Just days ago, Seasonic recommended that users use a hair dryer to bend GPU power plugs, but now its 12VHPWR manual has been scrubbed of that suggestion (via HotHardware). It's unclear when Seasonic revised its page about 12VHPWR cables, but it seems it happened on December 25 or 26, the day the removal was first noticed.
The 12VHPWR cable first debuted in Nvidia's RTX 4090, one of the best graphics cards, and it's impressive for its 600-watt power draw and trim profile. However, that was undermined by the cable's susceptibility to catching on fire if not inserted just the right way, which is why Seasonic created a manual just for a single cable. Although Seasonic's manual had some standard advice, recommending a hair dryer to make bending the 12VHPWR cable easier was unusual.
