Exactly

SpotShotter? Technically yes, but it works terribly. Even the Wikipedia articles second sentence reads “researchers have noted concerns about effectiveness, reliability, privacy, and equity [of ShotSpotter]”

Calling Chevrolets 15 cent ignition spring that caused ignition interlock on the first gen Cobalts.

They saved 10 cent per spring from the factory…guess how much the recall costed the company, along with the PR nightmare is created.

Shit, that's right. I totally forgot to do the conversion.

You didnt really read then.

The article is effectively stating that the 12VHPWR connector standard is perfectly fine and plenty robust to handle its job, in general, and that people are fearmongering over the connecter standard being bad, when it is very much plenty fine.

NVIDIA however produced an extremely cheap and shitty adapter for it they shipped with their cards, and its the adapter that is failing, because they made it very cheaply and didnt not comply to 12VHPWR standards.

It is 100% NVIDIA's fault though, Im not sure what makes you think the article said anything opposite of that.

That's what's so mind blowing about this. One fucking look at this card in a case and I feel like 90% of competent PC builders would be like "this should be angled or a 90 degree adapter".

This isn't rocket science, unlike actual GPU design, which is arguably more complicated and difficult.

Ahhh, corporate life

Gimme the loaf you old bag!!!

I was ~12 miles from the epicenter. I saw my phone (pixel 7) buzz and had probably 2-5 seconds of my brain going "uhhh what?" Before I felt shaking. Many iPhone users at work said it came after or not at all.

Or people buying a $5 case for their $1500 phone.

I paid 1400€ for my bicycle and carry two 100€ locks with it to bring it into the opposite extreme of perspective. But I never fear to get my bike stolen.

That connector design is the kind of stuff you would find in USB cables that are not compliant with even USB 1.1 specs so they either don't work, or could set your phone on fire.

Or no-brand "500W" PSUs that cost $20.

> "Except the connectors are cheap and break easily. But that's not nvidia's fault!"

Except if you read the article or looked for my TLDR comment, you would see that the whole cable melting drama is purely due to Nvidia's poor connector design or they had accepted low quality cables from a manufacturer. Meanwhile PSU manufacturers' and other 3rd party cables don't have the same problem.

Flatscreen TV warning label: "Do not transport lying flat down."

Customer: "That sign warning can't stop me because I can't read!"

TV predictably breaks

GPUs with direct 3 phase 480V connectors when?

What a shitshow of a company lmao

Amazing to make such a high end product and to imagine all the man hours spent in design and construction just to skimp out on the thing that powers it. NVIDIA really has its head up its own arse. Way up there.

Sorry but putting quotation marks over random sentences doesn't help with bad reading comprehension.

It is a 12VDC connector. At 600W that means 50A up, 50A down. 8.3A per pin. And that's assuming it's all perfectly balanced, which with these connections, it won't be.

>The 50xx cards should better be equipped with something like this.

Doubtful. Leatherman wants 3 pins out of those to make his shoulders look stiff.

Is there any way Nvidia doesn't have to do a massive recall? Seems like a house fire and massive lawsuit just waiting to happen.

Nah, my accent is genuine. Shit, if I wanna curse, I’ll curse my motherfucking 61 year old ass off ;)

It’s like when people buy a monster tv, reject the delivery costs, and come up with some stupid janky way to attach it to their car for the journey home.

Stupid.

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Take them into the Apple store and ask for them to be “tested” in the back. I guess theres a super secret testing method. It’s pass/fail and they wont tell you what failed and what passed. Mine “failed” so…IDK. Do this BEFORE the year warranty runs out. They will replace then for free. My warranty had just expired.