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A comment on USB4 Specification v2.0. Parent comment

Re:USB4 Specification v2.0 by seba_dos1 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:48PM (#33257384)
Every cable is suitable for at least USB 2.0 data transfer and 60W PD charging. Fully-featured cables get USB 3.0 data (at varying speed) and e-marked cables get >= 60W charging (100W or even higher with more recent PD revs). Thunderbolt (and USB4) has its own requirements.

If the above isn't true for your particular cable, it's either broken or what you're trying to do isn't specified by USB-C but rather some proprietary tech instead, in which case, blame your device vendor.

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Re:USB4 Specification v2.0 by augustuspolius on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:57PM (#33257449)
Interesting. I was testing this with a 4K USB-C monitor connected to MacBook Pro M1. Charging was not working due to "insufficient power".

I am trying to keep up with these spec details for a cable that is often marketed as just USB-C... it feels like an unnecessary cognitive load.

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Re:USB4 Specification v2.0 by seba_dos1 on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @12:03AM (#33257496)
Unless you need to go above 60W, a cable does not have any way to influence negotiated charging profile at all.
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