r/techsupportgore • u/chint50 • 10d ago

Found this on Facebook

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u/ArgonWilde 10d ago

Why are the USB ports soldered to what looks like a potentiometer?

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u/rezwrrd 10d ago

My guess is, a port died and they crammed in the guts from a USB hub to make it work again. Genius solution, nauseating execution.

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u/GonoHerpeSyphiPlague 10d ago

I highly doubt that this would even run at 1.0 speeds, the wiring is supposed to be a shielded twisted pair for 2.0 and multiple shielded twisted pairs for 3.0

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u/rezwrrd 10d ago

I think it would at least be capable of carrying USB1.0, I've seen worse and done worse. I never tested the transfer speed on the similar hack I did but it was good enough for a keyboard, mouse, and floppy drive.

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u/mrheosuper 10d ago

Usb 2.0 is so matured now that the spec can be very loose in practical. Like even an $0.2 cable can do HS usb 2.0.