Nvidia’s flagship card employs a 12VHPWR power connection, a new standard that isn’t natively supported by the majority of power supplies now in use in PCs. As a result, it includes an adaptor — or “power dongle,” as Friday’s article refers to it — in the box. Users first blamed the adaptor, with some claiming that the melting connection had also ruined their $1,599 GPU.
It’s tempting to interpret the company’s results as blaming the users. Nvidia doesn’t explicitly state that it’s user mistake, but it’s highly suggested in the message. It also appears to be a very handy answer, given that many have been guessing for about a month that the problem is caused by something more sophisticated, such as improper soldering or wires that are too tiny to properly manage the large quantities of electricity blasted through.
