[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] I reversed the cable

[Robert Primak]

 Bending the pins/connectors -- I did that on a tablet 's docking station/keyboard when one USB-A (3.0 gen) flash drive had a plastic case which made it fit just a bit tighter than my other , bare-metal USB-A flash drives. The result was a "stretched-out" port which worked for the slightly fatter drive, but not for the normal bare-metal drives. The offending drive was a cheap one from Best Buy, of course. Had to get the whole docking station/keyboard for the tablet replaced after that experience. So, if it doesn't fit, the solution is not to force it. Just return it as defective or take the hit and get a decent flash drive/cable/etc. 
Fortunately, it wasn't the main part of the tablet! And it was under warranty at the time.
-- Bob Primak
    On Saturday, May 23, 2020, 06:03:54 PM EDT, Paul Garmon <paul.garmon at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 3:43 PM <jjrudy1 at comcast.net> wrote:


I had done the wiggling and pulling out but to no avail



Nothing like bending all the pins/contacts!!  [I have practical experience destroying USB connectors ;]
 

Are you familiar with the DITMCO machine?  It is a good Raytheon (and other) story


Never heard or saw one before (except the video below), but it looks like something that is darn cool (even cooler
than the tube testers you used to find at Radio Shack or Heathkit), but more like a [Turing] state machine, I take it?   
   - DIT MCO Circuit Analyzer Model 200-B2 Relay Computer - YouTube

Paul
P.S. I think he had the wrong Maxwell.  😉  In any case, more likely a Zener defect, haha!

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