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Human Error Reportedly Caused Latest 12VHPWR Cable Melting Incident

Late last month, NVIDIA claimed that 16-pin power connector issues were a thing of the past. The controversial 12VHPWR connection standard has fueled many online debates—prompting investigations from several prominent press outlets. Following NVIDIA's latest "safety" declaration—likely by coincidence—PCM Hong Kong reported another melting incident, affecting two cables and a power supply unit. The publication's hardware reviewer was not long ago engaged in the "full-load" testing of GeForce RTX 5090D and RTX 5080 graphics cards. Last week's evaluation session was interrupted by notable test system instabilities—upon downing tools, the PCM staffer discovered that their 1200 W PSU had given up the ghost. Additionally, two 16-pin cables had melted at both ends—initial detective work pointed to a GeForce RTX 4090 sample card being the main culprit.VideoCardz and UNIKO's Hardware kept close tabs on PCM's next steps—online interactions, over the past weekend, spurred a re-evaluation of circumstances. 's latest improvement, they noticed burn marks on the GeForce RTX 4090 test unit—the two GeForce RTX-50-series cards did not exhibit any physical damage. Post-analysis, the reviewer now suspects that an SSD failure could be the root cause. They were happy to analysis that all involved RTX cards have survived, and that their test platform has been re-equipped with 12V-2x6 cables. An amended VideoCardz article proposes that everything came down to a simple human error.

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All of this sounds like something out of the Pat Gelsinger handbook:

Step 1: Blame the end-clients. If they love a hardware business to the point of worship, they probably suffer from self-loathing anyway.

Step 2: If Step 1 doesn't work, blame the motherboard manufacturers. No one cares about them.

Step 3: If Steps 1 & 2 don't work, offer extended warranties and replacement units but deny [website] of the claims on the basis that A) it's the end-users fault and B) it's the motherboard manufacturer's fault. , 19:16 Reply.

Daven All of this sounds like something out of the Pat Gelsinger handbook:

Step 1: Blame the end-clients. If they love a hardware business to the point of worship, they probably suffer from self-loathing anyway.

Step 2: If Step 1 doesn't work, blame the motherboard manufacturers. No one cares about them.

Step 3: If Steps 1 & 2 don't work, offer extended warranties and replacement units but deny [website] of the claims on the basis that A) it's the end-users fault and B) it's the motherboard manufacturer's fault. Just ignore the facts presented and steadfastly refuse to reconsider your position. Just ignore the facts presented and steadfastly refuse to reconsider your position. , 19:25 Reply.

Daven All of this sounds like something out of the Pat Gelsinger handbook:

Step 1: Blame the end-clients. If they love a hardware business to the point of worship, they probably suffer from self-loathing anyway.

Step 2: If Step 1 doesn't work, blame the motherboard manufacturers. No one cares about them.

Step 3: If Steps 1 & 2 don't work, offer extended warranties and replacement units but deny [website] of the claims on the basis that A) it's the end-users fault and B) it's the motherboard manufacturer's fault. "And now you understand. Anything goes wrong, anything at all... your fault, my fault, nobody's fault... it won't matter - I'm gonna burn your ass off. No matter what else happens, no matter who gets burned, I'm gonna burn your ass off" - Jacob McCandles (well, sorta) "And now you understand. Anything goes wrong, anything at all... your fault, my fault, nobody's fault... it won't matter - I'm gonna burn your ass off. No matter what else happens, no matter who gets burned, I'm gonna burn your ass off" - Jacob McCandles (well, sorta) , 19:26 Reply.

I mean, what did the guy expect? Trying to power 2x 600W GPU's with a 1000W PSU. :laugh: :roll: , 19:40 Reply.

This cable is the worst thing ever ... even the cable section/diameter is worst than using 2x8 pins ... while requesting more power...

I hope that one day someone will look back and say "yeah, lets go back to the old solution or do a new one with proper application ... " , 20:03 Reply.

Human error yea... the human who designed this connector. , 20:08 Reply.

It was Intel that presented this new connector pattern ... now how this pass all the tests and homologations its something weird, again, using wires that have lower section than the old 2x8 ... And a connector that is flawed to begin with ... can't understand... , 20:17 Reply.

