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This is what failure is like, there’s a lot of surface area and sometimes it’s things you never thought of worrying about. I would bet the cause coming down to
by colechristensen 4y ago
This is what failure is like, there’s a lot of surface area and sometimes it’s things you never thought of worrying about.
I would bet the cause coming down to minor manufacturing defects and testing that was “too good” at plugging things in not accounting for sloppy end user assembly.
Combined with good old inadequate safety margins.
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoI agree with that, but, glibly, I'd argue with this: > things you never thought of worrying about. In my experience, it's nearly always the connectors that you suspect first.
- lazide 4y agoAlso, power supply design (including power cables) is a really foundational piece for any electronic device, and the one that typically causes complete failure/letting the blue smoke out if not done carefully. And of course, safety/fire issues if screwed up particularly badly. It is weird that in their push to all time high TDP they didn’t spend more time thinking about it. That said, cutting edge often means bleeding edge, something something.