CableMod recommends anybody utilizing their angled adapters to cease utilizing them instantly. What’s extra, the corporate advises in opposition to touching an adapter whereas your system is working and suggests giving the machine time to chill down earlier than dealing with.
The cable maker said will probably be sending out an official discover – and full particulars on – the protection recall within the coming days. These which have been affected by a failed V1.0 or V1.1 angled adapter can attain out to CableMod for assist.
CableMod has been identified to make use of restore store NorthridgeFix to fix damaged RTX 4090s. The agency receives roughly 100 RTX 4090s per 30 days which have been broken as a result of 12VHPWR connector.
Nvidia launched its GeForce RTX 4090 in October 2022 at an MSRP of $1,599 and it did not take lengthy for points to floor. A number of teams together with the Peripheral Element Interconnect Particular Curiosity Group (PCI-SIG) and CableMod warned that the brand new 12VHPWR connector might get dangerously sizzling in sure conditions however Nvidia was assured it had ironed out all of the kinks earlier than launch.
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Sadly, it is rather a lot an actual challenge and one which seems to be much more common than initially reported. A couple of months after launch, Nvidia claimed the problem was the results of clients not absolutely plugging within the energy connector.
CaseMod beforehand offered its 90-degree and 180-degree angled 12VHPWR adapters for $39.90 apiece.
Nvidia’s RTX 4090 presently instructions round $2,000 on common though if you happen to’re available in the market for a high-end GPU, it’d in all probability be finest to see what Nvidia’s Super series seems to be like when it’s introduced at CES subsequent month.
