nah that’s diabolical
Frankly, the way the topic sentence was formulated is mildly infuriating…
the one that is different is a higher version USB port, so it kinda makes sense.
Obviously work of Sheogorath
That’s actually a really good design because it guarantees you get the higher speed USB port even when giving a computer the ol’ reach around.
Of course, that ignores that nobody alive is able to find the usb port without spending way too long feeling around or just pulling it out and looking.
I’m not following…
Orientation:
Traditional USB Type A connectors require that the plug be inserted in a particular orientation.
However, the plug is also symmetrical-enough that it’s hard to figure out, by feel, what the correct orientation is. The result is that when plugging a USB plug into something out-of-sight, like a socket on the back of a computer, it can be very frustrating to get the plug in. If one decides — incorrectly — that a misaligned plug isn’t going in because it’s just the wrong way around and flips it, something quite easy to do, then one faces more fumbling around until one flips it again. Irritation over this has driven a number of jokes.
All USB connectors up until Type C required that a user plug the plug in in some orientation and had some degree of this problem — Type B, mini USB, micro USB — but USB Type A plugs were both nearly identical and often on the back of things, where the socket was out of sight.
USB Type C connectors eliminated the problem by simply making the plug support being plugged in in either orientation.
Speed:
There are different speeds of USB connectors. USB A connectors are (sometimes, though not always) color-coded to provide various information to a user about what they support:
https://www.corsair.com/us/en/explorer/diy-builder/storage/usb-port-colors-explained/
There are a number of colors, but blue USB 3.0 is probably what the parent is talking about. Many computers have some ports that support a higher speed, and are marked in blue. In OP’s picture, you can see some ports that are black (USB 2.0) and one that is blue (probably USB 3.0).
I’ve seen another one that states that the fact that you have to try 3 times means that USB connectors exist in 4 spatial dimensions.
It’s a quantum spin 1/2 object, like electrons. 360 degrees is half a full rotation for it, so that’s what’s needed to switch it to the right state to fit. If you spun it 360 more degrees it would be back to the original state and not fit.
At first I thought you were annoyed at how misaligned they are.
You might be able to fix that depending on what the internal setup is. Looks like the top of your tower, shouldn’t be too hard to get to
Guess it helps differentiate the USB3 from the USB2.
I was going to ask if the blue one is smaller…?
It’s not smaller but it is faster.
Blue usually indicates USB3 and the black are probably USB2. USB3 is “supposed” to be backwards compatible, and is most of the time, but I’ve ran into a few instances where USB2 devices don’t quite work as well or as reliably when connected to a USB3 port, so a lot of motherboard manufacturers still include a couple USB2 ports for things like keyboards and mice that don’t need the extra speed and may be finnicky on newer ports.
I… Don’t think I mind this? WAIT WAIT WAIT! Pitch forks down! I know, I know my initial reaction was one of revulsion, condemnation, and self immolation and my gut instinct was to condemn it to every possible eternal Hell and sacrifice it’s children to prevent it’s genes from reproducing.
But hear me out, I literally five minutes ago was moving my gaming computer from the room with the VR set up back to my bedroom my computer slots into a spot so it is impossible to see the USB ports so I was Groping around in the back trying to find the right whole like a virgin on prom night when I finally got everything plugged in I start my computer and nothing works, the reason and this has happened multiple times is that I have devices that require USB 3.0 and a flaky mouse that doesn’t like USB 3.0 (I think the actual problem is that the wire for the wireless charging mat is just long enough that the USB signal can’t quite reach but USB 2.0 can) but anyway if the ports were turned the other direction I could feel which port is which, this is a problem USB C wouldn’t solve at least for the mouse because it would still be USB < 3.0
It doesn’t matter. You gonna make at least 3 tries, before it goes in.
Sometimes need more because the usb becomes a bit floppy
This actually seems helpful. You can tell which one is the USB3 port without looking.
positively devilish
That’s the kind of shit OT god would have made and Lucifer would’ve pointed out the absurdity of.
This is actually really smart. Instead of doing the classic 3 try where you flip the dongle twice only to find out that somehow the first time was right. Now you just try to insert it into each port, two wont work and the last one would, therefore saving you from the hard work of flipping it.
That’s to guarantee you have to try plugging the USB cable in in all four available orientations before it fits.
Dude. The steam decks dock has two usb ports chilling, and then there’s a random third port thats sideways.
I’ll take it. But really?
Is this loss?
Wait, I have 3 ports on that thing? I never turn it around and look, I just line up against my gamepad dongle for adding a cable for charging. Huh. Guess I’ll have to look lol.
There’s two on top of eachother, and another next to those that’s sideways. Next to the Internet input.
Fun fact, usb hubs work great with it. I have a wireless mouse and keyboard plugged into it.
