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fun fact - that circuity is totally superfluous. Connector itself has 4 small pins underneath main ones specifically for detection. Nvidia did Apple here invent

by rasz 4y ago

fun fact - that circuity is totally superfluous. Connector itself has 4 small pins underneath main ones specifically for detection. Nvidia did Apple here inventing stupid shit to make it proprietary. All this circuity does is 4 to 2 binary encoding.

cmsj 4y ago
It's not proprietary, the connector is called 12VHPWR and it's specified by the PCI SIG.
- rasz 4y ago
  Not the connector, additional useless chip Nvidia put in it encoding 4 signals into two pins, and leaving 2 remaining pins unpopulated.
  - arka2147483647 4y ago
    Usefull to have unused pins, if you have to update it to support 1000w in the future
    - rasz 4y ago
      Sometimes its good to stop and think a second longer. This "600W" connector is already melting, and you want to pump 1000W thru it?