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I've broken several motherboards and many cables over the years. It drives me crazy. The USB-C is the worst. I'm on my third cable now. At least I finally f
by mchahn 9y ago
I've broken several motherboards and many cables over the years. It drives me crazy. The USB-C is the worst. I'm on my third cable now. At least I finally figured out to make sure I get USB-C chargers with removable cables. Now I only have to replace the cable, which I've done twice in the last month.
The Dell XPS 13, which I'm getting in a week or so, has both a proprietary power jack and supports USB-C charging. I'm very happy that I won't be breaking many more USB-C cables.
- KitDuncan 9y agoDells proprietary charger is the worst. They have a cable dedicated to insuring the use of original chargers, which appears to be especially prone to breakage. If it does, your XPS won't charge anymore, but it still gets power. I managed to repair my charger, but it was a real clusterfuck.
- Namidairo 9y agoMy oldish XPS and charger is a tad tempermental now in that it detects it as non genuine on occasion.
- basicplus2 9y agoYour problem is not with USB-C its with Dell, everything they sell that i have seen was rubbish, we had to replace the majority of screens and keyboards year after year and now we dont touch them with a barge pole now, i cant imagine they have improved.
- lightedman 9y agoNo clue why you're being downvoted. When I worked for Solectron Global, Dell and HP's repair departments were the absolute worst. Always backed up, always short on parts, always breaking mid-repair. Most frustrating job I've ever had, and a real eye opener as to the truly garbage nature of their products.
- bittercynic 9y agoI've had a couple of recent XPS 13 laptops, and they seem pretty solid to me. I've seen plenty of crappy HP and Dell machines, but the good ones are pretty good.