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I don't understand the answers to this question:

How to tell if my USB ports are 1.1 or 2.0 for different OSes?

My Acer laptop has three USB ports - two of which look similar, while the other looks like it's a bit larger but is still somehow a USB port.

  1. My ports are of different versions (the larger one one I think is a lousier version when I plug something in it starts complaining about speed stuff). Is there anyway to swap the versions of USB port-A to port-B and port-B to port-A (so I don't have to physically shift around some stuff) ?

  2. Is there any way to upgrade all my USB ports to 3.0 or swap the "versions" of each port?

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For a laptop, no, there isn't - you'd need a USB 3.0 controller, and associated hardware, and the only way to add them is through an expansion card - which contains the controller in question. If it was a desktop, you could change the front ports by connecting them to said expansion card.

The 'larger' port is likely an always on port (often blue or yellow in colour), or a non standard port for use with a cd drive which also supplies power through a variant USB plug

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You could buy an express card USB 3.0 adapter. Im going to take a guess that your laptop is a Dell. They often have a USB port with an extra set of pins for power for their external drives.

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