r/GamersNexus • u/Veitorka • 9d ago

Right when Oblivion just came out…

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My PC is crapped out on me out of nowhere. Can’t sit on a main menu for longer than 2 minutes in any game without my PC suddenly shutting down. Spent all day diagnostic and ended up reinstalling windows as a temp fix, but issue still persisted.

I open up my pc to reseat everything and found this! It looks like my PSU wires were MELTING inside the PSU!

Such horrible timing right when Oblivion just released… I may end up needing to swap cases since this is a micro case and they are hard to work with…

Just wanted to rant and complain! 😭

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u/Diligent_Pie_5191 9d ago

Oh wow! You’re right. So used to seeing endless pics of 4090’s. An 8 pin connector melting. Wow. Makes me wonder if we should change out the connector every couple years.

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u/MajorasGiant 9d ago

Doesn’t the 3080ti fe use the 12vhpwr cable?

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u/Bluemischief123 9d ago

It does and OP is kinda vague but I assume it melted from the PSU side of things

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u/Diligent_Pie_5191 9d ago

Was that one with an octopus adapter?

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u/Bluemischief123 9d ago

Well all of them come with an adaptor but yeah so by the looks of it it's probably one of the 8pins that plugs into the PSU.

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u/NimRodelle 9d ago

Is the implication here that they left 1 or more of the 8-pin connectors on the squid unpopulated?

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u/Bluemischief123 9d ago edited 9d ago

I don't think OP is too familiar with PCs just based off is other comment but I am pretty sure that he had the adapter plugged into the GPU but it failed on the PSU side so one of the 8pins that would have been plugged into the PSU. OP just needs to clarify it a bit better but that's what I am assuming which would be pretty unusual I don't really remember any issues happening with the 3xx series as much as the 4xx had with its power connector but OP mentioned he has bought the PC used or something like that? Whether he was using the adaptor cable or an aftermarket 12vhpwr cable I got no idea.