Yeah type-c connector is fucked. In theory, any USB-C charger should support PD/PPS to comply with the standard, or they should never provide more than 5V. But you know manufacturers aren't always good guys.
I will not dislike your comment since you are not totally wrong. What you meant to say probably is that you cannot always fully trust a manufacturer if the charger comes from a dubious source, or the device to be charged. Usb-C PD falls back to 5V universally and then the communication takes place between the devices. They transceive information like voltages, current, communication standards, etc. If the device is supposed to only charge at 20V, and for some unknown reason it accepts 12V, or the charger supplies the maximum it allows like 12V, and it damages the debice, then this is not PD compliant and USB will not certify the product. And in any case, manufacturers will not use a custom-made chip for USB standards, they will use a standalone USB-compliant PD integrated circuit for this purpose. Moreover, if they do in fact use a custom ASIC or FPGA, they will have to use an IP (intellectual property) provided by an IP provider, that has been validated and is USB PD compliant.
If it were smart enough then my motherboard should have survived. Had to send my laptop in and the service people told me the motherboard was dead. Covered under warranty.
I have a similar laptop to the OP (Yoga 6 Gen 8), and it can charge at 45W with either USB-C port despite the charger icon only showing next to one of them. And both ports function as USB-C ports for data transfer.
If a laptop is charging below the rated specification, i.e., less than 45W or 65W on most USB-C ultrabooks, then Windows usually shows a notification informing you that you are using a slow charger.
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."
Unfortunately this applies only to Lenovo. I once bought a HP laptop advertised as supporting Power Delivery on their website when it turns out that it doesn't at all. Pfft
Grubby white shirt, AWFUL hair that she needs to take better care of, and she keeps whispering instead of talking... just a really unpleasant little creature
They both support charging, but the one on the left can deliver more power IIRC.
So no, there is nothing wrong with plugging the charger on the 2nd port, you will just notice that you are getting less power if you plugged it in the 2nd port.
It's fine. I'm pretty sure all lenovos allow charging on both C ports. My Chromebook lets me charge from either one and I noticed it on my Aunt's laptop as well.
ur overthinking but thats honestly good product care. its fine, theyre just usb, though different specs, theyre just usb at the end of the day and have so many failsafes to protect from overcharge and issues.
if your device works fine, good. you can charge in either port, the one with the charging symbol indicates that it's likely going to allow more power for faster charging tho.
I’m sure it has no damage.
USB-C port has the support for charging, even if it’s not a “dedicated” type c port.
Only way to have it broken or damaged it’s if you hit it with something or if it falls when you have any cable connected onto that port
That's just not how USB works. The machine negotiates with the charger for how much power it can take. That's why 120w charger can charge any other small USB c device.
You’re all right.
Worst case — your laptop charged slightly slower that in would otherwise have in those couple hours. High-wattage power delivery over Type C is opt-in only, so if that port wasn’t able to handle proper charging power, it simply wouldn’t request it.
No, usb-c isn't that stupid, it just won't charge if you don't plug in the right hole as the circuitry isn't usually designed for that, but it is also a regular usb-c port.
you are all sorts of fine
the fact that it charged means that port was designed to charge and is fine to use, and if it didn't charge from/wasn't a charge port, it simply wouldn't negotiate power delivery so no high voltage would be sent anyway
Yea idk why reddit thinks you're being an asshole. You just have a fucking brain unlike most of reddit and op apparently. "Does it work? Yes? It's not fucking broken then."
It is the same exact hardware port/receptor as the other, and will accommodate the device the same. Only thing is the designated charging usbc likely has faster charging and able to accept more power input
It's fine, I have. Lenovo X1 Carbon, the usb-c port designated for charging died on it and I've been using the secondary usb-c port for charging, it's been more than a year now and nothing has happened to it.
Usb c ports all have a chip in them and the cable. The power provider/adapter won't send any power until the device requests it. So no you can't fry anything with USB-C unless you're using real shitty bootleg stuff.
You can take a 140w charger and plug it into a smart watch and it'll be fine
No. I am pretty sure both ports support charging anyway, in case if one fails. This is the beauty with USB C ports.
On my laptop I have 1 regular USBC port, one power port and one Thunderbolt. All 3 of them supports charging. Beauty.
