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USB won't fit in any laptop USB ports!
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From the picture it looks like an eSATA plug. Probably the one port on the laptop that it goes into is an eSATA/USB hybrid port0
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I assume the "B" plug fits into the external hard drive, and the other plug is the one for the laptop. This is a USB3 plug because of the blue baffle, as you know. That should fit into a USB2 socket or a USB3 socket.
I'm tempted to think that somehow the plug is malformed, although sometimes you have to put more effort into plugging a USB plug into a USB socket than you might wish to exert.
I can only suggest getting another special cable, but that will take several days...0 -
From the picture it looks like an eSATA plug. Probably the one port on the laptop that it goes into is an eSATA/USB hybrid port
That is exactly right.
And a Sata plug will only fit in one socket on my VAIO loptop - the hybrid Sata/Usb socket.
The IdeaPad Y510p Laptop has no suitable socket.
Specification here:0 -
Maybe OP needs the USB adaptor for the GoFlex range - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-STAE104-FreeAgent-GoFlex-Upgrade/dp/B003IT6PHM0
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That is exactly right.
And a Sata plug will only fit in one socket on my VAIO loptop - the hybrid Sata/Usb socket.
The IdeaPad Y510p Laptop has no suitable socket.
Specification here:0 -
Just an update (and thank you for all of the replies.
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My new cable arrived today and it fits in a normal USB port of my laptop and works perfectly.Phew.
2019 Wins
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£2019 in 2019
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Yay! = Jolly Well Done!0
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