The new flagship Nvidia gaming GPU has already melted under load, with the cable, power supply, and gaming GPU all damaged as ...

The resulting shear stress caused the zinc to slowly flow around the cable strands, letting them slip out of the surrounding steel socket and — well, you can watch the rest below for yourself.

But exactly why did those cable sockets fail? A new report aims to answer that question, and in the process raises some interesting questions of its own. The proximate causes of the collapse have ...

The issue allegedly causes damage not only to the cable but also to the PC's power supply — in one Reddit user's case, worth ...

A plug and socket for coaxial cable. RCA connectors are used for analog audio signals (see analog audio). They are also used for digital audio (see S/PDIF) and analog video (see composite video).

In late 2022, following the release of the Nvidia RTX 4090, similar reports surfaced, showing burned cable sockets and damaged components across social networks like Reddit. YouTube channel Gamers ...

Where they diverge: They have their cable sockets and header connectors—most everything that gets a wire attached to it—on the board's back instead of its front. Paired up with specially ...