Apparently not. The computers run totally on 12V and the motherboard handles things like turning the computer on and off. The computer also was trying to run the power supply’s fan which needed ...

Our post on Tuesday about melting 12V-2X6 connectors on RTX 5090 GPUs concluded with a grim prediction that we could see more ...

Moddiy has warned users against using its older 12VHPWR-rated power cables with RTX 50-series products. It recommends only using its cables manufactured in 2025.

High-performance connectors like 12V-2×6, sometimes called 12VHPWR, deliver significant current to advanced graphics cards such as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition. Each connector pin ...

The 12VHPWR, also known as a 16-pin connector ... SIG to introduce improvements in the ATX 3.1 standard. The updated standard features an improved 12V-2×6 power interface. This new interface ...

That said, if you own an ATX 3.0 PSU, these cables won’t change anything since you would use the included 12V-2×6 cable instead of this adapter. While this change won’t make the connector less ...