if I have uh, slightly deformed my usb plug, will I mess up my usb port by plugging in the plug repeatedly in hopes that the port will instead deform the plug back to closer to its original shape?
usb ports and plugs
if I have uh, slightly deformed my usb plug, will I mess up my usb port by plugging in the plug repeatedly in hopes that the port will instead deform the plug back to closer to its original shape?
Can you post a picture of how badly it's deformed?
Originally Posted by Wacom
my usb thumbdrive on the left for comparison.
If you're really good with a pair of small pliers, that should be easily fixed.
Otherwise, USB cables aren't THAT expensive, especially if you know some techy people who have spares.
This is connected to a piece of hardware, deary. Built-in, you might say.
Also, pliers are how we got it TO that point
Ah, well, I didn't know that.
Anyway, if pliers were how you got it to that point, then surely pliers can get it back to a fitting shape!
Unless they took it from super deformed to the shape it is now. :c\
Get a USB extension lead, plug one end into the deformed USB plug and never remove it, then use the other end as if it was the original USB plug and plug it into your laptop, problem solved.
USB is 4 pins. It doesn't get any simpler than that. As long as the pins line up, it will work. You can cut the outside of the terminator off altogether and it will still work. Also, if you don't bugger up the order of the 4 wires inside the cable, you can just snip the terminator off and pop a new one on there. I know a guy who actually cut open the power cord for a ball bearing fan (designed for use inside computers) and popped a USB terminator on it to use as a personal fan at work.
That's...that's brilliant. o.o
Mainly I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't deform the casing so that my other cords would be useless, but it doesn't seem that's happening. I guess apple used quality metal! (shock horror)
That's...that's brilliant. o.o
Not for an engineer it's not. More run of the mill, really. It's 4 leads. The same as rj11 telephone cable that's been around since Christ.
I'm not an engineer.
You don't need to be an engineer. Red wire to pin 1, black wire to pin 4, middle 2 pins empty. The middle 2 are used for data, per the first hit on google for "USB schematic. Just think of VCC (Voltage carrying circuit) as "positive" and GND as "negative," although the positive/negative nomenclature doesn't actually apply in this case.
EDIT: Read that over and it sounded snarky. This is not my intent. Just pointing out that USB pinouts aren't as complicated as you might think they are if you don't even try to find out how they work. Remember, "I can't" is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Cutting off ends of cables and replacing with a new connector is nothing special, I do it to rj-45 network cables every now and then
Anyway, Baloki probably has the most sensible suggestion for once
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