Usb Ports?

zach101

Oct 1 2005, 12:22 AM

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?

moldboy

Oct 1 2005, 02:00 AM

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)?

odomike

Oct 1 2005, 02:53 AM

Too wide? I have never heard of that before.I know of one type of USB port. The particular one which is compliant with USB 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 specs.

Never heard of this before.

hulunes

Oct 1 2005, 03:55 AM

maybe IEEE new rule?
only exsit usb 1.0 extend 1.1 and current 2.0.

icemarle

Oct 1 2005, 04:08 AM

I thought there was only one standard size for USB ports. Maybe you're talking about a COM port or something, I've seen those in some laptops and can certainly be described as "too wide" Try getting those cables from some printers and see if it fits. (The wide ones) Then, it must be a COM port.

zach101

Oct 1 2005, 06:27 AM

Hmm this is quite interesting indeed i guess this really is quite unique. Well now that im aware that this is a new thing lets get into the details..... okay so mouse: Logitech gray wheel, red optical laser, standard usb connection end thingy from what i can tell it fits the front and back usb ports of my computer just fine.

Laptop: toshiba not tottaly sure on the model though

the smaller mouse was pluged into a side port (right side) i first tried plugging into that port but when i realized it was to wide to fit in the port i tried both ports on the back neather worked and yes im sure it was right side up and what not no it did not fit in any of the usb ports i tried all of them. So you guys have never heard of a mouse being two wide to fit in the ports eather eh? hmm odd indead

p.s. sorry about my spelling its bad i know

saga

Oct 1 2005, 06:54 AM

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.

I believe there is no firewore mouse yet available since it would be just a waste of resources

coz this port are very high speed and it will be useless to just put a mouse on it.

so it seems that the laptop only has the small usb ports that is found in digital cameras. thats weird. i guess you have to make do with the small mouse

zach101

Oct 1 2005, 07:12 AM

no no im not talkng about the ones on calcs like ti 84 and cameras it looks as big but it just dosnt fit and when u put it side by side its like one eighth to small for a regular usb to fit in it damn i dont know whats going on maybe my mouse has expaned and pushed my usb in my own computer out with it? who knows

moldboy

Oct 1 2005, 06:17 PM

Does the mouse from the laptop work in the PC? Or could you send a picture of the usb port.

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).

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srbempire

Nov 1 2005, 11:18 AM

QUOTE(pawitp @ Oct 2 2005, 09:08 AM)

I have never heard of that before.

Inspiron

Oct 31 2005, 12:14 PM

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.

pawitp

Oct 31 2005, 09:49 AM

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.

Inspiron

Oct 30 2005, 08:29 AM

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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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This is a USB "A" port that you oftenly see on the computer itself.

USB "B" Port (Picture sourced from allerc.com)
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This is a USB "B" port that you will find it on the USB devices.

USB "MINI" Port (Picture sourced from atmarkit.co.jp)
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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

JC05

Oct 30 2005, 02:52 AM

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?

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