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QUOTE(zach101 @ Sep 30 2005, 04:22 PM) Um im sure I will be called a N00B for not knowing this but I just frankly dint know it. You see my dad has a lap top with one of those small mouses, you know the ittie bitty tiny ones that gives u cramps just looking at it and its on that spool that winds up the cord or w/e well any way i had to do alot of hw for vb and that was the only computer available because my main one was being gay but i still had the mouse for mine its a logitech wheel mouse one (the optical kind) so its usb has a wheel and the light is red im sure there are lots of models of this same type of mouse but that should give u a general idea of what were talking about well when i took it and tried to plug into the usb drive on my dads lap top it wouldnt fit.... just simply to wide. So are there really two sizes of usb ports or what is this?  Alright... Usb 101: Theres only 1 kind of STANDARD usb port. I am sure that every mouse in the world has that kind of usb plug on it. (unless you have an uber-freaky mouse)... are you sure you are not sticking it in upsidedown, and just thinking its too wide? QUOTE(moldboy @ Sep 30 2005, 06:00 PM) Really, too wide , I must say never heard of that, I know they make usb cords that are thinner but they still work in standard USb 1.0 & 2.0 ports. I doubt it but are you sure it isn't a Firewire (ieee1394) port? Or firewire mouse (if such a thing exists)? I also am pretty sure, there is no such thing as a firewire mouse, but you may be triying to plug it into a firewire plug accidently... usb is WIDER than firewire. And this brings us to our not so standard USB ports: QUOTE(saga @ Sep 30 2005, 10:54 PM) actualy there are two type of usb ports.. the small one and the big one. the small one are found in digital cameras and digital video cam. The big one is of course in computers such as laptops. But, i havent seen or heard that laptops uses the small port. There are acctualy 3 in total, the standard rectangle shape one, one square one, for large usb powered hardware, such as printers and one really small one for small usb powered hardware, such as cameras. In every case i have ever seen, the only kind of usb port on a computer, is the standard rectangle one, same with the mouse... But if you have some uber-freaky computer, it might have a square usb port on it. There are also many custom shapes usb cables can take the shape of, if the mouse was designed for a particular series of computer, the usb plug MIGHT ACTUALLY BE SMALLER ON THE LAPTOP... i know that sounds supprizing, but i have seen a smaller version of the audio out on a laptop once, only for one kind of addapter. (this was separatae from the headphone jack). Just make sure it has the usb symbol, both on the mouse, and on the computer.
Your kidding! Too WIDE? I have never in my life heard of any Usb ports of hubs of anything being two different sizes. I know that there is two different speeds that you can get then in but sizes? Did you check to see if it were upside down?
Probably you didn't realise and know about USB technology.
Below are the types of USB today. USB "A" connector (Picture sourced from howstuffworks.com)  This is the most common type of USB you will see among most peripherals. This part connects to the computer USB port. USB "B" connector (Picture sourced from howstuffworks.com)  This connector is always on the other end of the "A" connector to connect to the peripheral itself. This part connects to the USB device. For example, printers, scanners etc. USB "A" connector to USB "MINI" connector (Picture sourced from mercadolibre.com.ec)  This is a typical cable to connect a mobile device to a computer vis USB. This USB "MINI" connector connects to the mobile devices such as MP3 Players, Digital Cameras, Mobile Phones, etc. USB "A" Port (Picture sourced from crutchfield.com)  This is a USB "A" port that you oftenly see on the computer itself. USB "B" Port (Picture sourced from allerc.com)  This is a USB "B" port that you will find it on the USB devices. USB "MINI" Port (Picture sourced from atmarkit.co.jp)  This is a USB "MINI" port that you will find it on mobile devices. To find out more about USB technology and how it works, visit http://computer.howstuffworks.com/usb.htm Point to Note USB - Universal Serial Bus
Inspiron, that what we're all discussing. We knew it has all that shape but the proplem is that the USB is just a little bit too wide. It's not a mini-usb and an A-type usb.
Thanks pawitp for that notice. I'm just afraid the topic starter didn't know the types of USB and might be confused with them, since they are all USB. Their differences of course doesn't allow another type of USB to be connected to another USB port.
You stated it's not a USB "MINI" type or an USB "A" type, then probably it isn't USB at all. We all know how USB looks like and they are all in standard sizes and shapes. Now I have a certain feeling that the topic starter means it's just an USB "A" type with a little wider. If that's the case, the USB connecter might have dropped or hit on something hard, cauing it to be a little out of shape. I've got a friend who had his flashdrive dropped on hard concrete floor. He didn't realised the slight dent until he tried to insert to the USB port. The connector looks alright without detailed checking. Of course it's certainly not alright when you look at the connector carefully. Otherwise, it's most probably not a USB. Could be firewire. QUOTE(pawitp @ Oct 2 2005, 09:08 AM) Could you actually post some picture of your laptop usb port? I don't know what is this about. Usb ports have 3 shape. The mini-one, the standard(I think it is) one and the square-one(Externel computer devices use them). I have never heard of that before.
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