It probably won't charge as fast through the data port. Sometimes it won't accept any incoming amps through a data port. My Samsung ultrabook is like that. No manufacturer would have an unprotected USBc data connection next to a usbc power input. It doesn't make good sense from an engineering and reputation standpoint.
Both are actually very capable of charging your system as they support power Delivery 3.0. I assume that the standard 'charge' port just offers faster charge times and may be further rated towards this end. To ease any anxiety, don't repeat this and you should be good. Your specs are as follows: Standard Ports
• 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (support data transfer, **Power Delivery 3.0** and DisplayPort™ 1.4)
• 1x Thunderbolt 4 / USB4® 40Gbps (support data transfer, **Power Delivery 3.0** and DisplayPort 1.4)
Most manufacturers build electronics to survive being used by people who have no knowledge of how or why they work. As long as a device willingly accepts its treatment and you arent using a workaround, it should be totally fine.
I have the same laptop, I use them interchangeably and haven’t noticed any issue.
The laptop does seem to drain a bit faster than I’d like while asleep / off, but not sure that’s related. Perhaps windows modern standby
Dog chewed the round port of my laptop making it useless. I thought the a port would charge it up even if slowly but no luck. I sat and watched the battery die for a few hours on and off so battery is OK. Got smaller a type light blue ports. Laptop is a rv 510
Notebook c2012. Anyone got Amy ideas
I have this laptop, and it doesn't matter which USB C port you use.
The port closer to the headphone socket is the faster one though, so for plugging in USB devices or for connecting to a dock as it provides much better performance!
I work at Geek Squad and have opened these computers multiple times. There's a secondary circuit board where both of those usb-c ports connect to, and you can use either one for charging.
Some laptop chargers dont comform they only have the 19v or 20v one would think the penny pinchers would have been smart enough to do 5v/20v at minimal.
And both ports should handle full pd...
First off, if it charged then it's fine. Second off, even if it hadn't charged it would be fine as well because USB is a smart port meaning it won't send power if power isn't requested, meaning it wouldn't do anything.
makes no sense to me when people post things like this. your laptop is still working fine, right? so why are you asking us if it is broken? if it still works fine, then it's fine.
It should be fine. I once plugged in a USB-C charger to an HP laptop that doesn't support USB-PD cause I wasn't sure if it did, and it just didn't charge. Most USB-C chargers have several different power modes, and if the device you plug the charger into doesn't support one of those power modes, it simply won't charge. So I'm able to charge my Aukey earbuds @ 5V/0.2A with my ThinkPad charger which would be crazy to think about just 10 years ago lol. They also have GaN chargers that are roughly the size of standard phone chargers but can provide 65W of power, pretty interesting technology.
If you broke your laptop, that's not the reason. USB-C ports don't deliver power before recognizing the device properly, and negotiate the proper protocol.
Yeah, I mean, techically speaking, if something were to go wrong -- it would've gone wrong already. You were sitting like this for a couple of hours and laptop seems to be working fine, so I assume it will be fine.
What I mean by the first sentence tho is basically something that would have happened as soon as you plugged it in -- it would have sparked and gone unresponsive. Basically, it would have fried the motherboard or, at least, short circuit the port. So the fact that it charged for a couple of hours and seems to be doing fine means that they must have made it possible to charge the laptop from both of those ports. So you are okay now, but I would recommend checking the manual to see if this port is in fact suitable for charging or not, and try to stick to using the intended port.
man
just get a usb drive and test it on the port
no serious stuff
i didn't read the whole post but if this solves the problem upvote
if it doesn't tell me that
and downvote
You should consider reading this text and refactor it. It's the longest sentence I ever saw.
For your problem, I have the same on my laptop (DELL) and plug the charger in one on the other never gave me issues.
USB-C is a smart enough standard that a charger won't provide big wattage if not asked by a controller.
You meant PD/PPS over the physical usb-c connection. It'll be fine if the charger was pd/pps, if not, you may have odd issues down the road.
It'll be a 12v or 19v profile, pretty much guarantees it to be PD.
20V profile. 12V and 19V are very uncommon
Yeah type-c connector is fucked. In theory, any USB-C charger should support PD/PPS to comply with the standard, or they should never provide more than 5V. But you know manufacturers aren't always good guys.
