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gregkh

Greg K-H

Scariest cable I have that I actually use. It's a USB-C to Thinkpad "adapter" that I bought to power a thinkpad that shipped with a giant 135W brick-of-a-power-supply. This cable does work, but has the tendency to "overload" many USB chargers, causing them to reset. Fun times, but good for traveling so I don't have to lug the brick around with me as well.
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bagder@mastodon.social

daniel:// stenberg://

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@gregkh my old thinkpad has one of those connectors/charges as well, but it can also charge with a "normal" usb-c. Can't yours do that?

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katt@ak.kazuma.family

katt dizzy_anime

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@bagder @gregkh perhaps the laptop is old enough to not have USB-C at all
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magila@sfba.social

magila

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@gregkh This is why we need a "usb0 on fire" error message.

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baloo@sfba.social

baloo

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@bagder @gregkh some thinkpad require 135w or even 200w power bricks. I’m not sure about the 135, but the 200w I have predates (2021 model) the usb-c of standard that would allow that amount of power.

I think they now made the switch to usb-c

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gregkh

Greg K-H

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@bagder Oh crap, yes, that does work on this model! It's even buried on the spec sheet if you read it close enough. It didn't on a previous model I had, so I'll blame that reason why I never tried this out. Ok, one less cable to carry around with me when traveling now, thanks!
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