Category: workarounds
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Workaround: Flaky micro USB port on Motorola MBP36XL
After 3 or so years of use, the micro USB port on our Motorola monitor stopped working. The symptom was that the cable had to be held in a specific position to charge the monitor. We often struggled to find the right angles, and even when we did, the cable frequently moved in the middle…
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Workaround: low frequency noise from Sony ICF-C1
I bought a Sony electronic clock for one of our bedrooms. No sooner had I plugged it in did I notice a low frequency humming noise. It took me a while to figure out that the annoying noise was indeed coming from the clock (I had to convince myself that it wasn’t tinnitus or that…