Ah shit, here we go again. Two owners of Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 Founders Edition GPUs have reported melted power connectors and damage to their PSUs. The images look identical to reports of RTX 4090 ...

At Tokyo Game Show 2025 last week, MSI was proudly showcasing a new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Ventus model with a unique feature: a ...

Nvidia’s flagship GPUs Another MSI GeForce RTX 5090 owner has reported the familiar smell of burning plastic, after the ...

The 16-pin (12VHPWR) power connector has experienced meltdowns on some of the best graphics cards. Nevertheless, these unfortunate incidents have predominantly been reported on Nvidia's graphics cards ...

I just got a Lenovo V14 G3 laptop. It's quite nice, though not top-end. I hate soldered memory but this at least has one SO-DIMM slot, and more importantly, a power button that isn't embedded in the ...

In the slightly-bowdlerized words of GTA San Andreas protagonist Carl Johnson, "Aw, crap. Here we go again." Virtually anyone reading this site will well remember the unfortunate failures of 12VHPWR ...

On page 4, there is an "IDE Power" connector. It looks a lot like a 4 pin CPU fan connector, but it (obviously) provides different voltages that are appropriate for 3.5" IDE drives (5V, 12V) and the ...

TL;DR: Longer active HDMI cables usually have a micro USB or USB-C connector to supply power to the internal chipset used for signal boosting. These ports won't be needed anymore if you get a cable ...

The Studio Display uses a non-standard power connector on the back, but while it is technically removable, most users shouldn't pull that cable out. While most computer monitors on the market use a ...

I am sold on the Corsair RM1200x SHIFT power supply after installing it in my machine. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Luckily, I ...

All laptops require a certain amount of volts and amps to operate properly, and anything less than or more than that amount may prove hazardous to the laptop's delicate internal electronics. An AC ...