Other commenters are claiming that NVIDIA KNEW the adapter had an issue with melting and/or catching fire. If that's true, I still think NVIDIA still has 100% liability.
If it was late in the development cycle that this was discovered, then the proper thing to do would have been to delay the release, or just not include adapters and offer them later. It would have been a minor PR hit, but not nearly as bad as shipping adapters known to be faulty.
If it was late in the development cycle that this was discovered, then the proper thing to do would have been to delay the release, or just not include adapters and offer them later. It would have been a minor PR hit, but not nearly as bad as shipping adapters known to be faulty.