12VHPWR on RTX 5090 is Extremely Concerning

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Check out the new Thermal Grizzly Duronaut: https://www.thermal-grizzly.com/en/duronaut/s-tg-d-002 --------------------------------------------------------- Music / Credits: Outro: 1998 Beats - Strange Things --------------------------------------------------------- Paid content in this video: - Thermal Grizzly Spot Samples used in this video: - RTX5090 FE der8auer Advertisement Policy: https://der8auer.com/advertisement-policy/ der8auer Sample Policy: https://der8auer.com/sample-policy/ --------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:00 Thermal Grizzly (Advertising) 1:18 The Reddit post: User error? 3:41 The damaged cable 5:10 Connector & cable under the microscope 5:55 The GPU-12VHPWR connector 6:50 The power supply 8:01 Power supply side of the cable 8:19 Third-party cable as the cause? 9:48 Excursion into materials science 10:26 Third-party supplier issue 11:09 Thermal imaging camera: temperatures & plugs 13:05 Thermal imaging camera: cables under load 15:09 Measuring with the clamp meter 16:04 Current distribution as a problem? 17:55 Checking the plugs 18:03 Summary/Conclusion 20:13 Outro