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Re:Surface Laptop 4 by ziml77 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:11PM (#26798517)
A bad proprietary connector at that. The device side has failed on me a few times, requiring replacements. After about a year the connector needs to be pulled at just the right angle to charge the device. It would slowly get worse until I couldn't get it to make a connection at all.

I'm sure the issue is that I have it plugged in while it's on my lap a lot of the time, but barrel plugs and USB-C have not given me any issues under the same conditions.

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Re:Surface Laptop 4 by withinboredom on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:27PM (#26798787)
Just wipe it down with a bit of alcohol (while unplugged from the wall of course). I’ve found the connector tends to wear from “sparking” when connecting and disconnecting and gets a thin layer of carbon on it.
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