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CableMod is recalling all 90deg and 180deg 12VHPWR adapters (cablemod.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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the nvidia 12VHPWR shitstorm continues!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't seem to have changed the cable at all, no. The only mechanical changes I can find anywhere, and I've looked quite a bit, are strictly to the electrical male pins on the device side to improve contact on the current carriers and shorter sense pins as to prevent operation if the insertion is even a tiny bit incorrect- everything else was kept the same as to maintain mechanical compatibility between the two specs.

PSU makers rebranding cables as 12V2x6 is probably just a marketing/keeping up with the spec thing. It should also mean that they changed the pins on the PSU side as well for modular power supplies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Gotchya. Yea this entire thing is incredibly confusing and frustrating. This entire standard is a fucking disaster. Whoever designed this bullshit should never work in the industry again. I hope the 12v2x6 tweak is enough to finally get past this so people don't have to worry about their fucking PCs catching on fire.