medicineforpatients
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Any computer nerds that can assure me that all laptop usb ports are the same/universal? I THINK they are but I just wanna be sure before I order new ports. Mine on my computer broke. 
Computer nerds?
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slowandsteady
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you want USB 3.0 some of the scammers will try to slip 2.0 or even 1.0 in on ya.
see4
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for your needs, i suspect usb 2 will be just fine. usb 3 gives users 2 main benefits, one.. a slight speed advantage, and 2, the ability to have multi drive capabilities on the same port, meaning you can have a usb3 device set to be a "Mass Storage Device" on first run, and then immediate turn into "Eth over USB" device.
i suspect you wont be needing all that "jazz", so usb2 is just fine.. just pick up whatever is at your local bestbuy.
i suspect you wont be needing all that "jazz", so usb2 is just fine.. just pick up whatever is at your local bestbuy.
PeaceLoveCannabis
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USB 3.0 is still not a standard so to speak yet. More and more you will see it be used. Right now i'd say USB 2 is pretty standard. You can plug usb 2 into a 3 but not a 1. If that made sense.
medicineforpatients
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they physically broke. I would rather buy the whole port because that way I know anything I plug into it will fit right. I had problems before getting a connection. I had to wiggle it constantly and today an internal piece in the port and little metal connectors broke. So as far as I checked ill have to re soder it to the motherboard.
medicineforpatients
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cant see the pic ? freakin riu. they need to fix the picture thingy. theres like 3-4 ways to upload pics but only one way works..its a pain in the ass when I try to upload pics too
Good luck with that.... let me know how that turns out, k?
No pic....
Jimdamick
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Your avatar is like a poster child of what a comp nerd would look like. Is that you? (good answer by the way)
Fungus Gnat
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Probably cheaper and easier to replace the motherboard. Unless its just a case usb connector.
medicineforpatients
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medicineforpatients
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useless info? way to send someone in the wrong way. Im not a nerd but im not dumb. dick
With those powers of observation soldering a wave soldered mb is gonna be a real treat for you.
In my own obnoxious way I was warning you to replace the mb.
medicineforpatients
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cant I just un solder the pry the usb port off the mb and then "plug in" the new one and re solder? whats the difficult part about it? Is it that you have to be precise when soldering because the solder points are so small?
medicineforpatients
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also Could I just put some sort of adapter to plug in to my only working usb port that makes it 2 usb ports? My only usb port left is 2.0.
BarnBuster
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they do make a splitter for USB. Don't know if/how it affects power output.
guy incognito
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If you have to ask this question you should not be soldering things to your mother board.
medicineforpatients
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I know how to solder genius. It doesn't take a rocket scientist. Just a steady pair of hands and good eyes ...and ofcourse the know how to work a soldering iron. Jackass.
medicineforpatients
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Yeah I just ordered one of those. Real cheap $2.60 for a splitter that turns 1 usb into 4 ports. Hopefully it works as I also do not know if it will yet. Though I would still like to replace the other two broken usb ports. Im having trouble finding them on amazon though. Does anyone know the proper name for it?