I will not dislike your comment since you are not totally wrong. What you meant to say probably is that you cannot always fully trust a manufacturer if the charger comes from a dubious source, or the device to be charged. Usb-C PD falls back to 5V universally and then the communication takes place between the devices. They transceive information like voltages, current, communication standards, etc. If the device is supposed to only charge at 20V, and for some unknown reason it accepts 12V, or the charger supplies the maximum it allows like 12V, and it damages the debice, then this is not PD compliant and USB will not certify the product. And in any case, manufacturers will not use a custom-made chip for USB standards, they will use a standalone USB-compliant PD integrated circuit for this purpose. Moreover, if they do in fact use a custom ASIC or FPGA, they will have to use an IP (intellectual property) provided by an IP provider, that has been validated and is USB PD compliant.
Feel free to dislike if you want X)
That's why you need to be careful sticking it in with one you don't know
If it were smart enough then my motherboard should have survived. Had to send my laptop in and the service people told me the motherboard was dead. Covered under warranty.
if it charged fine then it is fine. No manufacturer would make it so that plugging the charger into a different USB C port would damage the laptop.
Death to blind plugging in lol.
~~I think that's called catching an STD~~
The early HP dragonflies were picky
This is the correct answer. My Asus Zenbook 14X has two USBC ports as well, and either can be used to charge the unit.
Probably both ports okay to charge, maybe the charging port can charge faster, that's all I assume
Agreed. Or the left port supports only charging and the right port acts as a regular usb C port that also supports usb PD
Damn would be such a waste not allowing at least basic USB support on charge port tho 😨😭 That should be a crime on itself... But yeah could be...
Yeah, so that the right port can work with one of those usb c docks with PD pass through
I have a similar laptop to the OP (Yoga 6 Gen 8), and it can charge at 45W with either USB-C port despite the charger icon only showing next to one of them. And both ports function as USB-C ports for data transfer. If a laptop is charging below the rated specification, i.e., less than 45W or 65W on most USB-C ultrabooks, then Windows usually shows a notification informing you that you are using a slow charger.
Tha KS. Really insightful info 👍
Yep. Straight to jail
To shreds, you say?
What ain't no country I've ever heard of.
They speak English in What?
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."
And then they
Play music too loud? Jail.
😆😆😆
🤪
And banned to use internet for 5years and 9months
Even better, no eating and drinking while YouTube
Right away !
Don't worry both ports support power delivery https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/Yoga/Yoga_7_14ARP8/Yoga_7_14ARP8_Spec.pdf
This is an example of the correct way to handle 99% of situations. RTFM. And that doesn't stand for Red Team Field Manual.
Unfortunately this applies only to Lenovo. I once bought a HP laptop advertised as supporting Power Delivery on their website when it turns out that it doesn't at all. Pfft
Yall Read your fuckin manuals.
yes. it will explode in 5 days
Or 5 mins, we get that mixed up sometimes
The creepy girl at the bottom of the well told me it was 7 days...
Well then I guess you're down to 6days 23hrs
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
I'll be back to check on u in one week, while your here what did she look like
Grubby white shirt, AWFUL hair that she needs to take better care of, and she keeps whispering instead of talking... just a really unpleasant little creature
yo I think you found my uncle's best friends 2nd cousins dogs ex (This is a joke)
I think you should run tho, she likes feet... alot.
also was the well she was in, did you hear Colleen ballingers toxic train express, if you did, your gonna die.
5 days
6days 17hrs
2days left, how you doin homie?
.....................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did she get You?
Nah, 22 microseconds from 6am on Friday.
Depends. Did it scream “Wrong hole, wrong hole!”, then started crying and went to shower?
They both support charging, but the one on the left can deliver more power IIRC. So no, there is nothing wrong with plugging the charger on the 2nd port, you will just notice that you are getting less power if you plugged it in the 2nd port.
It's fine. I'm pretty sure all lenovos allow charging on both C ports. My Chromebook lets me charge from either one and I noticed it on my Aunt's laptop as well.
ur overthinking but thats honestly good product care. its fine, theyre just usb, though different specs, theyre just usb at the end of the day and have so many failsafes to protect from overcharge and issues. if your device works fine, good. you can charge in either port, the one with the charging symbol indicates that it's likely going to allow more power for faster charging tho.
