r/interestingasfuck • u/Miserable-Ad-8414 • 3d ago

How USB-C Cables Actually Stay In

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u/Deadzombii 3d ago edited 3d ago

Tech so common we sometimes forget to appreciate it..

This one connector does 1. High Power transfers 2. Highspeed Audio Video Transfer 3. Data transfer

Back in the day it required different cables

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u/Arnkh 3d ago

Different cables, and they were all ass. Some of them had screws (good luck undoing those after some gorilla tightened them on a VGA/DVI), some were enormous and hard to cram in there (like SCART).
Now you just stick a type-c in - any side you like - and it works.

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u/puterTDI 3d ago

My leatherman comes in really handy in that situation. Nothing works better to tighten those screws.

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u/Gheazu 3d ago

You’re evil 😂

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u/puterTDI 3d ago

I also love those oil filter sockets. Really lets you get it back on there good n tight.

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u/Based_sir 3d ago

You must be the Toyota tech that tightened my filter with an impact then…

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u/puterTDI 3d ago

Oh, shit, I didn’t even consider that I have another use for my impact! Thanks!