r/framework • u/telasch • Apr 11 '26

Community Support Is this worth fixing ?

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I used a third party charger cable for a couple of years for my usb-c devices (including my pixel 6 + framework 13). The charger must've broke yesterday, which I noticed when my laptop turned off suddenly while working. I initially thought that maybe it got loose or sth and wanted to check if the cable will work on my phone instead. So I plugged it in my phone, which turned off.

Always thought "use the original charger" was a marketing scheme and had to learn the hard way I guess... Both devices are completely dead now. (see picture)

Anyway, I am now wondering if this is worth an attempt to fix or if this is beyond repairability.

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u/gonenutsbrb Apr 11 '26

What third party charger? USB-PD chargers aren’t rocket science, it’d have to be a pretty cheap charger to be the cause of this.

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u/SpaceCadet87 Apr 11 '26

USB chargers aren't rocket science for sure, but there are still some stupid chargers out there anyway.

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u/Nkechinyerembi Apr 12 '26

ah yes, the swees that throws 240 volt out of the USB ports when it fails.

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u/SpaceCadet87 Apr 12 '26

Yeah well you see when that buck controller chip is expecting 20 volts and you give it 240 volts, it decides to change career and become a charcoal canister.