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My laptop has a yellow USB port. Is it USB 3.0?

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Did you consult your Notebook user guide?, edit your post to include your Make and specific model if you wish a correct answer instead of an educated guess. – Moab Dec 3 '10 at 17:16
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@Moab - RFTM? really?! – ripper234 Dec 4 '10 at 6:38

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A yellow USB port usually denotes an "always on" port. It supplies power to the device plugged into it even when the laptop is off.

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This tends to be the standard but it is not always the case. That said, I have yet to see a USB3 port that isn't blue. – Shinrai Dec 3 '10 at 18:10
@Shinrai Apple MacBooks have white USB3 ports – RoXX Jan 21 at 17:40
I've seen a USB 3.0 port in WHITE as a keystone jack - no, it's just the casing that is white. The inner bar of the port is still blue. – BGM Feb 11 at 23:41
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It can be whatever colour that your manufacturer wants it to be - I do not think there is a standard.

That being said, every product I have seen that supports USB 3 seems to have a blue socket, so there may be one!

If it is yellow, my guess is that it may be a way to indicate enhanced/increased/special power output.

What model do you have? If you write the model number, I can take a look to be sure.

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Actually, section 3.1.1.1 of the USB 3.0 spec says, "As an aid to users, USB 3.0 mandates standard coloring for plastic portions of USB 3.0 plugs and receptacles." However, the spec later only "recommends" Pantone 300C as the color for USB 3 connectors. – rob Sep 20 '12 at 0:05

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