Awesome Tips I Fixed the 5090’s Melting Power Connector…But YOU Shouldn’t
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It’s no wonder GeForce RTX 50-series Founder’s Edition power connectors are melting, what with nVidia insisting on using tiny little connectors, and THEN making matters worse by wiring them up in a way sure to make an electronics engineer cringe. We joked on the WAN show that someone should just use an XT60 connector to solve the problem!
Then helpful viewer erg142 reminded us that we make videos where we do stupid things like that all the time, so here we are. Thanks erg142!
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:35 THAT’s the plan?
3:23 Here’s the problem…
6:36 This might be tricky
9:10 I’m sorry you have to see this
11:40 PSU Mods?
13:06 Beep Equals Bad
14:09 It keeps getting worse
15:25 I can’t watch, you guys are on your own…
21:00 Credits
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Correction:
We showed an email from MSI where they stated, ". . . only the FE cards have the design to run all the pins into a single pad on the PCB."
This statement is false. In fact, that is what the PCI spec calls for, and the only RTX 5090 that doesn't immediately combine power on the board is ASUS's ROG Astral card.
Thanks to @ActuallyHardcoreOverclocking for pointing this out. To ensure accuracy, MSI's statement has been removed from the video.
One thing is that Lucas looks like a literal walking tank.
ASUS's solution seems the best. Hope it gets implemented soon.
atleast you guys used kapton tape. i would have heat shrunk it
Lucas standing on a stool all the time was just disrespectful…
For someone that build drones and solders a lot. I find this to be extremely cool !!!
14:35 what's that supposed to mean?
Nice G.W.Bush 911 skit. I thought it was a Mr. Rodgers until the interuption came. 10/10.
18:20 Sure but, maybe, spring out the extra pennies for a safety factor a bit higher than 1,1 ?
If I designed buildings for 110% of the service load on them, well, I would be in jail. But bar that, no one would even think of buying them. Because half of them would crumble even during construction.
What I'm trying to say is: 1,1 safety factor is BAD.
" " If your +1k GPU explodes from the stock it's your fault and you gotta pay for it! " " ~NVIDIA … after hearing that, NOPE, never again.
I love these yanky builds. It could be cleaner by Just pulling New big gauge wires from the power supply.
But this is awesome.
11:03
GO LUCAS GO BRO!
Thank you for pointing out this. I just wish the cards get revised and they get per wire power management like they had in a 3090ti. On the GPU side. It can be done. They shouldn't be cheaping out when they charge $2000 plus per card. We would all happily pich in those $5 for a better connector…
I somehow have more faith in your Jank solution here, than I do in Nvidia's.
I think they should be planning on a higher voltage. Just jump straight to 48v.
I feel like I'm in a simulation. Is that the same Lucas?
Will this void my warranty?
The innuendo in this video is hilarious.
Did LTT labs test the Silkland cables themselves?
Linus, we love you. But you gotta hire some shorter people. These tall guys are making you seem like a gnome hahahaha
Jokes aside, funny video
At current prices I don't give single flying f… how much it would cost nvidia to make a custom cable that would be plug and play with current PSUs.