The European Union has officially imposed a new rule for selling laptops with a power rating of 100 W or less, requiring them to use a USB-C port for charging. This rule takes effect today, April 28, Tuesday, as the European Commission has been exploring ways to reduce electronic waste and has been ...
They need to require the USB C ports to be user replaceable.
I have had countless B ports (the tiny ones) fail on me but have yet to have a single C to fail.
What are you doing or am I especially lucky?
You must have gotten lucky. The USB C port on my laptop no longer works for data and it will stop charging if the cable gets bumped. I’ve always been very careful with it. I never plug the charger in unless the laptop is sitting on a desk.
I’ve had a few mini and micro B connectors fail, but those are easy to replace as long as they haven’t been ripped off the board.
honestly the ports are whatever, I care more about the shitty TI PD controllers that always break and are programmed and not replaceable even by people who can replace the ports.
Costs about $30 in my country. Just need a guy who knows how to solder
You need someone with a good hot air rework station and preheater. The full function USB C connectors have a second row of pins under the connector. They can’t be replaced with just a soldering iron.
fortunately lots of laptop repair shops have this
Still not user replaceable. Should be mandated as a separate board. It’s such an elementary thing to need to replace, USB-C ports that are plugged and unplugged on a daily basis need to be replaced eventually and there’s literally nothing stopping manufacturers from putting it on a separate board on a laptop if they can do it on phones.
And what about the thing that the user replaceable part is plugged into?
… What?
The motherboard?
That’s expensive to replace. Which is why the single most important plug on the device should be separately replaceable by a user with a screwdriver kit. Even apple used to do it that way for Magsafe, but unfortunately not for some usb c laptops.