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This tool for finding bad USB-C cables (hackaday.com)

submitted 10 months ago by quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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EEVBlog also talked about this in a mailbag episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEZQvSgdA2k&t=1839s

And they also have different cable versions available: https://caberqu.com/

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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Is it common for USB-C cables to go bad? I just had a cable for an Xbox controller start to go bad somehow in a way I hadn't seen before. When plugged in, it will cause the Xbox to power off. Swapping out the cable, but using the same controller made the problem go away, so it's definitely the cable causing it. It's the same USB-C cable we had been using for awhile with this controller, it's what came with it.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago

It's not the cable that goes bad it's the connectors on the ends: They wear out.

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