Is my 12-pin GPU Power plugged all the way in?

[TommyTwommy]

I won't lie. I've built plenty of PCs, connected and disconnected all kinds of connectors with an uncomfortable amount of force (both pushing and pulling), but this has to be the worst one yet. To add injury to insult, I know that there has been a whole scandal around it, and the fact that it's a $1500 GPU (where I live) doesn't help at all. Can someone confirm if this is plugged in all the way? It didn’t click or have any kind of feedback when I plugged it in. I really pushed hard, to the point where the whole motherboard was bending.

 

These photos are best I can do within the space I have.

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[Average Nerd]

6 minutes ago, TommyTwommy said:

Can someone confirm if this is plugged in all the way?

It appears to be. Sometimes connectors don't click, sometimes they do, it's hard to predict.

[RollinLower]

it looks like it is, is it stuck in? can you try wiggling the cable a bit and see if it pops back out?

[TommyTwommy]

13 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

it looks like it is, is it stuck in? can you try wiggling the cable a bit and see if it pops back out?

No, it's stuck. Can't unplug it no matter how much I wiggle

Oh well. I pushed it in again as much as I could. If something goes wrong definitely not my fault. This connector is trash

[TatamiMatt]

8 minutes ago, TommyTwommy said:

No, it's stuck. Can't unplug it no matter how much I wiggle

Oh well. I pushed it in again as much as I could. If something goes wrong definitely not my fault. This connector is trash

It looks a little spaced near the bottom here:

33 minutes ago, TommyTwommy said:

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Push it in while wiggling it up and down slightly and providing an opposing force (i.e. grab the gpu and lightly pull towards you while pushing on the 12pin) so you dont bend or break the motherboard/gpu

[Poinkachu]

54 minutes ago, TommyTwommy said:

I won't lie. I've built plenty of PCs, connected and disconnected all kinds of connectors with an uncomfortable amount of force (both pushing and pulling), but this has to be the worst one yet. To add injury to insult, I know that there has been a whole scandal around it, and the fact that it's a $1500 GPU (where I live) doesn't help at all. Can someone confirm if this is plugged in all the way? It didn’t click or have any kind of feedback when I plugged it in. I really pushed hard, to the point where the whole motherboard was bending.

 

These photos are best I can do within the space I have.

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Looks fine to me

Whats the GPU anyway?

 

[TommyTwommy]

18 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

Looks fine to me

Whats the GPU anyway?

 

gigabyte rtx 4080 gaming oc

[TommyTwommy]

57 minutes ago, TatamiMatt said:

It looks a little spaced near the bottom here:

Push it in while wiggling it up and down slightly and providing an opposing force (i.e. grab the gpu and lightly pull towards you while pushing on the 12pin) so you dont bend or break the motherboard/gpu

Yeah I saw that too but it looks much bigger on the photo than it actually is. I can't get rid of it.. I tried unplugging and replugging, wiggling and everything, but that small gap (it's like third of a milimeter) will always be there.

[Poinkachu]

1 hour ago, TommyTwommy said:

gigabyte rtx 4080 gaming oc

AFAIK, 4080 doesn't have as high fire hazzard risk as 4090.

The way I see it, I don't see any notable gap between the plug and the socket.

The clip also looks like it is on resting position, if the tip of the clip rests on the raised part of the socket, it doubt it'll look as straight as in the pic.

 

But yep, not like I own a 40 series to try