USB 3.0

[LS1234]

my sony vaio laptop has 3 usb ports. how do i know if they are compatible with usb 3.0 transfer technology (eg an external hard drive that is capable of gtransferring data at 3.0 speed). the device manager in control panels does not seem to reveal this infromation. my OS is Wind 7.

[Blencogo · Accepted solution]

Hi LS1234 and welcome.

Have you tried looking at the specifications/manual of your model?

I cannot give you a link because you do not say which Vaio you have.

Generally speaking, a USB 3.0 port will have a blue insert: -

[LS1234]

THanks, helpful. my sony model is: VPCEB2MOE. i suspect it is usb 2.o

[Blencogo]

The specifications for your model are here: -

http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/product/VPCEB2M0E_PI/specifications

It looks like you have USB 2.0 ports - 3 normal and one combined USB/eSATA port.

[obadiya]

Hi all, I also am wanting to upgrade my usb ports on my Sony vaio model number vpceb3f4e, I recently made the mistake of purchasing a 512gb thumbdrive from eBay, it resulted in my laptop hard drive registering over 100 gigs missing after trying to transfer files to it, so for now I bought a usb 3.0 ext hard drive which works with my vaio and I'm wondering how much it would cost to do this??