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Jacob Fox

Users are reporting MSI's yellow-tipped GPU power cables are sneaking out of place, putting graphics cards at increased risk

MSI power supply 12VHPWR cable with yellow colouring.

GPU meltgate returns, this time with an unexpected twist: more meltiness. This time, it's looking like one of the main preventative strategies against melting GPU cables might not be as simply effective as initially thought, as there are reports of gamers' yellow-tipped MSI cables creeping out on their own over time (via Wccftech).

We've witnessed 12V-2x6 cables melting for years now, the first being with the RTX 4090. Since then, there have been a number of attempted diagnoses and fixes, but on the melting goes.

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