Keeping track of extremely low current levels is often essential when developing or testing low-power devices, especially in the field of embedded systems and battery-operated electronics. For battery ...

The yellow 16-pin adapter from MSI continues to cause problems, and several GPUs have already suffered the consequences. Cases of melted 16-pin connectors keep piling up, and once again, MSI is in the ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's 16-pin 12VHPWR power connector for RTX 40 and 50 Series GPUs has faced recurring issues of melting cables and overheating. AMD's Radeon RX 9000 Series also reports similar failures, ...

Ampinel’s big feature is active current balancing. Inside the 16-pin connector are six 12V lines, each rated for 7.5 amps. When one of those lines carries too much current, it can overheat, and that’s ...

ASRock is going green with its newest L-type 12V-2x6 PCI Express cable connector, though it has nothing to do with being energy-conscious or adding a splash of color to your gaming build. Instead, the ...

Ah, I almost feel nostalgic. Remember 'meltgate', in which 16-pin 12VHPWR connectors were regularly in the headlines for, well, melting under heavy usage or incorrect installation? The problem ...

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Another 16-pin connector has burned out. This time, the issue occurred while DSOGaming was testing a GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition. They were running performance tests on the game WUCHANG: Fallen ...

A 6 pin SMD header with a 0.05” spacing (K1) is place next to the IC and connected to the SPI port, MISO, MOSI, SCK, Reset, +5V and ground. This microcontroller has 8 kByte of flash memory which is ...

Image: Douyin / Brother Pan Talks Computers. Nvidia continues to mandate 16-pin connectors on its higher-end GeForce RTX graphics cards, with RTX 5090 and 5080 serving as the latest examples. However, ...

Segotep, a small Chinese power supply manufacturer, confirmed in a conversation that the NVIDIA RTX 5090 will not have the rumored two 16-pin connectors. The brand has little presence on the market, ...