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Old 03-09-2009, 10:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Pressure on USB/Cable?

I've had a question on my mind for awhile, and I'm hoping you guys can answer it.

Can pushing in USBs, cables, and other wires into computers/consoles/etc. too hard damage the actual media drives/cables/etc.?

Say that I was plugging in a VGA into my game console. I plug it into the back or where ever and put some force onto it.

I'm assuming no, nothing bad can happen, but just wondering.
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Old 03-13-2009, 01:29 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Pressure on USB/Cable?

If you're putting vertical force on a horizontal wire (or vice-versa) you could damage the port for sure.
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Re: Pressure on USB/Cable?

they should just slide into the socket
to force them could render the socket useless,you need to look at the reason for it being difficult to plug in
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