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What I found especially interesting is that an nVidia engineer commented that they did actually test the connector rigorously with the manufacturer:[MEDIA=youtube]MxU1AkGNnT0:1684[/MEDIA](Last minute of the video)"all the issues have been fixed, we are very confident"So either QA (nVidia and cable manufacturer) is not doing its job, they are shipping a different product that was tested (higher power draw or different cable assembly) or the driver is different than the ones used during testing.
What I found especially interesting is that an nVidia engineer commented that they did actually test the connector rigorously with the manufacturer:
[MEDIA=youtube]MxU1AkGNnT0:1684[/MEDIA]
(Last minute of the video)
"all the issues have been fixed, we are very confident"
So either QA (nVidia and cable manufacturer) is not doing its job, they are shipping a different product that was tested (higher power draw or different cable assembly) or the driver is different than the ones used during testing.