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Melty Molices mostly affected the old 5 1/4" HDD connector and that was only really a problem because of extremely poor tolerances in third-party connectors lea
by formerly_proven 4y ago
Melty Molices mostly affected the old 5 1/4" HDD connector and that was only really a problem because of extremely poor tolerances in third-party connectors leading to bent-open sockets. Mate-n-lok, which is the same type of connector (available in a gazillion variations), is used in huge numbers to this day and has zero reliability issues because the connector design is unproblematic if done correctly.
What's sorta new here is that these are genuine connectors - not aftermarket dreck - and they're already having issues at, as I understand it, around 70-80 % of the specced load (specified for >600 W, while these GPUs are normally limited to 450 W or so).