- A ChipHell post on June 12, 2026 shared a clear image of an Asus ROG Equalizer cable with three of its six power pins scorched and plastic housing visibly melted.
- The cable, sold as a mitigation for the heat issues that have plagued Nvidia’s 12VHPWR/12V-2x6 connectors, was shown without any accompanying details about the power supply, graphics card, or usage conditions. The source tweet from Uniko's Hardware on X simply linked to the picture, offering no explanation of why the failure occurred.
- The incident matters because it demonstrates that even aftermarket cables marketed as “anti‑melting” provide no mechanical safeguard against overheating of the 12V-2x6 design, which continues to see reports of melted pins on high‑power RTX cards. With GPUs now drawing up to 450 W, any failure mode can quickly become a costly warranty issue.
- Until a connector that actively balances current per pin appears, isolated melt events like this will keep resurfacing, reminding users that the underlying design remains vulnerable.