Bad USB-C cable destroys laptop
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Bad USB-C cable destroys laptop
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#2My biggest surprise here is there is still people using Google+.
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#3My biggest surprise here is there is still people using Google+.
I think he works for Google.
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#4I wonder if this one cable was miswired or it's something consistently wrong with the product. Either way that something like that could make it out of the factory demonstrates terrible or no QA/QC.
I've never used the Twinkie but it looks pretty cool. This shows that it may be worth adding some simple protection to the circuit to prevent simple miswires from damaging it or the host PC.
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#5Surely this product should be removed from sale by Amazon until the manufacturer can investigate?
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#6For those unfamiliar, this person (Benson Leung) is a Google employee that has been testing USB-C cables to make sure they match the specs. His efforts were previously discussed on HN[0].
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#7My biggest surprise here is there is still people using Google+.
Full disclosure: Not a Google employee, not even a fanboy anymore after some of the stuff I have seen over the last few years. That said I'm FED UP with this Google+ bashing.
Two major annoyances: no api access and centralized. Otherwise nice. Have used it a lot, but not much lately.
Generally it seems to be nicer and more focused on topics than twitter.
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#8I wonder if this one cable was miswired or it's something consistently wrong with the product. Either way that something like that could make it out of the factory demonstrates terrible or no QA/QC. I've never used the Twinkie but it looks pretty cool. This shows that it may be worth adding some simple protection to the circuit to prevent simple miswires from damaging it or the host PC.
Yeah, that's what the amazon review details. The ground is miswired.
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#9Breaking test equipment should probably force a recall by itself. I wonder what the Amazon procedure is for reporting faulty items?
Re: Bad USB-C cable destroys laptop
#10TL;DR; USB-C cable had GND tied to Vbus and Vbus tied to GND (opposite as it should be)
Honestly, I'm surprised that this isn't something that thelaptop and other such USB adapters aren't equipped to deal with. This is only slightly worse in my book than a USB adapter being fried from shorting the Vbus and GND pins together