230,000 is not worth it! Dual RTX Pro 6000 Almost Burned Interface

Fast Technology reported on November 9 that the top workstation graphics card once again encountered a power supply door crisis, and two Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 graphics cards with a total value of more than 230,000 yuan were nearly scrapped due to the burning of power supply cables.

A Reddit user shared this thrilling scene in a post. The 12V-2x6 power supply interface cable used by the Reddit has undergone serious physical degradation, and the outer protection network has been carbonized due to high temperatures.

It is understood that the cause of the incident was that the netizen inadvertently glanced at the inside of the chassis during the daily maintenance of his two-way graphics card workstation. Unexpectedly, this eye saved his graphics card: two 600W cables responsible for powering the graphics card showed obvious wear and fade at the connector.

From the exposed pictures, the cables at the graphics card end and the power supply end showed signs of synchronous heat loss, and one of the cables deteriorated significantly more than the other.

Although the plastic housing of the plug still looks intact, the discoloration of the outer braided mesh indicates that there has been a serious imbalance in internal current conduction.

According to the netizen, the outer braided wrap of these wires disintegrates on its own at the interface tip, like a crushed piece of paper.

You know, the price of these two graphics cards is as high as $16,000 (about 115,200 yuan), and the combined value of the two cards is enough to buy a good medium-sized car in China.

In order to ensure the stability of the power supply, the netizen also chose the most top-level Haiyun 1600W titanium gold power supply on the market, but even such a top-level hardware combination still failed to completely avoid the risks brought by the 12V-2x6 power supply interface.

At present, the netizen has decided to replace all the damaged cables just in case. There are still many speculations about the specific cause of this ablation. Whether it is the increase in resistance caused by excessive bending of the wire, or the tolerance problem of the interface itself, it is still uncertain.

Source: MyDrivers (Fast Technology). Content is presented with source attribution. Read the original report.