USB 3.0 can speed up your setup or tank it depending on what you connect. Learn which devices benefit and which ones fall ...

Learn three ways to connect your computer to the internet using USB ports, including adapters and phone tethering.

USB ports on your computer may have unique specifications that make them better or worse for the device you want to connect.

While USB ports may look all the same and are compatible with most accessories that connect to them, some gadgets have ...

The universal serial bus (USB) enables users to connect plug-and-play devices to a PC, but different kinds of USB exist. USB 1.0 and 1.1 are older versions of the interface that are much slower than ...

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Some users may face a problem where their computer shuts down or restarts whenever they plug in a USB device. There could be many reasons that may cause it – like USB ports touching each other, issues ...

It happens to me about, oh, 14 trillion times every day: I go to plug something into my computer’s USB port, and it doesn’t fit because I’ve got the plug-head upside down. Then I mutter some curse ...

You must have a short in the plug. Just exactly which plug are you refering to? On the computer? Do you have only one? If you have one that still works you might have to get a hub and only use it. Or ...

The Micro USB plug is very small: just as wide, half as tall, and twice as thick as an SD card. It allows an iPhone be connected to a Micro USB cable instead of the traditional 30-pin connector. The ...