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Re:The Great Apple Keyboard Cover-Up by xvf22 on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:47PM (#17528691)
Each of the USB-C ports needs a controller and if any of the four have an issue the computer will not charge.
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Re:The Great Apple Keyboard Cover-Up by adrianN on Saturday July 14, 2018 @01:48AM (#17529025)
One of the USB-C ports on my work laptop recently failed but the machine still charged from the other one.
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Re:The Great Apple Keyboard Cover-Up by xvf22 on Saturday July 14, 2018 @09:37PM (#17533370)
Was going by this [1] which seems to show that if one of the charging ICs goes bad it can cause the rest not to work. This is probably one of many failure mechanisms.

[1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=MY8LlHfK9ZA

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Re:The Great Apple Keyboard Cover-Up by saagarjha on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:54PM (#17528709)
I believe MacBook Pro has two Thunderbolt controllers, one for each side.
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Re:The Great Apple Keyboard Cover-Up by Jdam on Saturday July 14, 2018 @01:54AM (#17529044)
The USB controller is unrelated to USB power supply.
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