KillSwitx This cable is the worst thing ever ... even the cable section/diameter is worst than using 2x8 pins ... while requesting more power... 8-pin connector has 3 12V pairs, 2x8 has 6 12V pairs in total, same as 12VHPWR/12V-2x6. While in practice manufacturers tend to use the same wire gauge for both, 8-pin mandates a thinner minimum gauge. 8-pin connector has 3 12V pairs, 2x8 has 6 12V pairs in total, same as 12VHPWR/12V-2x6. While in practice manufacturers tend to use the same wire gauge for both, 8-pin mandates a thinner minimum gauge. , 20:46 Reply.

I broke the clip off of my 12v2x6 and I am still using it.. works fine :) , 20:50 Reply.

londiste 8-pin connector has 3 12V pairs, 2x8 has 6 12V pairs in total, same as 12VHPWR/12V-2x6. While in practice manufacturers tend to use the same wire gauge for both, 8-pin mandates a thinner minimum gauge. The 12V-2x6 is 3mm and is rated at [website] per terminal in a 2x6 configuration. The Mini-Fit HCS is [website] and is rated at 10A per terminal in a 2x4 configuration. , 22:10 Reply.

Visible Noise Just ignore the facts presented and steadfastly refuse to reconsider your position. Just put the ignorant on Ignore. Your mental health will thank you. Wow, amazing how most of the anti-NVIDIA crew are dead silent [website] put the ignorant on Ignore. Your mental health will thank you. , 22:15 Reply.

Post-analysis, the reviewer now suspects that an SSD failure could be the root cause. This just seems odd to me. I get both are connected to the PSU, but how does it take out the cable to the GPU? Seems like it could be the other way around, where the GPU is so busy pulling amps that a malfunction accidentally cooks the SSD. The GPUs are undamaged because they are designed to handle crazy power spikes, where the SSD is not. This just seems odd to me. I get both are connected to the PSU, but how does it take out the cable to the GPU? Seems like it could be the other way around, where the GPU is so busy pulling amps that a malfunction accidentally cooks the SSD. The GPUs are undamaged because they are designed to handle crazy power spikes, where the SSD is not. , 22:19 Reply.

What if all this along with that hardware failure thing is a big trick to play the Chinese out of their sanctioned GPUs?

Just playing Stratego here , 22:20 Reply.

Nvidia blamed the people, re-designed the connector, insisted it was fine and blamed the people again, and the connector still melts with very little room for any manufacturing tolerances. It's hilarious how anyone still defends a multi trillion dollar business which refuses to accept any blame for such issues. , 22:44 Reply.

The Exiled Airman Legacy-ZA I mean, what did the guy expect? Trying to power 2x 600W GPU's with a 1000W PSU. :laugh: :roll: Here's the point, current draw with gpus is getting out of control Here's the point, current draw with gpus is getting out of control , 22:51 Reply.

Legacy-ZA I mean, what did the guy expect? Trying to power 2x 600W GPU's with a 1000W PSU. :laugh: :roll: The TPU write up talks about a 1200W PSU and didn't indicate 2 cards were being used at the same time The TPU write up talks about a 1200W PSU and didn't indicate 2 cards were being used at the same time , 23:00 Reply.

So, now we even consider hardware reviewers incompetent enough to not know how to insert a power cable on a video card.

Anything, just anything to go with the narrative that will help Nvidia to get away with it. (that last remark has nothing to do with the news article here) , 23:02 Reply.

Post-analysis, the reviewer now suspects that an SSD failure could be the route cause. route cause.

Can someone explain me why a SSD should cause this? Which formfactor of SSD? [website]"? M2-nvme? usb-a or USB-C ?

Another day - another bullshit about failed NVIDIA connector. Or maybe not failed NVIDIA connector. Yesterday AMD graphic card this - AMD graphic card that. Today nvidia connector this - nvidia connector that. They were happy to analysis that all involved RTX cards have survived Everything all right - just some bad cables - for whatever reason - graphic card okay - just 50 € (fill in the currency amount you like) spend on new cables.

Nvidia buyers will say it's the user fault. AMD buyers will most likely say it's the connector fault. I doubt anyone will change their opinion by now about this connector. Has anyone really read the text from the topic post?Or was it the root cause?Which formfactor of SSD? [website]"? M2-nvme? usb-a or USB-C ?--Another day - another bullshit about failed NVIDIA connector. Or maybe not failed NVIDIA connector. Yesterday AMD graphic card this - AMD graphic card that. Today nvidia connector this - nvidia connector that.Everything all right - just some bad cables - for whatever reason - graphic card okay - just 50 € (fill in the currency amount you like) spend on new [website] buyers will say it's the user fault. AMD buyers will most likely say it's the connector fault. I doubt anyone will change their opinion by now about this connector. , 0:11 Reply.

