USB won't fit in any laptop USB ports!

Darksun

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

Jivesinger

John_Gray wrote: »

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...

I have a Seagate Backup Plus and confirm what you say - the "B" end from the picture fits into the drive itself, and the other end fits into the regular USB ports on my laptop.

wealdroam

Darksun wrote: »

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:

http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/?sb=:00000037:00001CBD:#techspecs

I_have_spoken

Maybe OP needs the USB adaptor for the GoFlex range - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-STAE104-FreeAgent-GoFlex-Upgrade/dp/B003IT6PHM

Jivesinger

wealdroam wrote: »

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:

http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/?sb=:00000037:00001CBD:#techspecs

The eSata plug is at the "drive" end of the cable, not the laptop end. My Seagate Backup Plus just needs a regular USB plug at the laptop end.

LadyMorticia

Just an update (and thank you for all of the replies. )

My new cable arrived today and it fits in a normal USB port of my laptop and works perfectly. Phew.

John_Gray

Yay! = Jolly Well Done!