Re:Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021)
by ginko on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:33AM
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>It's also very easy to bodge together a USB-C connector in a pinch that only supports USB 2.0
If I found out (some of) the USB-C ports on my mb were limited to USB 2.0 speed and power I’d be quite pissed.
Re:Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021)
by ziml77 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @08:47AM
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I would hope nothing on your mobo is bodged from the factory.
Re:Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021)
by mort96 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:11AM
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Have you seen how big the contact pads are on type A, and how small they are on type C? I don't think anyone is "bodging together" a type C connector or soldering anything on its contact pads.
USB-C is an extraordinarily flexible connector and is super backwards-compatible. If you wanted to provide the exact same support as a USB A port, it's not any more complex. Just finer pitch to solder, but not any finer than anything else on the motherboard.
An A to C cable is also entirely passive. I think it's ok to rely on them. The future is now, time to move on. It's been 27 years.