_roman_ Has anyone really read the text from the topic post?

Can someone explain me why a SSD should cause this? Which formfactor of SSD? [website]"? M2-nvme? usb-a or USB-C ?

Another day - another bullshit about failed NVIDIA connector. Or maybe not failed NVIDIA connector. Yesterday AMD graphic card this - AMD graphic card that. Today nvidia connector this - nvidia connector that.

Everything all right - just some bad cables - for whatever reason - graphic card okay - just 50 € (fill in the currency amount you like) spend on new cables.

Nvidia buyers will say it's the user fault. AMD buyers will most likely say it's the connector fault. I doubt anyone will change their opinion by now about this connector. That does indeed sound like a route cause. Which is similar to a root cause, but where the object in question is totally unrelated and the blame is "routed" to it as the cause. That does indeed sound like a route cause. Which is similar to a root cause, but where the object in question is totally unrelated and the blame is "routed" to it as the cause. , 0:48 Reply.

I don't think they suspect SSD issue as cause of the cable melting, GPU clearly is.

They thought their system was wonky due to SSD before they found about about the cable, am I right?

Also I don't see how this "turns out to be an user error" if the cable did get melted, fact. Or is it an user error to get an Nvidia card? , 0:59 Reply.

The human error was to keep using a power supply that had a 12VHPWR plug on it. It's the cable plugs that are the problem, not the board receptacles.

All 12VHPWR cables should be returned and replaced with 12V-2x6 cables, free of charge.

And it's very poor industry practice that this hasn't been a general recall already. , 1:11 Reply.

user556 The human error was to keep using a power supply that had a 12VHPWR plug on it. It's the cable plugs that are the problem, not the board receptacles.

All 12VHPWR cables should be returned and replaced with 12V-2x6 cables, free of charge.

And it's very poor industry practice that this hasn't been a general recall already. you know that 12v-2x6 and 12VHPWR cables are pretty much the same right? what changed was on the GPU connector ( female connectors ) with longer pins by [website] and shorter sense pins by [website].

The cables are not the issue... something like this.

you know that 12v-2x6 and 12VHPWR cables are pretty much the same right? what changed was on the GPU connector ( female connectors ) with longer pins by [website] and shorter sense pins by [website] cables are not the issue... something like this , 4:00 Reply.

The Exiled Airman _roman_ Has anyone really read the text from the topic post?

Can someone explain me why a SSD should cause this? Which formfactor of SSD? [website]"? M2-nvme? usb-a or USB-C ?

Another day - another bullshit about failed NVIDIA connector. Or maybe not failed NVIDIA connector. Yesterday AMD graphic card this - AMD graphic card that. Today nvidia connector this - nvidia connector that.

Everything all right - just some bad cables - for whatever reason - graphic card okay - just 50 € (fill in the currency amount you like) spend on new cables.

Nvidia buyers will say it's the user fault. AMD buyers will most likely say it's the connector fault. I doubt anyone will change their opinion by now about this connector. Northridge Fix on youtube not long ago had made a comment that just because he doesn't cover a RTX 4000 series card in a video daily with the engineered defective connector doesn't mean he isn't fixing them daily. Northridge Fix on youtube not long ago had made a comment that just because he doesn't cover a RTX 4000 series card in a video daily with the engineered defective connector doesn't mean he isn't fixing them daily. , 5:01 Reply.

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NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1329, Friday, February 7

It's time for your guide to today's Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on the latest puzzle, plus a selection of hints designed to help you keep your streak going.

Don't think you need any clues for Wordle today? No problem, just skip to my daily column. But remember: failure in this game is only ever six guesses away.

Want more word-based fun? TechRadar's Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that game, and you can also take a look at our NYT Strands today and NYT Connections today pages for our verdict on two of the New York Times' other brainteasers.

SPOILER WARNING: Today's Wordle answer and hints are below, so don't read on if you don't want to see them.

Wordle hints (game #1329) - clue #1 - Vowels.

How many vowels does today's Wordle have? • Wordle today has a vowel in one places*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Wordle hints (game #1329) - clue #2 - first letter.

What letter does today's Wordle begin with? • The first letter in today's Wordle answer is S.

S is the most common starting letter in the game, featuring in 365 of Wordle's 2,309 answers. In fact, it's almost twice as likely to begin an answer as the next most common starting letter, C.

