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NVIDIA's connector story: EPS vs. 12VHPWR Connector - Unfortunately, the good doesn't always win (insights) (www.igorslab.de)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Your understanding is wrong. Nvidia pushed a connector without adequate testing and the connector failed, killing cards.

Bad adapters are a thing, as they ALWAYS were. An adapter cannot fixed a problematic specification.

Users are not to blame: badly designed connector is to blame, not the users. There is a reason why the AT connector for PSUs was abandoned: It was a two part connector that could be easily inserted wrong and burn your components.

P.S. I am an electrical engineer also that turned to IT work, so i understand Igor's arguments and the mechanics behind the connector.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Nvidia pushed a connector

NVIDIA? Or the the PCI SIG? Why did nobody intervene?

Users are not to blame

Agree, and I don't blame the users. I just think it is a none-issue in real life (also according to Igors own failure rate numbers).