I hope they get hit with a class action lawsuit and are forced to recall and properly fix these products before anyone dies as a result of their shoddy engineering.
I hope they get hit with a class action lawsuit and are forced to recall and properly fix these products before anyone dies as a result of their shoddy engineering.
EDIT: Plantiff dismissed it. Guessing they settled. Here are the court documents (alternately, shakna's links below include unredacted copies):
https://www.classaction.org/media/plaintiff-v-nvidia-corpora...
https://www.classaction.org/media/plaintiff-v-nvidia-corpora...
A GamersNexus article investigating the matter: https://gamersnexus.net/gpus/12vhpwr-dumpster-fire-investiga...
And a video referenced in the original post, describing how the design changed from one that proactively managed current balancing, to simply bundling all the connections together and hoping for the best: https://youtu.be/kb5YzMoVQyw
I’m curious whether the 5090 package was not following UL requirements.
Would that make them even more liable?
Part of me believes that the blame here is probably on the manufacturers and that this isn’t a problem with Nvidia corporate.