It's a very brave person who takes a Dremel or similar to the case of their svelte new laptop in the quest for a new connector, it sounds as foolhardy as that hoax from a while back in which people tried to drill a 3.5mm jack into their new iPhones. But that's what [BogdanTheGeek] has done, in adding a USB-C port to his Acer.
Of course, the port in question isn't a fully functioning USB-C one, it's a power supply jack, and it replaces the extremely unreliable barrel jack the machine was shipped with. He's incorporated one of those little "ZYPDS" USB-C power delivery modules we've no-doubt all seen in the usual cheap electronic sources, and in a move of breathtaking audacity he's cut away part of the Acer mainboard to do so. He's relying on the laptop's ability to accept a range of voltages, and presumably trusting his steady hand with a rotary tool. Some Kapton tape and a bit of wire completes the work, and with a carefully reshaped hole in the outer case he's good to go.
The result is beautifully done, and a casual observer would be hard pressed to know that it hadn't always been a USB-C port. We're sure there will come a moment at which someone will plug in a USB-C peripheral and expect it to work, it's that good.
If you'd like to know a little bit more about USB-C, we'd like to direct you to our in-depth look at the subject.
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