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    What is that strange USB on the left side of Studio 15

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by HexiumVII, Dec 13, 2008.

  1. HexiumVII

    HexiumVII Notebook Guru NBR Reviewer

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    Its the top left USB port, it looks different than regular USB. What special secret does it have?
     
    HexiumVII, Dec 13, 2008
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    On the 1536 (AMD), it's a combined USB and eSATA of some sort. On the 1535 (Intel), nothing special, it just looks different.
     
    PepperdotNet, Dec 13, 2008
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  3. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Perhaps you are referring to the HDMI port, meant for outputing HD content?
     
    Bog, Dec 13, 2008
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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    nope, its a combo e-sata /usb connector. so u can use it with both esata and usb
     
    wywern209, Dec 14, 2008
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    true, but only on the AMD models (1536). The 1535 does not have eSATA.
     
    PepperdotNet, Dec 14, 2008
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    Yes, that's right.
    I have it too on my Studio 1535
     
    bigdarkmad, Dec 14, 2008
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    The 1535 has the eSATA port, but it isn't functional as eSATA, only as USB.
     
    frazell, Dec 14, 2008
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    It is either a eSATA connector (1536 / 1537) — Connect eSATA compatible storage devices, such as external hard disk drives or optical drives. Studio 1535 systems have an additional USB connector instead of an eSATA connector or if you are referring to the HDMI™ connector HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) connector carries an uncompressed all digital signal to produce hi-definition video and audio. Hope that helps.
     
    Carmasix, Dec 14, 2008
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