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[โ€“] 16 points 6 months ago (4 children)

You need someone with a good hot air rework station and preheater. The full function USB C connectors have a second row of pins under the connector. They can't be replaced with just a soldering iron.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    fortunately lots of laptop repair shops have this

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Still not user replaceable. Should be mandated as a separate board. It's such an elementary thing to need to replace, USB-C ports that are plugged and unplugged on a daily basis need to be replaced eventually and there's literally nothing stopping manufacturers from putting it on a separate board on a laptop if they can do it on phones.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    And what about the thing that the user replaceable part is plugged into?

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 6 months ago

    ... What?

    The motherboard?

    That's expensive to replace. Which is why the single most important plug on the device should be separately replaceable by a user with a screwdriver kit. Even apple used to do it that way for Magsafe, but unfortunately not for some usb c laptops.

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