Find USB Type
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Find USB Type
I have a few usb's of various capacity but don't know how to find if they are 2.0, 3.0 or something else. Can you help.
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Re: Find USB Type
Black vs Blue
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Re: Find USB Type
What do you actually mean by "I have a few usb's"
Hans picture shows how to tell whether a cable is USB 2 or USB 3
For a device it may be more difficult, depending on the type of device.
The pictures on this page show how to examine a USB socket to check for the extra pins used by USB 3
If you connect a USB disk drive then you can look in Windows Explorer, enable the details pane, and select the device to see something like this... Here is the display I see when I plug this same device into a USB 2 socket And here is what I see when I plug a USB 2 memory stick into the same computer...
Hans picture shows how to tell whether a cable is USB 2 or USB 3
For a device it may be more difficult, depending on the type of device.
The pictures on this page show how to examine a USB socket to check for the extra pins used by USB 3
If you connect a USB disk drive then you can look in Windows Explorer, enable the details pane, and select the device to see something like this... Here is the display I see when I plug this same device into a USB 2 socket And here is what I see when I plug a USB 2 memory stick into the same computer...
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Re: Find USB Type
Hello Stuart What do you actually mean by "I have a few usb's"? I have 13 usb flash drives from 4GB - 32GB 6 black, 3 red + 4 blue inserts as displayed by Hans.
My Laptop has one USB 2.0 + two USB 3.0 sockets.
The only image I get when connecting any flash drive to any socket is:-
the insert colour is red.
My Laptop has one USB 2.0 + two USB 3.0 sockets.
The only image I get when connecting any flash drive to any socket is:-
the insert colour is red.
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Re: Find USB Type
A red insert means "sleep and charge".
See: How to tell what type of USB connector you have by colorThis color indicates that the connector does not power off during sleep or standby mode. On laptop or desktop computers, they are great for charging external devices like smartphones.
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I am pretty sure that the image you posted is from a USB 2 device. If it were USB 3 then you would get a message underneath the size and file system info.
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Re: Find USB Type
Hello StuartR I know that the image was taken from a recently purchased item and is definitely type 3.0
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Re: Find USB Type
What version of Windows is this computer?Percy Vere wrote: ↑23 May 2021, 10:44Hello StuartR I know that the image was taken from a recently purchased item and is definitely type 3.0
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Re: Find USB Type
Edition Windows 10 Home
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Version 20H2
Installed on 10/09/2020
OS build 19042.985
Serial number PF1YPTW1
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.2020.0
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Re: Find USB Type
How do you know that this "is definitely type 3.0". If you look at the connector can you see the extra pins described in my earlier post?
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Re: Find USB Type
Using your link, I found this:-HansV wrote: ↑22 May 2021, 08:12A red insert means "sleep and charge".
See: How to tell what type of USB connector you have by colorThis color indicates that the connector does not power off during sleep or standby mode. On laptop or desktop computers, they are great for charging external devices like smartphones.
- This is what my new cordless mouse uses. I also have one for my old cordless mouse but the inserted section is white.
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I also found this whilst looking for my usb purchases:-
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Re: Find USB Type
In the link from Hans, USB 2.0 are coloured Black ?
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Re: Find USB Type
This is an image from my laptop user pdf. All sockets are black.
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Re: Find USB Type
So your laptop has one USB2 connector and two USB3 connectors.
Since their inserts are black, not red, they are (probably) of the type that powers off when the laptop goes into sleep or standby mode.
Since their inserts are black, not red, they are (probably) of the type that powers off when the laptop goes into sleep or standby mode.
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Re: Find USB Type
Thanks, I use the middle one, its 3.2 so I can use the correct socket for the flash drive I'm using.
Today I reset my Laptop as I wasn't getting notified by emai.l
Today I reset my Laptop as I wasn't getting notified by emai.l
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We have an ongoing problem with notifications - see Emails to Admin. Nobody is receiving notifications from Eileen's Lounge at the moment.
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I saw the Emails to Admin entry and thought it only affected it.
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