Re:Hacking together a USB-C charger for a cheap Chromebook
by Dylan16807 on Monday October 12, 2020 @05:56PM
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> The reason why he was doing this became clear when one of the cables he tested was so bad that it fried the USB port on his Chromebook Pixel 2015.
Nnnnnnot really.
He was checking for cables that were misrepresenting themselves and might cause the wrong amount of current to be drawn.
He found one cable that had the power wires completely backwards. That means it was a very blatant mistake that could just as easily happen to any kind of cable.
Nnnnnnot really.
He was checking for cables that were misrepresenting themselves and might cause the wrong amount of current to be drawn.
He found one cable that had the power wires completely backwards. That means it was a very blatant mistake that could just as easily happen to any kind of cable.