Hey, #nerds, can any of you explain to me what kind of cable is supposed to go into that weird-shaped thing that's labelled USB 3.0?
@JordiGH Sir that's a USB 3.0 Micro B port. You just need a USB 3.0 A <-> USB 3.0 Micro B cable.
@nicodemus So there is more than one kind of usb 3.0?
@nicodemus Weird. This explains why I was able to plug in a cable that was only covering half the pins but the OS couldn't read at all.
@nicodemus Btw, are you Indian or is that "sir" just meant to be funny?
@JordiGH
Um. A USB 3.0 cable?
http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/accessories/apd/a9176306?cid=304304&st=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtZzWBRD2ARIsAIPenY2Fw6V91QyFilHlhrSdbIJfa-ZRG8sBwbV4lyUnsOTTglvcfU3bTjEaAgWQEALw_wcB&lid=5773637&VEN1=s3u0WfEy9,118526857269,901q5c14135,m,,A9176306&VEN2=,&dgc=st&dgseg=so&acd=12309152537501410&VEN3=814004078414198191
@AddyFinch Thanks. Now I have to figure out if we have one of those.
@AddyFinch Update: we don't! Ordered and should arrive next week. So annoyed with the allegedly universal serial bus right now.
@JordiGH Yeah, I have I think exactly one device that uses that (a portable HD), but have mistakenly picked those cables up before. Frustratingly uncommon/semi-standard.
@JordiGH it looks like a mashup between USB-C and HDMI 😂😂👌
@JordiGH @nicodemus has a good image to show the plugs but dangerously leaves out the small distinctions between micro-a, -b, and -ab. https://octodon.social/media/XNG4Js6ll5-DoNSq18M
I think USB needs to stop gloating about U it is.
@JordiGH usb3.0 cable, of course. It looks like this weird-shaped hole only as a cable that goes into this hole.