USB Port Question.. Any Ideas?

[Roxyluvsme13]

But now that I think of it, I honestly think it was a Firewire port. Does firewire have a black bar over the gold prongs? Mine didn't.. (if it was a Firewire)
Edit, this is my cable.. or at least I think it is. Whatever used to be where the current port is, this fit in it.
http://i21.ebayimg.com/02/i/04/64/13/58_2.JPG

[G535]

That looks like a USB cable.

I've been trying to find a decent pic of a firewire port but most are too small.

[Roxyluvsme13]

That looks like a USB cable.

I've been trying to find a decent pic of a firewire port but most are too small.

That's the problem I was having. If it's a USB port then why did the idiots fix it wrong.. ? I plainly said USB PORT.

[G535]

Have you tried plugging the cable in? Line up the bar on the cable plug with the open part (that has the pins on it) on the back of the laptop. After having another look it certainly seems to be USB ports, two of them, on the back of the laptop.

[Lady's Human]

There are several types of USB ports used in laptops. Most are one on top of the other, each port having the same physical orientation. Another type uses one port upside down on top of the other.

The pics you show most definitely looks like a USB port, and the cable IS a USB cable, so try turning the cable over and plugging it in.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Yep, tried that. Didn't work .

[G535]

Hmm, if they're both USB then they should fit. Only other thing I can think of is you might be trying to plug the wrong end of a USB extension cable in there.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Well, they're both the same, and that's the part of the thing that didn't work. It used to be diff. until we got them fixed. But now they;re the same and it's the wrong thing.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Looks like two USB ports to me too.

Both ends of the USB cord are usually not the same. One is "short and squat" while the other is kind of "long and skinny" just like you show in the pic you posted of the USB cable. It is hard to tell with the circles on the pic because they cover up the ports, but it sure looks like two USB ports to me. Where did you have it fixed? Call them and ask them, or better yet, if you can, take the laptop back to them and ask them about it, and have them explain in detail, even plugging a cord in for you.

Is it possible the "little black bar" is a protective thingy that should be removed for use? Another question to ask the people who fixed it.

[king2005]

Firewire
More rounded, with a bar in the middle


USB
More Flat, with a bar a little higher or lower then the center



Which do you have?

Also to get even better pics, go to google.com & go to images