The 12VHPWR power connector is the latest to be used by NVIDIA graphics cards. One of its advantages is its ability to carry high levels of power: we’re talking 600W on the size of an 8-pin PCIe . On the other hand, the high power flowing through this tiny connector can lead to problems.AS
Of course, cases of melted sockets are no longer rare, and it’s easy to find graphics cards whose power connector has been mistaken for a slice of Emmenthal cheese in the oven. However, today’s report is a little more worrying, since it concerns a power supply. Yes, a reddit user tells us that the connector has melted, but this time on the power supply side. Ouch.
The 12VHPWR of a Dark Power Pro 13 1000W is melting!
So Shiftyeyes67k shows us some photos of his power supply whose connector has melted. And yet, this is not a power supply purchased from wish, quite the contrary. In fact, this is a 1000W Dark Power Pro 13. In his post, the user indicates that he decided to replace it when he began to smell burnt plastic.
As you can see, when his power supply came out, the bottom row of pins on the plug had indeed melted. After such a result, the best thing to do is to contact the brand to see if the power supply can be replaced.
The question now is how rare this situation is. Until now, cases of melted connectors have mainly concerned the graphics card rather than the power supply. However, what we don’t know is whether the connector was correctly plugged in? After all, this burnt connector problem is very often linked to a faulty cable connection.
