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Title: USB-C Port Help Broke
Post by: Jksies on Sun, 15 August 2021, 09:33:16

My USB-C port broke and I need a new one,where to buy USB-c ports
My pcb is Dz60 from kbdfans

Title: Re: USB-C Port Help Broke
Post by: Leslieann on Sun, 15 August 2021, 20:40:07

Ebay, Amazon, Mouser, Adafruit, AliExpress, Digikey...
You're probably going to need a hot air station to do it.

If that's too difficult, if you can get the port off, you can make a USB 2.0 dongle and solder that to it. Not going to look as clean but it will get the job done.

Title: Re: USB-C Port Help Broke
Post by: yui on Mon, 16 August 2021, 07:56:34

maybe try asking kdbfans directly if they could either give you the reference of maybe even send you a replacement port, does not cost much to try, and if they can help you you would be sure to have the right port for the job, if they can't then i can't either :) good luck

Title: Re: USB-C Port Help Broke
Post by: Sleepybear on Mon, 16 August 2021, 17:40:32

Wow this actually happened to me about a month ago on my dz60! I took it to a local electronics repair shop that did an amazing job, it looked better than what came from the factory but when I plugged it in only the LEDs worked, the inputs were intermittent and unreliable. I unfortunately ended up just desoldering all of my switches and buying a new dz60 for like $70 shipped.