Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. ASUS has tested its new BTF 2.5 power connector for its in-house GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, which is better than the new 16-pin 12V-2x6 power ...

RTX 5090 faces another serious 16-pin connector failure, with burn damage reportedly killing the GPU and VRAM chips.

The burn damage was severe enough to expose the PCB's copper layers and destroy both the GPU die and VRAM, and warranty won't ...

The 16-pin (12VHPWR) power connector has been one of the most talked-about parts of modern graphics cards—and not for good reasons. Since Nvidia’s RTX 40-series launched, there have been multiple ...

Daniel's been gaming since he was old enough to reach the keyboard and has a Bachelor's Degree in Writing from the University of Tampa. Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia now faces legal action over ...

In a recent incident reported on the Korean Quasar Zone forums, an owner of an MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X 24G graphics card experienced a simultaneous meltdown of the 16-pin power connector on both ...

Update 11/18: In a new post on the Nvidia support page, the company confirmed that it is still "actively investigating" reports about the 12VHPWR 16-pin connector cable. Nvidia notes that "about 50 ...

AMD and Intel are reportedly testing 16-pin power connectors on their next-gen gaming GPUs, meaning these new graphics cards could finally ditch the good old-fashioned 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe power ...

The 16-pin cable has been causing continuous problems. Despite improvements and changes made, some units have continued to burn out. While some of these incidents were due to user error, there are ...

We recently saw AMD unveiling two brand new desktop GPUs from its Radeon 7000 series. The new RX 7800 XT and the RX 7700 XT are based on the RDNA 3 architecture and are claimed to be optimized for the ...

An interesting tidbit from TechPowerUp is that some custom RTX 5090 models feature thermal pads on the backside of the 16-pin power connector. The reason behind the decision is strictly a cautionary ...

A customer of mine has a bad WinFast K7NCR18D-Pro. The power connector is 4 pins shorter than what I know as a regular ATX connector. This exact motherboard is no longer produced and I can't find ...