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Re:Bad USB-C cable destroys laptop by Perixoog on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @06:29PM (#11023573)
>I wonder if this one cable was miswired or it's something consistently wrong with the product.

He bought more to find out: https://plus.google.com/+BensonLeung/posts/EBGMagC46fN

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Re:Bad USB-C cable destroys laptop by simoncion on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @08:03PM (#11024036)
> He bought more to find out:

I don't think so. From TFP:

"Here are some pictures of the torn down SurjTech 3M cable that fried my Pixel."

Cable, singular. :)

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Re:Bad USB-C cable destroys laptop by Trellmor on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @07:13AM (#11026021)
From one of his comments

>I ordered one more of each of Surjtech's products before they pulled their listing today, so yes.

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