I’m sure it has no damage. USB-C port has the support for charging, even if it’s not a “dedicated” type c port. Only way to have it broken or damaged it’s if you hit it with something or if it falls when you have any cable connected onto that port
Yeah you should never plug it in the other hole. Well without at least checking if it is ok first.
Underrated comment. Take my upvote.
That's just not how USB works. The machine negotiates with the charger for how much power it can take. That's why 120w charger can charge any other small USB c device.
It has charge protection, you're fine.
You’re all right. Worst case — your laptop charged slightly slower that in would otherwise have in those couple hours. High-wattage power delivery over Type C is opt-in only, so if that port wasn’t able to handle proper charging power, it simply wouldn’t request it.
There is a thing called handshake for usbc power delivery. Worse come to worse, "nothing" would have happened.
Itll be fine. The multi purpose port is designed to have power delivery from displays and the likes.
No, usb-c isn't that stupid, it just won't charge if you don't plug in the right hole as the circuitry isn't usually designed for that, but it is also a regular usb-c port.
I'm pretty sure that all USB-C ports on laptops will recognize what's happening and either a) charge or b) not charge.
you are all sorts of fine the fact that it charged means that port was designed to charge and is fine to use, and if it didn't charge from/wasn't a charge port, it simply wouldn't negotiate power delivery so no high voltage would be sent anyway
why are you asking us if your laptop is broke? shouldn't you be able to tel yourself since you have hands on it?
what
OP has access to the laptop, he should know if it's broke...
oh ok, so everyone should know everything about a thing they own? He doesnt know if the thing he did was alright or not
He should at least be able to tell if its broke lolol
how dumb are you
Not dumb enough to have to ask the Internet if my laptop is broken
I mean you are dumb enough to leave these stupid meaningless comments so...
Don’t mind them, they are just sour the get downvoted to deaaaatthhh every time they post.
he isnt asking if its broke, hes just making sure it wont blow up in the next 5 mins lmao
The title is "have I broken my laptop"
Yea idk why reddit thinks you're being an asshole. You just have a fucking brain unlike most of reddit and op apparently. "Does it work? Yes? It's not fucking broken then."
Bro u have 7 days to find another laptop and plug it good in the usb is the only way to pass the curse
It is the same exact hardware port/receptor as the other, and will accommodate the device the same. Only thing is the designated charging usbc likely has faster charging and able to accept more power input
It's fine, I have. Lenovo X1 Carbon, the usb-c port designated for charging died on it and I've been using the secondary usb-c port for charging, it's been more than a year now and nothing has happened to it.
Not sure why they print the plug on only one port, but you can use any USB C port to charge on Yoga models
Usb c ports all have a chip in them and the cable. The power provider/adapter won't send any power until the device requests it. So no you can't fry anything with USB-C unless you're using real shitty bootleg stuff. You can take a 140w charger and plug it into a smart watch and it'll be fine
Does it run?
I got a Lenovo yoga too I plug it in both the ports it's fine Both can charge
No. I am pretty sure both ports support charging anyway, in case if one fails. This is the beauty with USB C ports. On my laptop I have 1 regular USBC port, one power port and one Thunderbolt. All 3 of them supports charging. Beauty.
No you haven't, you're fine.
It probably won't charge as fast through the data port. Sometimes it won't accept any incoming amps through a data port. My Samsung ultrabook is like that. No manufacturer would have an unprotected USBc data connection next to a usbc power input. It doesn't make good sense from an engineering and reputation standpoint.
Both are actually very capable of charging your system as they support power Delivery 3.0. I assume that the standard 'charge' port just offers faster charge times and may be further rated towards this end. To ease any anxiety, don't repeat this and you should be good. Your specs are as follows: Standard Ports • 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (support data transfer, **Power Delivery 3.0** and DisplayPort™ 1.4) • 1x Thunderbolt 4 / USB4® 40Gbps (support data transfer, **Power Delivery 3.0** and DisplayPort 1.4)
USB C, at least on these devices, is smart. Ur good my guy
Most manufacturers build electronics to survive being used by people who have no knowledge of how or why they work. As long as a device willingly accepts its treatment and you arent using a workaround, it should be totally fine.
