you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Guess it helps differentiate the USB3 from the USB2.

  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I was going to ask if the blue one is smaller....?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Blue usually indicates USB3 and the black are probably USB2. USB3 is "supposed" to be backwards compatible, and is most of the time, but I've ran into a few instances where USB2 devices don't quite work as well or as reliably when connected to a USB3 port, so a lot of motherboard manufacturers still include a couple USB2 ports for things like keyboards and mice that don't need the extra speed and may be finnicky on newer ports.

  • source
  • parent