i was getting intermittent issues,

i was getting intermittent issues, and finally pin pointed it to not 1 but 2 bad USB micro cables…wow. bad cables. blah

Bad luck like that is frustrating. Glad you sorted it out! Always a good reminder to also check the stuff you don’t think you would need to check.

Yep. Have had bad or marginal cables myself. Have long since added that to my troubleshooting steps. Interestingly, I have some micro USB cables that ONLY have 2 wires. 5V and Gnd. No data.