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    W520 USB 3 slots

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by pkincy, May 3, 2011.

  1. pkincy

    pkincy Notebook Evangelist

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    Believe it or not the User Guide does not identify which USB ports are 3 and which are 2. I suppose because only the quad core are USB 3.0. However I still find that inexcusable.

    I have 2 blue ports on the left side of the laptop and one yellow port on the back.

    Anyone know which is which.

    Perry
     
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    Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Blue = USB 3.0
    Yellow = Powered USB 2.0

    And there's another USB 2.0 port in the eSATA port.
     
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    The User Guide probably doesn't specify, since the color-coding is standard. Surprised that they would miss the opportunity to taut new features though.

    But yes, blue is USB 3.0 (sometimes indicated as USB SuperSpeed), yellow is the always-on USB 2.0 port.
     
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    pkincy Notebook Evangelist

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    thank you both.

    My new GoFlex USB 3.0 1Tb drive is doing its backup as an external.

    Have decided to try full backups as opposed to clones given my SSD/HDD configuration in the W520.

    Gotta like the USB 3.0 speeds.

    Perry
     
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