Expert: Tarzan - 10/22/2009

Question
Hi,

My wife has a seven year old Dell desktop, which serves her needs.

The manual days that the USB inputs are on the back.

Wanting to back up the data on a flash drive, and finding the back of the computer difficult to get to, I bought a cable with a USB male on one end and a USB female on the other. This way I'd only have to get to the back once, After that the USB female would be easy to get to.

However, when I got to the back of the computer I found that the USB inputs wouldn't take the USB male on the cable. The inputs look like they take the sort of modular plug you use for phones.

Question: Seven years ago, did USB cables use modular plugs? If so, is there a USB-to-modular cable?

I called Dell about this, but lots of luck getting them to answer

Many thanks for any help you can offer.

Steve

Answer
e... I do not quitely understand you . but you can read follow:

1. there are two standard usb port. mini one and standard.

2. we usually use mini usb port in mobile phone. and standard usb port in motherboards.

3. there are mini usb male to female , mini usb male to standard female, standard male to female
  
  cable.

4. 7 years ago , means 2002 year. usb is used at that time.