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In message , Paul
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You see, they *do* put USB pins on at least one flavor.
Just for the confusion it will cause.
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One of the three rectangular connectors on this laptop does indeed look
as if it's both USB and ESATA. (The other two are just USB.)

Yes, two in particular are Dell pc's and what's labelled eSata looks
identical to a Sata port. They're almost beside each other. I know
difference for USB btw.

I've used it _as_ USB, and it seems to work fine - the only difference
from other USB connections being that it feels slightly different on
insertion. I haven't tried it as ESATA as I don't have any (E)SATA
peripherals. (I have the odd SATA drive, but I've always felt ESATA
isn't the same as SATA.)