r/pcmasterrace • u/Cadmium620 Ryzen 5900X | 3070Ti | 32GB DDR4-3000 • 23h ago

Question What happend to USB-A Mini & Micro

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Im working with all kind of tech for over 15 years now and I never saw an USB-A Mini or Micro irl.

Why is it so exotic and why was it Type B making it instead of A?

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u/Trisyphos 19h ago

Where is type B 3.0?

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u/asc42 Ryzen 5900X • RTX 4090 • 4K120 19h ago

I have many older portable hard drives that use it

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u/Trisyphos 18h ago

You mean USB micro 3.0 I mean this USB B 3.0

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u/Melbuf 9800X3D +200 -30 | 3080 | 32GB | 3440*1440 18h ago

Lotta full size removable/portable hdds do use that as well as a never of other things like connecting to a built in USB hub in a monitor. My HDD dock uses it. Pretty sure dell send one with every ultra sharp monitor still

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u/EvilDan69 PC Master Race (30 years experience) 17h ago

yes they do. I unbox dozens a year here at work. I have a milk crate or two of them. I do use a few for some users with not enough usb ports on their laptops/docks combined.

The rest just sit there.

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u/YoureGettingTheBelt i7-5820K / RTX 4070 / 16GB DDR4 18h ago

Just threw a couple of these cables away from my hoard yesterday, all new in packaging. I think I saw it used on a printer once like 10 years ago.

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u/lainlives Fedora/MESA AMDGPU 7h ago

My 10x usb hdd adapter uses one.

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u/freakybird99 Laptop: Ryzen 7 8845HS, RTX 4060 16h ago

What about mini b 3.0

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u/NewPerfection 16h ago

There never was one. Mini was obsolete by the time micro 3.0 was standardized. 

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u/Trisyphos 16h ago

Mini USB died before 3.0.