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The GPU maker named after a Roman pizza with potatoes and truffles, might not be responsible for its very expensive Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs catching fire after all.
While Nvidia has remained quiet about the fault, but it seems that the issue is with the power adapter cable (rather than the GPUs or the 12VHPWR connector).
Igor Wallossek of the German-language hardware site Igor's Lab found that the adapter, which is apparently manufactured by a company called Astron and was provided by Nvidia to all of its board partners, uses "a total of four thick 14AWG wires distributed over a total of six contacts," with a thin solder base that Wallossek says can be damaged easily when the cables are moved or bent.
The solder inside of Nvidia's power adapter cable can be damaged if the cables are moved or bent too much.
The GPU maker named after a Roman pizza with potatoes and truffles, might not be responsible for its very expensive Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs catching fire after all.
While Nvidia has remained quiet about the fault, but it seems that the issue is with the power adapter cable (rather than the GPUs or the 12VHPWR connector).
Igor Wallossek of the German-language hardware site Igor's Lab found that the adapter, which is apparently manufactured by a company called Astron and was provided by Nvidia to all of its board partners, uses "a total of four thick 14AWG wires distributed over a total of six contacts," with a thin solder base that Wallossek says can be damaged easily when the cables are moved or bent.
The solder inside of Nvidia's power adapter cable can be damaged if the cables are moved or bent too much.
