I have damaged the LAN port on my Thinkpad T450 notebook, but I have no idea how that could have happened.
I had the laptop in my backpack along with some tools, but they were in a separate compartment.
I plugged in a POE connector, but I didn't smell anything, there were no scorch marks on the network cable, and I didn't notice anything when plugging it in or out. It's an absolute mystery to me. I didn't force any network connector or anything else into it. I have accidentally plugged a USB-A connector into the wrong port before, but to have damage like this? I'm at a loss...
View: https://imgur.com/a/dwc5Bn3
(german cross post https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/threads/lan-buchse-schaden-wie-kommt-der-zustande.1355104/)
Yours lopiuh
[EDIT: changed link to imgur]
I had the laptop in my backpack along with some tools, but they were in a separate compartment.
I plugged in a POE connector, but I didn't smell anything, there were no scorch marks on the network cable, and I didn't notice anything when plugging it in or out. It's an absolute mystery to me. I didn't force any network connector or anything else into it. I have accidentally plugged a USB-A connector into the wrong port before, but to have damage like this? I'm at a loss...
View: https://imgur.com/a/dwc5Bn3
(german cross post https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/threads/lan-buchse-schaden-wie-kommt-der-zustande.1355104/)
Yours lopiuh
[EDIT: changed link to imgur]
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