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shane_ross•9h ago

My $90 HDMI cable died mid playoff game, a $7 fix from the hardware store saved me

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dakotawells•2d ago

Just realized everyone blaming the cable for their HDMI issues should try flipping it first

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jesse_barnes37•2d ago

A USB cable in my junk drawer has a 1980s copyright date stamped on the connector

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taylorcarr•3d ago

Spent 4 hours tracing a dead USB port on my PC only to find the plastic tab inside the case header was bent flat

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julia843•5d ago

Thought a 90 degree adapter would save my GPU port, it just moved the break point

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thead44•7d ago

Unpopular opinion: that 6 foot Amazon Basics HDMI saved my movie night after my $40 braided one died mid credits

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loganhart•7d ago

3 years ago I had a USB plug jammed in so hard it snapped the port right off my laptop board

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grant_palmer•8d ago

That cheap $7 HDMI from Five Below lasted 11 months in my kid's Switch dock

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willow732•8d ago

Warning: swappable laptop chargers with the fixed 6 foot cable beat the detachable brick style every time, and I paid $75 to learn that

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derek939•10d ago

I stopped coiling cables over-under and my micro USB ports finally stopped dying

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sagey69•13d ago

paige870•19d ago

The lint roller trick that exposed my charging cable problem

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charlie_lane85•20d ago

A cable tester saved me from a 3 hour drive to Best Buy

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Broken Cable Guys

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A place to share stories, fixes, and jokes about messed up HDMI, USB, and power cords that always break at the worst time.

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My $90 HDMI cable died mid playoff game, a $7 fix from the hardware store saved me

Just realized everyone blaming the cable for their HDMI issues should try flipping it first

A USB cable in my junk drawer has a 1980s copyright date stamped on the connector

Spent 4 hours tracing a dead USB port on my PC only to find the plastic tab inside the case header was bent flat

Thought a 90 degree adapter would save my GPU port, it just moved the break point

Unpopular opinion: that 6 foot Amazon Basics HDMI saved my movie night after my $40 braided one died mid credits

3 years ago I had a USB plug jammed in so hard it snapped the port right off my laptop board

That cheap $7 HDMI from Five Below lasted 11 months in my kid's Switch dock

Warning: swappable laptop chargers with the fixed 6 foot cable beat the detachable brick style every time, and I paid $75 to learn that

I stopped coiling cables over-under and my micro USB ports finally stopped dying

Cleared out 23 dead cables from my drawer this weekend

A buddy in Austin caught my cable knot habit and I'm grateful

HDMI cable died mid-raid last Friday and I lost my whole guild run

The lint roller trick that exposed my charging cable problem

A cable tester saved me from a 3 hour drive to Best Buy