Darn You Silly USB Cables
Posted by Cap on February 11, 2007 |Random Sunday morning rant.
Does anyone else find it annoying that when you plug a USB cable into a USB slot, it’ll never fit in on the first try? Maybe it’s just me…
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February 11th, 2007 at 7:24 am
That happens to me too. I have to turn my computer upside down sometimes in order to get it in :-)
February 11th, 2007 at 7:40 am
YES! That drives me nuts…and the weird thing is it never fits on the second try either! How is that?!
February 11th, 2007 at 10:35 am
I finally figured out a way to put it in correctly every time. This doesn’t work as well when I’m fumbling around with USB slots in the rear of a desktop, however.
There are two squares cut on each side the plating of the male USB plug. On one of the sides, the squares are actually two holes, while the other pair has a plate (typically white) immediately beneath it. On my laptop (as well as most horizontally oriented USB ports) the side with the holes is the side that goes face up. Works every time!
Hope that helps.
February 11th, 2007 at 11:00 am
That’s one reason I was always hoping for Firewire to win out.
I’ve never had problems plugging them in.
February 11th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Considering it’s 50-50, I’d say it’s probably not every… unless you always flip heads. :)
February 11th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
I am so glad you blogged that. All this time I thought it was just a conspiracy against ME!
February 12th, 2007 at 4:36 am
I am not alone in this universe!!! WOOOOHOOOOO
February 12th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
USB plugs have the USB logo molded into the plastic on one side only. This side should be facing up.
Doing this will castly increase your odds of right-first-time :-)
(I know, doesnt help for vertical sockets)
February 12th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
I’m with Austin’s first hunch – I think it IS a conspiracy
February 17th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
I’m with missiondebtfreedom. It usually takes me three or four tries. After that I get a little light headed from bending over my computer and have to take a nap and try again later.
February 19th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
No matter matter how many times I do it–I always put it in upside down the first time (so of course, it doesn’t fit.) I will have to remember what PC said.
February 20th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
now that was toooooo funny. i thought i was the only one! ahhaa…USB is sofaking annoying at times!!!!
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:28 am
Well, it WOULD be 50/50, but sometimes you push so hard you THINK it would have gone in had it it been on the right side, so you flip it, figure out you’re wrong, and then try again. Really, someone should just make the plug cylindrical (like the red, whit and yellow cables you use to plugin a DVD player) so you never get it wrong.