Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem

On 6/21/25 9:39 AM, chrisv wrote:

Farley Flud wrote:
 

Copper is expensive.  That's why most cables in power supplies are
aluminum.  Just strip the insulation on one and find out.

 Nonsense.

   Well, not 'nonsense' exactly ...
   However the MAIN prob isn't the wiring material
   but the QUALITY of the CONNECTORS.
   Modern fab procedures, TOO easy to skimp on
   how the connectors are attached.
   In ONE perspective, even dirt-cheap generic
   cables are SO cheap that it barely MATTERS if
   x-percent have bad connectors.
   However 'data centers' and related, DOES matter.
   Even a few hours of down-time is relevant and
   quite EXPENSIVE. Actual HUMANS have to diagnose
   this kind of fault - MORE expensive - AI isn't
   gonna cut it anytime soon. It will NEVER guess
   physical infrastructure as the prime problem
   or have ways to test that for YEARS yet.