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I think I might try using ARC, or, hey I think I might put my hand in this bears mouth.
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Post 31 made on Saturday December 13, 2014 at 13:45
fcwilt
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Current USB connectors are usually marked as to how they are to be inserted.
Regards, Frederick C. Wilt
Post 32 made on Saturday December 13, 2014 at 15:11
goldenzrule
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On December 13, 2014 at 13:31, Craig Aguiar-Winter said...
You are SO right about USB. Every time.

I find myself chuckling each time. I think to myself "damn, got me again"
Post 33 made on Monday December 15, 2014 at 11:23
Ernie Gilman
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On December 13, 2014 at 13:45, fcwilt said...
Current USB connectors are usually marked as to how they are to be inserted.

I haven't seen a marking on the plug put there for the purpose of telling how to be inserted.

I did decide that I could overcome this problem, which is almost all it takes to overcome it. I noticed that all USB A connectors have a wide side without a seam and a wide side with a seam. So far, all manufacturers I've run across, including some really cheapass ones, put the seam on the same side. So all I have to do is learn which side the seam goes into on different devices.

My laptop, it's seam down. Car chargers, seam to the right. Except one, seam to the left. My Dell desktop, it's seam to the right. My previous Dell desktop, it was seam to the left.

Both of those desktops have the USB insignia above the socket, but it's pointed the same way on both computers even though the sockets are at 180 degrees to one another.

So, no, there's no marking. But it's not impossible to learn how to put them in for the devices you use the most. The biggest step in this process was deciding I could learn how to do it. (This is just like our clients who can only learn how to do something when they are given the confidence to believe that they can.)



On December 13, 2014 at 12:50, goldenzrule said...
USB only works on the 3rd attempt, after you tried to insert, flipped it, didn't work, flipped again, and inserted it like your originally tried. Happens EVERY time.

A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw
Post 34 made on Monday December 15, 2014 at 11:55
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Well I just checked a half dozen USB cables nearby and every one of them had a marking on the same side of the plug.

Some had the USB symbol, some had the brand name.
Regards, Frederick C. Wilt
Post 35 made on Monday December 15, 2014 at 12:07
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On December 15, 2014 at 11:23, Ernie Gilman said...

rofl
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