Aspire 5750Z - Weird looking USB Port

Hi,

I recently purchased an Acer Aspire 5750Z and I have a question about how one of the USB Ports looks. On the right hand side of the laptop, the USB port to the right looks completely different than the other 2 USB ports on the laptop. When looking straight in to the port, the front of the USB connector has 4 small holes whereas the others ports are just perfectly flat and no holes are visible. 

Please see the attached image to match my description.

I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could explain to me why this USB port looks different than the others.

Many thanks

The manual seems to suggest it's a USB 3.0 Port but I have never seen a USB 3 Port look like that before.

Hmm, the front of those USB Ports are flat though whereas mine has the 4 holes.

Thanks - I think the thing that concerns me the most is how the actual port looks though. I have never seen one that looks like mine before...

Thanks

If anyone else has any ideas, please let me know as this is bugging me like mad now! :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by qhn 


Got a USB 3.0 device to try out?
cheers ...

USB 3 is backwards compatible either way. The port works and functions as any other USB port should do, as said though I'm just interested in why it actually does look different.

Thanks

Thanks for that mate - It does look very similar to that port but I powered the laptop down and plugged my phone into it however it didn't charge or anything.

Cheers

So I don't think the port is usb 3.0 afterall...

I was referring to it being a 'charge n play' port or whatever it's called.

I still haven't been able to find out why it looks so different than the other USB ports on my laptop.

I have attached some better pics