USB 3.0 Port looks different

Drake5 · 16 Apr 2012 at 13:59

After more reasearch it seems it isn't a USB 3 port afterall.

Hmm

Drake5 · 16 Apr 2012 at 19:21

I've got some better pics

Rroff · 16 Apr 2012 at 19:26

Yup my USB/eSATA port looks exactly like that but has a wider slit at the middle to take the eSATA connector.

Drake5 · 16 Apr 2012 at 19:33

Rroff said:
Yup my USB/eSATA port looks exactly like that but has a wider slit at the middle to take the eSATA connector.

So mine is an eSATA connector?

scrlk · 16 Apr 2012 at 19:59

Tom_D said:
So mine is an eSATA connector?

No. The port has to be physically larger to accommodate the eSATA port.

Meaker · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:00

No, looks like they had some spare middle bits from the connector though and used them to save money in a regular usb port,

Drake5 · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:04

Hmm, I don't understand why they'd only do that on the one USB port though when all the others are normal.

Drake5 · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:56

Haha, this is still bugging me. I've spent a lot of time Googling but still can't piece anything together!

bremen1874 · 17 Apr 2012 at 01:00

How about this...

There are versions of this laptop where the socket in question is USB 3.0 (and would be blue).

On the cut down version that doesn’t have USB 3.0 they need a USB 2.0 socket to fit in the same location. The socket they’ve selected for this role probably just happens to look a bit different. Or maybe it looks different because it’s a USB 2.0 socket that’s designed to solder to the same pads as a USB 3.0 socket?

Drake5 · 17 Apr 2012 at 01:32

That's a good way of looking at it, the extra clip on the floor of the port is strange though aswell. It is almost as if it's intended to do something else other than USB,

Drake5 · 17 Apr 2012 at 12:41

Just to update.

I contacted Acer tech support about this, the woman I spoke to didn't really seem to know much of what I was on about though.

She said the port I'm referring to is a dual firewire/USB Port.

Does this sound right? :S

bremen1874 · 17 Apr 2012 at 13:14

Tom_D said:
Just to update.

I contacted Acer tech support about this, the woman I spoke to didn't really seem to know much of what I was on about though.

She said the port I'm referring to is a dual firewire/USB Port.

Does this sound right? :S

Unlikely, and then only possible using proprietary cables. Does that laptop even have Firewire?

Drake5 · 17 Apr 2012 at 14:22

I certainly didn't think it did.

Maybe I should just forget about it?

Glass · 17 Apr 2012 at 19:04

Most USB 3.0 ports on laptops are blue.

Drake5 · 17 Apr 2012 at 19:08

Yeah I think I established it isn't USB 3.0.

Wish I knew someone else with the same laptop model so I could ask them.

Drake5 · 18 Apr 2012 at 00:16

Someone on another forum said Looking at the pics I provided the usb port its self looks like it's been pushed upwards and wont work for very long. :S

chili · 18 Apr 2012 at 03:01

my opinion is that is a usb/esata combined port.

haz_pro · 18 Apr 2012 at 09:33

I think you should forget about it.

lol

mauserk98 · 20 Apr 2012 at 16:24

Usb 3 ports are blue not black.

chili · 21 Apr 2012 at 02:47

mauserk98 said:
Usb 3 ports are blue not black.

mine are black on my m17x