trickle-charging my thinkpad over usb-c

no idea if this will even work

at 24% rn

up to 68%

i had no idea this thinkpad supported charging over usb-c

i thought it was too old

and i was too nervous to plug it into a power source because i thought that could damage something (that’s how i broke the usb-c port in an older laptop)

fully charged !!

@kemona_halftau Heyyy, that’s great news!!!

What model, by the way?

@maddy thinkpad t570 i believe

@kemona_halftau Oooh, it’s weird seeing a T-series ThinkPad with both the rectangular charge port and ThunderBolt 3/USB-C.

I was thinking it might be a P51 - Had both the rectangular charging port and ThunderBolt 3/USB-C, but I don’t think it could charge through the USB-C port ‘cause it couldn’t provide enough power (at the time) anyway.

Regardless, I’m glad that worked out for you!!

@kemona_halftau I had no idea thinkpads supported charging at 5V/over USB without USB-PD at all (I assume that's what you mean by trickle-charging)

what laptop did you break the USB-C port on by plugging in a charger? (I'm asking so that I can avoid doing that in case I encounter the same model of laptop)