• floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Every device I have just has a couple of blue ones and a couple of black ones, perhaps some orange ones and some USB-C ports, and good luck figuring out what they all can do. No symbols anywhere.

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      2 months ago

      It’s cool, the colors are just for aesthetics. Internally they’re all connected to the same USB controller chip anyway.

      /s probably

      Edit: it was a joke. I know blue means 3.

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        2 months ago

        If they’re following the standard, which they often do but sometimes don’t, white indicates 2.0 and blue indicates 3.0+. I think there are more but I don’t remember the other colours.

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      2 months ago

      Black is USB 2, blue is USB 3, and Orange or Yellow are usually “always on” and/or 2.4 amp or some other kind of thing like that.

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      2 months ago

      I believe yellow or orange ports always deliver charging power regardless of device’s power state.