NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 haunted by power connector melting issues again

What you need to know A new report indicates that NVIDIA’s RTX 4090 16-pin connector (12VHPWR) is experiencing melting issues. A user on Reddit highlighted that they had used the GPU for a year before facing this issue. This is not the first time the users have complained about the melting issue affecting the GPU’s […]

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NVIDIA responds to RTX 4090 melting cable problems

What you need to know Some NVIDIA RTX 4090 graphics cards have caused power connectors to melt. NVIDIA is investigating the situation but hasn’t shared much as of yet. The company has said that it uses two different 16-pin adapters, which could be related to the problem. The NVIDIA RTX 4090 has an issue that […]

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NVIDIA RTX 4090 is reportedly melting and burning power cables, but who is to blame?

What you need to know The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is reportedly causing power connectors to melt or burn. The flagship graphics card from NVIDIA has an incredibly high power draw that may be related to the issues. It appears that the melting may have been caused by an uneven connection or cable bending, but […]

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Greenland’s Melting Glaciers Spew a Complicated Treasure: Sand

That sediment is special, indeed. Desert sand from, say, the Sahara is no good for making concrete because it’s too rounded and uniform. Over millennia, winds push those grains around, polishing them. If you make concrete out of such sand, “it’s almost like building with marbles,” says Bendixen. “You want particles that are more angular […]

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It’s Hard to Do Climate Research When Your Field Site Is Melting

“There have been lots of times we walked to a stake, and you could see it, but there’s a moat of crevasses that are 10 to 20 feet wide,” says Ben Pelto, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of British Columbia. “And it’s like, well, there’s no way we can get over to that […]

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It’s Hard to Do Climate Research When Your Glacier Is Melting

“There have been lots of times we walked to a stake, and you could see it, but there’s a moat of crevasses that are 10 to 20 feet wide,” says Ben Pelto, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of British Columbia. “And it’s like, well, there’s no way we can get over to that […]

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