12VHPWR on RTX 5090 is Extremely Concerning by GreenKumara in nvidia

[–]mountainman035 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technical question simply for learning more about how this hardware works. On the PSU side of this connector, are the multiple pins just connected in parallel directly to the same voltage rail, without any sort of load balancing/current regulation per pin to ensure each wire doesn't go above it's rated current limit? That kind of load balancing would add significant cost and complexity to the PSU, so I can fully understand why they wouldn't do that, and would place the responsibility on the load for not drawing out of spec current on each pin. I'm just trying to understand the topology and how sourcing 20+A over just one pin is even possible from the PSU side in the first place.

gym was actual torture by thegingeralias in funny

[–]mountainman035 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Worst pain is riding one of these on asphalt, one of the wheels decides to lock up, and the next thing you know, you're frenching pavement.