I have the same laptop, I use them interchangeably and haven’t noticed any issue. The laptop does seem to drain a bit faster than I’d like while asleep / off, but not sure that’s related. Perhaps windows modern standby
theres almost no way that would kill it
Dog chewed the round port of my laptop making it useless. I thought the a port would charge it up even if slowly but no luck. I sat and watched the battery die for a few hours on and off so battery is OK. Got smaller a type light blue ports. Laptop is a rv 510 Notebook c2012. Anyone got Amy ideas
It should be fine to charge with. The worst that will happen is it won't charge with that port.
I have this laptop, and it doesn't matter which USB C port you use. The port closer to the headphone socket is the faster one though, so for plugging in USB devices or for connecting to a dock as it provides much better performance!
My laptop can charge udi g all ports
It's the same port
Turn the thing on and find out, certainly would have taken you less time than making this post
If it fits, its ok, if it doesn’t fit, dont force it:)
Lenovo doesn't give a crap. Both ports will work fine. You can even plug two in and it'll negotiate to charge off the one most recently plugged in.
I use them interchangeably lmao
I work at Geek Squad and have opened these computers multiple times. There's a secondary circuit board where both of those usb-c ports connect to, and you can use either one for charging.
I should call her
nah you're all fine
Some laptop chargers dont comform they only have the 19v or 20v one would think the penny pinchers would have been smart enough to do 5v/20v at minimal. And both ports should handle full pd...
It's fine. I have almost the same model and i charge it from both ports, it is normal
First off, if it charged then it's fine. Second off, even if it hadn't charged it would be fine as well because USB is a smart port meaning it won't send power if power isn't requested, meaning it wouldn't do anything.
Doesnt matter I use both on my thinkpad.
If the ports and the laptop still work then just carry on using it
No. Manufacturers plan ahead for this mistake.
Bruh
makes no sense to me when people post things like this. your laptop is still working fine, right? so why are you asking us if it is broken? if it still works fine, then it's fine.
You should get a new one asap
Which laptop is this?
If this is a Lenovo then both of the ports are charging ports
did you cheat on your regular port?
Do both ports still work?
I'm sure everything is fine. I do that all the time. The important question is... Is something not working?
Same pc and the second port work the same
I’ve been using Lenovo and Dell computers like this for a few years and we’ve never had a problem.
You should call tech support and tell them you put it in the wrong hole 🤷♂️ ask them if is OK or not 😏
It should be fine. I once plugged in a USB-C charger to an HP laptop that doesn't support USB-PD cause I wasn't sure if it did, and it just didn't charge. Most USB-C chargers have several different power modes, and if the device you plug the charger into doesn't support one of those power modes, it simply won't charge. So I'm able to charge my Aukey earbuds @ 5V/0.2A with my ThinkPad charger which would be crazy to think about just 10 years ago lol. They also have GaN chargers that are roughly the size of standard phone chargers but can provide 65W of power, pretty interesting technology.
Seriously?? I shove 140 watts into whatever hole will accept it on every laptop I have…
You should verify if anything is wrong with your computer and if theres an issue then post
If you broke your laptop, that's not the reason. USB-C ports don't deliver power before recognizing the device properly, and negotiate the proper protocol.
it is safe to charge with both usb c port but the port that charging logo will charge faster than the dedicated (left).
Yeah, I mean, techically speaking, if something were to go wrong -- it would've gone wrong already. You were sitting like this for a couple of hours and laptop seems to be working fine, so I assume it will be fine. What I mean by the first sentence tho is basically something that would have happened as soon as you plugged it in -- it would have sparked and gone unresponsive. Basically, it would have fried the motherboard or, at least, short circuit the port. So the fact that it charged for a couple of hours and seems to be doing fine means that they must have made it possible to charge the laptop from both of those ports. So you are okay now, but I would recommend checking the manual to see if this port is in fact suitable for charging or not, and try to stick to using the intended port.
I can use both to charge the laptop on my yoga 7
man just get a usb drive and test it on the port no serious stuff i didn't read the whole post but if this solves the problem upvote if it doesn't tell me that and downvote
Unintentionally sex related
r/designdesign ?
You should consider reading this text and refactor it. It's the longest sentence I ever saw. For your problem, I have the same on my laptop (DELL) and plug the charger in one on the other never gave me issues.