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RTX 5090 power connector melts again as cable reaches nearly 200 degrees Celsius (www.tweaktown.com)
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[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

They split it across 6 pins without mandating any load balancing.

They should have upped the voltage or upped the conductor size. There's no universe where "something going wrong" should immediately result in melted connectors as the first option.