Looks to me like they wanted to differentiate the USB 3 port (blue) from the USB 2 ports (black). What that accomplishes, who TF knows…
The way two of the usb's are one way while the other is another way
Submitted 3 weeks ago by lzs_jinxin@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“hey Tim, we are too damn cheap to spend the extra 4 cents and get USB 3 for all ports, even though it’s been a standard for almost 2 decades… what should we do to help the users realize they got a piece of shit case?”
“fuck em and piss em off”
“I like your style”
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
On one hand yes, on the other hand though USB3 is wildly overkill for driving your keyboard.
I can really see both sides of this argument to be honest.
marcos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nah, for some reason no device puts USB3 on every port.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I’d say if you’re hooking a mouse/keyboard/headset in, the USB 2 are fine. If you’re plugging a flashdrive/external drive in use the USB 3. Also if you want to charge a device, you’ll prefer the USB 3, they have near double the amperage. I assume they were just trying to make the user recognize the ports were different.
lzs_jinxin@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Good point actually… Never thought abt it that way
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
I just meant the reversal of orientation. Since I obviously recognized what the color scheme represents, I didn’t think I’d have to go into detail on the basics.
marcos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well, it accomplishes breaking the standard…
And the USB3 port that you would expect to get some attention is the wrong one.
grue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Differentiating the color is one thing, but I feel like flipping the socket over is more for when the device is using the port for some nonstandard purpose (e.g. when you have a port dedicated to plugging in a thumb drive to update the device firmware).
tomi000@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Because the color doesnt separate it?
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
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.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
stinerman@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
I’ve seen another one that states that the fact that you have to try 3 times means that USB connectors exist in 4 spacial dimensions.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m not following…
tal@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
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:
www.corsair.com/us/…/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).
nuko147@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It doesn’t matter. You gonna make at least 3 tries, before it goes in.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sometimes need more because the usb becomes a bit floppy
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Vertainly not a solid state storage
gerowen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Guess it helps differentiate the USB3 from the USB2.
Jerb322@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I was going to ask if the blue one is smaller…?
gerowen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not smaller but it is faster.
MTK@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
Psythik@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This actually seems helpful. You can tell which one is the USB3 port without looking.
Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I dont see why you cant just remember that the edge one is the USB3, not like anyone does the mental gymnastics of remembering the orientation you grabbed the USB cable from and which direction it goes in, the flipping is a rule set in stone
sad_detective_man@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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
RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
There’s only 3 Perry’s here with left most being 3.0. Why would you need it to be upside down to know where left side port is lol.
RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
nah that’s diabolical
TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
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?
joyjoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Is this loss?
naticus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
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.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s the kind of shit OT god would have done and Lucifer would’ve pointed out the absurdity of.
baconmonsta@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Frankly, the way the topic sentence was formulated is mildly infuriating...
cryptTurtle@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
You might be able to fix that depending on what the internal setup it. Looks like the top of your tower, shouldn't be too hard to get to
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
the one that is different is a higber version USB port, so it kinda makes sense.
lauha@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Obviously work of Sheogorath
4am@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
These also look like front IO so…assuming they work, use your eyes
kamen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
At first I thought you were annoyed at how misaligned they are.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What brand and model is that?
i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
That’s to guarantee you have to try plugging the USB cable in in all four available orientations before it fits.