NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Gets Two 8-Pin Connectors Added to Its 16-Pin PCB Header and Testing Shows All Wires Staying Below 40°C Under Load

[Peter_Brosdahl]

An individual has come up with their own solution for the melting 12VHPWR/12V-2×6 cable issue by adding two 8-pin connectors to the 16-pin header. Reddit user DallasGrave has modded their MSI GeForce RTX 5090 by adding a PCB with two 8-pin connectors, with its wires then soldered onto the same header as the card’s 16-pin […]

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[Uvilla]

Well, i mean if you can solder well...

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Agreed, never my strongest skill but I really do like what they did here.

 

[Skillz]

Wonder if he will do mine next.

 

[MadMummy76]

I'm not sure what is going on here ?! Why is there still a HPWR connected? Isn't the 8pin supposed to replace it?

 

[Brian_B]

I'm not sure what is going on here ?! Why is there still a HPWR connected? Isn't the 8pin supposed to replace it?

However, this adaptation retains the original 16-pin connector and simply adds the two 8-pin connectors to aid in offloading the power load

 

[Skillz]

The card wont boot without that connector plugged into a proper source. Chances are it wasn't easy to "hack" it into thinking it was connected, so leaving it connected was probably the best solution.

 

[Uvilla]

The card wont boot without that connector plugged into a proper source. Chances are it wasn't easy to "hack" it into thinking it was connected, so leaving it connected was probably the best solution.

In the end the improvement would be soldering it ( assuming good solder ) extra pinouts are somewhat pointless.