Never Plug in a USB Wrong EVER Again

Somehow, it will probably still take 3 tries 🤔

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[chiroyce]

USB C: _I don't have such weaknesses._

[Pyroo]

".. during the mating process..."

Huh 🤨

[rorywalters]

The real problem is when the USB port is at the back of the computer, even you’re doing the right orientation there’s still a great chance you’ll struggle plugging it in.

[OmerMan]

Every usb-a cable has three sides: “not that”, “not that”, “oh it actually was that”
That joke never ceases to crack me 😂

[ZivaSila]

The real specification: "Every USB port should slide in on the third try after turning it around twice."

[XandarYT]

"visible during the *_MATING_* process" 😂😂😂

[Banditt]

The correct way is to insert it, doesn't work, flip it, doesn't work, flip it again, works.

[ninethetwotailedfox]

Everyone gangsta until USB-C walks in.

[hiiamelecktro]

Even knowing this, I still have go through the “try to plug it in, fail, turn the cable and try again, fail, turn the cable again, succeed”’ dance every time lol

[alteradvance]

Me with the usb icon on both sided: *Confused screaming*

[codelif]

I just love the fact that plugging a usb is called mating process

[cmh]

Well, this at least fixes the "Superposition" problem. From a Reddit post I saw, the USB must be rotated at least three times until it will actually fit. 😂

[KiroHeart]

I try shoving it in 6 times, move to a different port, look at the usb, turn it around, and still attempt to plug it in 6 times. Idk how a rectangle would fit in a small oval

[mda]

I just stick one of those small 'smiley-face' stickers on the top side so I can plug them in the right way even in the semi-darkness!

[prithviramsingh]

Ah, the video I needed just 15 years late

[RandomBogey]

First half- logical explanation with patent sources. Second half- “member the toy box with the different shaped holes and corresponding shaped pieces? Yeah? Just do that…”

[_Veno]

“During the mating process” some documents bro

[BubbaBearsFriend]

The Logo hint only works with USB-IF Certified Cables since the logo cannot be used on non certified cables.
The "holes up" tip is universally applicable though and definitely easier with the blue colored fill when compared to black.

[bricksonm]

Well this doesn’t work for plugging into a rear IO USB port, since they’re vertical.

But a good way to remember that one is to think about whether your motherboard is mounted on the left or right if you’re looking at the case from the front.

(Yes, some non-ATX, mostly OEM (Dell, HP, etc…) machines have the motherboard mounted on the left instead of the right.)

You always face the blocked side towards the direction your motherboard would be on. So for a left mounted machine (less common) it would be to the left, and for a right mounted machine (ATX standard, which means most custom built machines, and most OEM built machines) you face it to the right.

[Pazo]

I have to try 3 times to get it right. Face up first, then try again face down, and then face up. That usually works.