Wordle hints (game #1329) - clue #3 - repeated letters.

Does today's Wordle have any repeated letters? • There are no repeated letters in today's Wordle.

Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it's still more likely that a Wordle doesn't have one.

Wordle hints (game #1329) - clue #4 - ending letter.

What letter does today's Wordle end with? • The last letter in today's Wordle is H.

H is a regular visitor to the final spot in a Wordle word. It occurs 137 times at the end of a Wordle answer, making it the sixth most common letter there.

Wordle hints (game #1329) - clue #5 - last chance.

Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1329.

If you just want to know today's Wordle answer now, simply scroll down – but I'd always recommend trying to solve it on your own first. We've got lots of Wordle tips and tricks to help you, including a guide to the best Wordle start words.

If you don't want to know today's answer then DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS PRINTED BELOW. So don't say you weren't warned!

3 Best start word performance*: SLATE (1 remaining answer).

SLATE (1 remaining answer) My start word performance: VALVE (286).

Today's Wordle answer (game #1329) is… SWATH.

There were low scores aplenty on offer today, for players of some of the best Wordle start words. SLATE – WordleBot's second favorite opener and the seventh most popular among Wordlers today – left only a single answer and therefore a guaranteed two. STARE, the third most popular, left five. CRATE (2), PLATE (3) and STALE (4) were also big winners.

That goes some way to explaining why the average is a relatively benign [website] here. It's not super simple, probably because that SW combination at the start is a lot less obvious that the ST or SH combos that lots of people will have played first. However, those start word successes will have brought the average back down again.

I suspect many players will have ended up with a four, even if their start word was not so lucky – there are no real traps here. It took me four, after my opening VALVE left 286 words. I wasn't delighted to have to play a word with a pair of Vs in it, but at least it gave me a yellow A.

Regular readers (and regular Wordlers in general) will know that A is the most common letter to appear in both the second and third positions, so I moved it one square to the right and went with TRAIN next. This was a good guess, but not very lucky and left 10 answers.

I figured that yellow T would be paired with an S at the start for STAFF, STAMP, STACK or STASH, or at the end for COAST or BOAST. But T and H go together often too, and I also found SWATH. My searching was far from perfect, though, and I missed three: ADAPT, SHAFT and the less likely STAPH.

I couldn't find a word that would guarantee me a four; WordleBot came closest with CHASM, which might have left a 50/50 but would otherwise have pointed the way to the solution. But I wanted to at least try for a three, so went with STACK instead. This might have left me with a three-way between STAFF, STAMP and STASH, but I haven't scored a 3/6 since the end of January, so I took a risk.

It didn't pay off – STACK was not the answer – but it wasn't a disaster either, leaving only SWATH from my list. I played that next for my four.

But there's an epilogue to this tale – because I realized afterwards that SHAFT could also have been the answer and that really I'd had a 50/50 all along. I'm sure if I'd spotted it I'd have played it over SWATH – although as it turns out it was a past answer anyway.

Now that would have been a frustrating conclusion to my game.

How did you do today? Send me an email or let me know in the comments.

In a different time zone where it's still Thursday? Don't worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #1328, too.

Wordle yesterday had vowels in two places.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

The first letter in yesterday's Wordle answer was P.

P is a very common first letter among Wordle answers. It's the fifth most common in the alphabet and begins 141 solutions in total.

There were repeated letters in yesterday's Wordle.

Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it's still more likely that a Wordle doesn't have one.

The last letter in yesterday's Wordle was L.

L is a really common letter to find at the end of a Wordle. There are 155 games that finish with an L, and it ranks as the fifth most likely letter there.

Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1328.

Yesterday's Wordle answer is found in the eye, or in a classroom.

4 Best start word performance*: PLATE, PLANE (7 remaining answers).

PLATE, PLANE (7 remaining answers) My start word performance: ADORN (401).

Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1328) was… PUPIL.

One of the things I love about Wordle is the little stories it throws up. I realize that I am a massive geek and that many people just play it because they, y'know, like to solve a word puzzle – but I enjoy the narrative around it too. It's like a sport; nobody really enjoys baseball, right? You just like the stories and the stats. Wordle is like that for me. [Cue angry comments from baseball lovers].

Anyway, the story for yesterday's Wordle is that PUPIL has exactly the same starting and ending letters as Wednesday's PEDAL.

