← Back to context Comment by crote 12 days ago That screw hole is just the regular locking USB-C variant, is it not?See for example:https://www.startech.com/en-jp/cables/usb31cctlkv50cm 4 comments crote Reply wlesieutre 12 days ago Looks like it! Thanks for pointing this out, I had no idea it was a standard.Apparently since 2016 https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/documents/usb_type-c...So for any permanent Thunderbolt GPU setups, they should really be using this type of cable wtallis 12 days ago Note that the locking connector OWC uses is a standard, not the standard. This is USB we're dealing with, so they made it messy: the spec defines two different mutually-incompatible locking mechanisms. jamiek88 12 days ago Of course they do. TheJoeMan 12 days ago Now that’s one way to enforce not inserting a USB upside-down.
wlesieutre 12 days ago Looks like it! Thanks for pointing this out, I had no idea it was a standard.Apparently since 2016 https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/documents/usb_type-c...So for any permanent Thunderbolt GPU setups, they should really be using this type of cable wtallis 12 days ago Note that the locking connector OWC uses is a standard, not the standard. This is USB we're dealing with, so they made it messy: the spec defines two different mutually-incompatible locking mechanisms. jamiek88 12 days ago Of course they do.
wtallis 12 days ago Note that the locking connector OWC uses is a standard, not the standard. This is USB we're dealing with, so they made it messy: the spec defines two different mutually-incompatible locking mechanisms. jamiek88 12 days ago Of course they do.
Looks like it! Thanks for pointing this out, I had no idea it was a standard.
Apparently since 2016 https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/documents/usb_type-c...
So for any permanent Thunderbolt GPU setups, they should really be using this type of cable
Note that the locking connector OWC uses is a standard, not the standard. This is USB we're dealing with, so they made it messy: the spec defines two different mutually-incompatible locking mechanisms.
Of course they do.
Now that’s one way to enforce not inserting a USB upside-down.