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faeychild wrote:
After failing to insert in one orientation
Rotating 180 degrees and failing to insert the new orientation
Rotating another 180 usually results in a successful insertion.
I try to avoid the trial and error insertion method by /trying to/
observe the external markings on the male (such as the side w/ the usb
icon) compared to the *expected* orientation of the device w/ the female.
I have two identical desktop cases, one of which is oriented
horizontally and the other vertically.
Inside male/female connectors is a part often referred to as 'tang
keying' for the solid plastic part for orientation, ie solid part = tang.
Typically on a 'stick' the tang is /away from/ the 'branding' side of
the stick; and similarly the tang is away from the USB icon side of a
male plug.
So, on those devices w/ horizontal orientation of the USB 'slot', one
might logically expect the USB icon and the branding of a stick to be
UP. When the orientation of the slot is vertical, it seems that left is
most often like UP.
Someone else might prefer to 'focus' on where the *connectors* (inside
the USB) are instead of where the tang is, in which case your thinking
would be opposite to the above; that is, the 'non-tang' is on the USB
and branding side.
--
Mike Easter
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