This is only the eighth time this has happened in Wordle's 1,329 games – with the last such example being STAKE / SKATE in August last year. That was of course far more notable in that it merely involved the positional swapping of two letters, but the PUPIL / PEDAL thing is still interesting to me.

Okay, yes, I am ridiculously boring. But cut me some slack, eh? I've been writing about this game every single day for three years now, I need to find ways to make it exciting!

The other interesting thing about PUPIL is that it contains a repeated P that is not also a double P – as in HAPPY.

This is uncommon. P is not particularly likely to be repeated anyway (only 18 of the original 2,309 games contain more than one P), and in 11 of those 18 the Ps appear together.

PAPER (game #35 before anyone was playing), PULPY (#138, ditto), POLYP (#778), PIPER (#980), PAPAL (#1075) and PRIMP (#1275) have all appeared already, so that's seven of the eight done – except it's not, because PRIMP was an extra word added by the NYT. So there are at least two more of these repeated-but-not-doubled P-words to follow.

It's not a particularly tough Wordle; average score [website], , so a little higher than PEDAL, most likely due to that repeat. I had a slightly enhanced time of it, though, despite an even worse opening guess. I had high hopes for ADORN, but no – another blank return for me, and this time still 401 answers remaining.

My luck was a little improved yesterday, however. SLICE – chosen for its common letters – gave me two yellows and cut the shortlist to 14. WordleBot expressed it preferred STILE, but only just (it gave them both a 99 skill rating).

Next, I employed a little trick I learned from the 'Bot some time ago – namely repeating a letter in order to turn it green. On the one hand, playing LIMIT reduced the number of distinct letters from five to four, but few words end in an I, and not that many start with one, so putting it in both second and fourth spot almost guaranteed it would go green.

And it did – in the fourth spot. That immediately ruled out the likes of HILLY/FILLY/BLLY and WILLY, plus MILKY, FILMY (which I didn't think of), LIGHT, IMPLY, VIGIL, FILTH and LIPPY. Meanwhile, the fact that the T stayed gray accounted for TULIP.

All of which that meant PUPIL was the only word left. I played it next for a straightforward four.

I've been playing Wordle every day for more than three years now and have tracked all of the previous answers so I can help you improve your game. Here are the last 50 solutions starting with yesterday's answer, or check out my past Wordle answers page for the full list.

Wordle #1328, Thursday 6 February: PUPIL.

Wordle #1327, Wednesday 5 February: PEDAL.

Wordle #1323, Saturday 1 February: RIVET.

Wordle #1321, Thursday 30 January: FALSE.

Wordle #1320, Wednesday 29 January: UDDER.

Wordle #1316, Saturday 25 January: CRISP.

Wordle #1314, Thursday 23 January: UPPER.

Wordle #1313, Wedneday 22 January: REACH.

Wordle #1309, Saturday 18 January: SILLY.

Wordle #1307, Thursday 16 January: FLINT.

Wordle #1306, Wednesday 15 January: KNACK.

Wordle #1302, Saturday 11 January: DINGY.

Wordle #1299, Wednesday 8 January: DRAFT.

Wordle #1292, Wednesday 1 January: NERVE.

Wordle #1291, Tuesday 31 December: LEMUR.

Wordle #1288, Saturday 28 December: DECRY.

Wordle #1286, Thursday 26 December: AFFIX.

Wordle #1285, Wednesday 25 December: SHARE.

Wordle #1284, Tuesday 24 December: EAGLE.

Wordle #1281, Saturday 21 December: BLADE.

Wordle #1279, Thursday 19 December: STRAY.

Wordle #1278, Wednesday 18 December: HEFTY.

If you're on this page then you almost certainly know what Wordle is already, and indeed have probably been playing it for a while. And even if you've not been playing it, you must surely have heard of it by now, because it's the viral word game phenomenon that took the world by storm last year and is still going strong in 2024.

We've got a full guide to the game in our What is Wordle page, but if you just want a refresher then here are the basics.

What is Wordle? Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day. You get six guesses, with each one revealing a little more information. If one of the letters in your guess is in the answer and in the right place, it turns green. If it's in the answer but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it's not in the answer at all it turns gray. Simple, eh? It's played online via the Wordle website or the New York Times' Crossword app (iOS / Android), and is entirely free. Crucially, the answer is the same for everyone each day, meaning that you're competing against the rest of the world, rather than just against yourself or the game. The puzzle then resets each day at midnight in your local time, giving you a new challenge, and the chance to extend your streak.

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