I Fixed the 5090’s Melting Power Connector...But YOU Shouldn't

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It’s no wonder GeForce RTX 50-series Founder’s Edition power connectors are melting, what with nVidia insisting on using tiny little connectors, and THEN making matters worse by wiring them up in a way sure to make an electronics engineer cringe. We joked on the WAN show that someone should just use an XT60 connector to solve the problem!

Then helpful viewer erg142 reminded us that we make videos where we do stupid things like that all the time, so here we are. Thanks erg142!

For more on the 12VHPWR connector, check out this reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1io4a67/an_electrical_eng

Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1606023-i-fixed-the-5090%E2%80%99s-melting-power-connectorbut-you-shouldnt/

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:35 THAT's the plan?
3:23 Here's the problem...
6:36 This might be tricky
9:10 I'm sorry you have to see this
11:40 PSU Mods?
13:06 Beep Equals Bad
14:09 It keeps getting worse
15:25 I can't watch, you guys are on your own...
21:00 Credits