Shagittarius wrote on 2022-11-01, 04:59:
I'll let you know if mine goes up in flames.
I am not wishing such an issue on anybody, to be clear. Nor am I judging anybody who actually wants and makes of use of the kind of performance that this thing provides .
I was mocking the, IMHO, bordering on absurd thermal enveloppe and power draw that this thing has.
That being said, if a connector type
-is planned/designed for that much current to be going through it
- is meant for use in such an enclosed space as a PC
- is implemented without dedicated thermal monitoring/cutoff at a potential high resistance point such as a connector (admittedly more of a card design issue, but still)
- is possibly (TBD if applicable, as speculation so far) designed in such a way that current can flow without the connector being properly and fully engaged thus greating a high resistance point
Something like what we are hearing about these days was bound to happen.
Whether this is triggered by a design issue, a manufacturing issue or a user installation issue, this kind of thing should not have happened.
i haven't checked, but if this is a connector that relies on exerting pressure for it to properly clip into place, IMHO, maybe some kind of detection mechanism should have been implemented (i.e. An additional recessed conductor that is only used to electrically detect that the connector is fully engaged. Maybe something equivalent or better is already in place, I don't know) for safety purposes.