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minus-squarehuginnlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoIt’s not about how tight the spec is - it’s about how poorly designed the connector is if it is easy to partially connect. You can have very tight specs and not be failure prone.
minus-squarekadu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIf a partial connection, a very common event, is not problematic with other GPUs but very problematic with this one - yes, it’s correct to affirm being so tightly within spec is a problem, as deviations in real world usage are more than expected.
minus-squarehuginnlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s not that common with previous connectors though. They snapped in and without a full connection did not work.
It’s not about how tight the spec is - it’s about how poorly designed the connector is if it is easy to partially connect.
You can have very tight specs and not be failure prone.
If a partial connection, a very common event, is not problematic with other GPUs but very problematic with this one - yes, it’s correct to affirm being so tightly within spec is a problem, as deviations in real world usage are more than expected.
It’s not that common with previous connectors though. They snapped in and without a full connection did not work.