Comment on Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop!
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 1 day agoYep I recently had this happen to me for the first time with a generic handheld gaming system and was shocked when the device let out smoke. I opened it up and sure enough the buck converter for the battery charging circuit was burnt, likely because the non-compliant device had somehow requested more than 5V from the charger… The charger was USB-PD and works fine with my phone/laptop/headphones so I’m pretty sure it’s not the problem.
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Is it a SteamDeck? It happened to me once and Steam replaced it even after warranty was expired
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Nah a generic “K36” game system I bought for just under $20 in China. It played everything up to PS1 games flawlessly with a beautiful IPS LCD which was extremely impressive for the price. It even did one full recharge from a dumb charger without issue before I tried using my normal USB-PD capable charger on it and releasing the magic smoke.
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Lol, I never bought it. Just use PC emulators
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
PC lacks portability and battery life. The many generic ARM Linux game consoles fix both of those problems.