After the new developments with the 50 series, and as an owner of a 4090 with the original connector design, I will say I am now very concerned with this flawed design.
Firstly, I recommend watching Der8auer's video on the subject. He does an investigation with a Thermal Camera and the results are quite shocking. Do watch that as he goes into great detail.
This isn't going to be a long post, since I am medicated and want to work on my creative projects. I will get straight to the point and say I am going to contact an official regulator on the safety of this product and I encourage people to do the same.
In the UK, that would be here:
In other countries, research your regulators and I suggest if you own this product (40/50-series GPU with 16-pin connector) you consider reporting it.
Will it take deaths in a House Fire caused by this improperly designed connector to force NVIDIA to admit it is flawed and not user error?
Keep in mind - a product should FAIL SAFELY in the case of user error, not CATCH FIRE. User Error on a product designed for millions of people of varying skill levels should have that BAKED INTO THE DESIGN. I.e - overhead and protections.
I'm sick of NVIDIA's arrogance on this subject and I'm sick of people defending the company with the "User Error" bullshit argument. If NVIDIA won't listen to the evidence, perhaps the law can force them to do so.
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