In general, the problem is still there
The problems with the 12VHPWR power connector on GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards have long been forgotten in general, but one of the Reddit users unexpectedly posted photos that show the same problem, but from the power supply side.
The user said that at first he began to notice an unpleasant smell from the system unit, and after a while he discovered what we can see in the pictures.
As you can see, the connector melted very badly, and the connector on the PSU suffered noticeably. It is worth noting here that this is a native 12VHPWR connector without any adapters.
The next owner of the GeForce RTX 4090 melted the 12VHPWR connector,
Interestingly, despite the fact that nothing happened to the graphics card, we are again talking about the RTX 4090. As for the power supply, this is a 1000W BeQuiet Dark Power 13.
Interestingly, about a month ago, Tom’s Hardware published an article stating that, in fact, although the media hype has long subsided, the problem with melting power connectors on the RTX 4090 has not gone away. On the same Reddit, messages periodically appear from the owners of such cards, whose 12VHPWR connectors are melting. These cases are still isolated, but it should be borne in mind that the problem as a whole has not gone away.
