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welcome to Techquickie I'm Linus and on today's episode of 1 minute or less

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we're going to tell you everything you need to know about USB 3 the main

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advantage of USB 3 is speed it is up to 10 times faster than the last generation

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USB 2 and while it's only half as fast

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as some other technology such as Thunderbolt it is universally compatible

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it's right in the name so it's backwards compatible with USB 2 and you don't need

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a special computer to take advantage of it if you're not sure if your device

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supports USB 3 you can check the manufacturer specifications or another

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easy way to tell is check the inside of the connector the key that keeps you

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from putting it in the wrong way is usually blue on usb3 devices now most

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usb3 devices these days are storage devices because that's where you can

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take advantage of that extra performance however there are other devices that are

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available such as things like external video capture devices that USB 2 is not

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fast enough for but usb3 is I often get

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asked where to plug a USB device into the simple answer is because of that

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back compatibility it doesn't matter all you do is plug the USB drive into the

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USB port which is usually easy to recognize because it has a blue

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colorcoded key on it or if that's not present you can look inside the

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connector to see if there's additional pins your computer will also usually

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prompt you if you install a usb3 device into a USB 2 Port saying hey you've got

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usb3 ports if you want to take advantage of that extra speed switch it over to

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