Troublesome 16-pin connector sidelines $30,000 H200 Hopper GPU — repair technician saves the data center day by fixing power port

A repair technician recently saved the day by fixing a dead $30,000 H200 Hopper datacenter GPU with a damaged 16-pin power connector. The damage was caused by user error rather than faulty design, with most pins bent and damaged. The technician successfully repaired the GPU by swapping sense pins from a spare connector, despite a hiccup where the sense pins were initially soldered in the wrong order. Ultimately, the technician bypassed the sense pins to restore power to the GPU, which was then returned to the customer.