You forgot to finger it after the second try to see if it's the correct hole....
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2024
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We resolved nothing; ya still gotta try to align the connector 2-3 times before it actually fits.
USB C should have been a circle.
That will be USB O
USB Oval like what it is now.
Still wouldn't fix it. USB exist in a superposition of states. The only way to get a quantum superposition system like a USB drive to collapse it by entangling it with another quantum superposition, like the USB port on your motherboard. Skipping over a lot of math, the way to do this for USB is to first test all possible sets of superposition states. Which fortunately for us is only two states; the homo-analogues and hetro-analogues states. This entangles the two systems then upon a third attempt it will be in the hetro-analogues state and collapse. The reason for this is the source code for USB was developed in the bowels of hell.
Gotta leave something for the next USB.
Soo basically
Sounds like a skill issue. lol
Impressive
all hail usbc
Yeah, but the cables still have major standardization issues. It's almost impossible to reliably tell if a cable can be used for power and data or just power, leading to people either thinking a cable is broken or over-spending.
that's why I've only got really nice cables that can be used for anything at high speeds
USB's are made from pure electrons. They need to rotate 720 degrees before they make a full turn.
If you put the empty side towards the top of the machine, that works first try 95% of the time. For desktops, the top of the machine is motherboard side up.
That only works if the pc is laying on the long side; most modern pc cases are made to stand only on the short side; kind of a bummer for people like me that still have a desk made to have the pc under the monitor
That is what I meant. With desktops that are short side down, the motherboard side with the CPU socket, PCIe slots, etc. should be considered as upwards
Oh right, sorry i didn't realise you had already wiritten it.
No worries, I probably could have worded it better anyways
Yeah but cant you just remember the orientation of your USB porta after having used them for a couple of years?
I just look at the port and the USB connector and see which side the plastic bit inside is blocking and which side is open, can get them right every time if you take 2 seconds to look at them
Unless you're plugging it in a dark place in the back of a PC and you forgot to bring your phone... So you just try and see which orientation is correct.
If things are done according to the spec, the logo's engraved/embossed on one side and not the other, so you can learn to feel that and get it right first time even in the dark.
There's always been an invisible 4th dimensional peg that's not talked about in most USB-A connectors, and you are required to flip your plug around so many times to get it in to the correct position.
Some of us have that inherent knack to sense the 4th dimensional peg without perceiving it...and thus we do not have this struggle. Meanwhile others completely lack intuition of the aforementioned 4th dimension and struggle endlessly with that peg.
Perfectly normal behaviour for all fermions.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD! :-P
j/k, you can stay, here's a couch if you want a nap: 🛋️
glad we're finally fixing that shit.
The USB logo is supposed to face up relative to the way the port is mounted on the motherboard. USB's port isn't flush with the case, so the flip and flip again action can be skipped if you wiggle the plug up and down and left and right to actually enter the port and not just be stuck in between the case and the outside of the port.
i've got various dells here with them (the front ports) vertically oriented.. some go one way, some go the other.
Sounds like you've got some Dells with USB ports, and some Dells with off-spec not-USB ports.
Everyone knows you have to flip it twice to get it into superposition.
Me every time 😂
I have mouse that has the usb symbol on one side and a company logo on the other. That is crappy design.
Universal Struggle Bus
The first time I saw this, I was in high school - which is a long fucking time ago. At least color the port blue to indicate 3.0 speeds... keep with the times my guy.
It's really easy and this is how I remember:
- The plastic inside the plughole is 'fat' and 'heavy'.
- Heavy sinks.
- Heavy is on the bottom
This works on pretty much every USB port. If it's vertical there's often a direction that feels like 'down'. Whether it's the bottom of the mobo or something else. So put the 'heavy' plastic on that side.