@TerraWarePC@ASRockUSA@ASRockInfo@AMD@AMDRadeon All I noticed is that if any of those molten connector cases had pictures/info available on how the cable was routed or bent, it was always as I mentioned.
I finally made a picture which will most likely prevent any melting in the future:
@Michal_1001@Yaya5678a@TerraWarePC@ASRockUSA@ASRockInfo@AMD@AMDRadeon My own findings. If you research the molten cables, you will find this pattern 9/10 times.
If you remember the first few months everyone was saying that it's super important to have proper seating, no bending etc., but now it turned more into a "if you hear a click, you are good"
@xJohnnyManueLx X200U camera bump is perfect, because you can actually use it to rest your fingers underneath it and hold the phone comfortably with one hand. Not possible with X200 Pro or Xiaomi 15 Ultra for example, because the bump is not thick enough.
Your takes keep getting worse and worse.
@mpr_reviews@unikoshardware That is also problematic indeed.
It's just odd to see that pretty much any case of this happening is exactly as I describe it, where the cable is bent away from the sense wires, so the latch can't prevent the cable from being unevenly seated.
@unikoshardware@gerulis20 The problem is that this picture needs to be taken literally. You are right, in reality it is hard to do, but if everyone would apply this to 100%, we would have much less molten connectors.
In reality, the top picture is already risky, latch at bottom + cable bending down = π
@GamingWithNep@TerraWarePC@ASRockUSA@ASRockInfo@AMD@AMDRadeon Look at every single picture online of a molten cable: only the pins at the sense wires melt, not the ones where the latch is.
Bonus points if you find a picture of how the cable was installed.
The right way:
Latch up top = bend cable down.
Latch at the bottom = bend the cable up
@Yaya5678a@TerraWarePC@ASRockUSA@ASRockInfo@AMD@AMDRadeon Don't ask me, I hate it too π
But it's here to stay, so we have to always make sure to bend the cable the right way. Latch on top of connector = bend the cable down under the GPU.
Latch at the bottom = bend the cable up over the GPU.
@gerulis20@unikoshardware Latch on top of connector, but adapter bends backwards. Adapter + cable is too heavy, latch can't prevent uneven contact and it melts.
It is ALWAYS the same situation.
@TerraWarePC@ASRockUSA@ASRockInfo@AMD@AMDRadeon The latch on your connector on the GPU is on top, you bend the heavy adapter+cable to the back.
Latch can't prevent uneven contact = it melts. It is ALWAYS the same situation. That is why always the pins around the sense wires melt, not the pins where the latch is.
@unikoshardware I agree, it shouldn't be this way.
But sadly this connector is here to stay and people MUST bend it the right way, so that the cable is 100% plugged in and that the latch prevents any movement.
@xJohnnyManueLx I watched the entire video.
Oppo is always too soft and often lacks details because of it.
If they don't improve clearity and add a little bit of sharpness, then Vivo is the better pick all around.
The more reviews I see, the worse the Oppo gets........very sad honestly.......