Comments on: Darn You Silly USB Cables

By: Tym

Tym — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:28:36 +0000

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.

By: tanyetta

tanyetta — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:16:29 +0000

now that was toooooo funny. i thought i was the only one! ahhaa…USB is sofaking annoying at times!!!!

By: Mom2fur

Mom2fur — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:14:34 +0000

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.

By: The Sarcasticynic

The Sarcasticynic — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:41:42 +0000

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.

By: Gino

Gino — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:25:10 +0000

I’m with Austin’s first hunch – I think it IS a conspiracy

By: Bill McLeod's Law Blog

Bill McLeod's Law Blog — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:16:24 +0000

Cease Purchasing “Crap”…

Atlanta bankruptcy attorney and fellow NACBA member Jonathan Ginsburg has a great post today and recommends two websites that I will also pass along: The first is a blog called Debt Free and more notably, a recent entry called “How……

By: PC

PC — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:08:15 +0000

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)

By: Ressa

Ressa — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:36:32 +0000

I am not alone in this universe!!! WOOOOHOOOOO

By: Austin

Austin — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:41:39 +0000

I am so glad you blogged that. All this time I thought it was just a conspiracy against ME!

By: jim

jim — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:49:05 +0000

Considering it’s 50-50, I’d say it’s probably not every… unless you always flip heads. :)

By: Garrett

Garrett — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:00:13 +0000

That’s one reason I was always hoping for Firewire to win out.

I’ve never had problems plugging them in.

By: James

James — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:35:29 +0000

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.

By: missiondebtfreedom

missiondebtfreedom — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:40:08 +0000

YES! That drives me nuts…and the weird thing is it never fits on the second try either! How is that?!

By: The Financial Ladder

The Financial Ladder — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:24:03 +0000

That happens to me too. I have to turn my computer upside down sometimes in order to get it in :-)