cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41325747
geteilt von: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41324008
I have one of those shown and never knew that they can make my devices go boom…
Any other things that may cause a surprise bonfire in my cable drawer?
USB hubs.
Plain old splitters will almost certainly damage the port, and if this is with a machine where USB-C is part of the motherboard, it could cause even more damage and be really expensive to repair.
The power-only ones are not too pricey. But if you also need high speed data transfer (like drives) those cost a bit more. Be careful that even the ones that claim data exchange may not support drive speeds. It took me three tries to finally find one that worked.