LKBEN11487: Which USB do I have to use for which device?
Symptom
Your system has different USB ports with different colors. What is the difference.
Cause
You would like eht color codes and when to use them
Solution
The color for USB is not specified but there is a kind of standard. To be shure you will have to look in your manual.
| White | USB 1.0 and 1.1 Old standard (low speed) - 1996 | 1,5 MBit (12 MBit version exists) |
| Black | USB 2.0 - 2011 | 480 MBit |
| Blue | USB 3.0 - 2011 | 5 GBit |
| Teal Blue | USB 3.1 - 2014 | 10 GBit |
| Red/Orange | Higher current USB Port (for loading devices) Does not power off during sleep or standby mode. | |
| USB C | USB 3.2 High speed USB. This connection can be used in both directions - 2017 | 5 till 20 GBit |
| USB C | USB 4.0 - 2019 | 20 till 40 GBit |
Hope this helps.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 11-01-2021