Mysterious Cable

[typhoon_2099]

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I'm having trouble understanding the above cable. It's a Mini B male to Type A female cable, but I have no idea how it's of any use at all.

Any insight would be very much appreciated.

P.S. I found it plugged into a Sony Ericsson phone cable if that's any help.

[Guest]

It's a mini USB to normal USB adapter cable. My Western Digital Passport drives come with one.

[typhoon_2099]

And what's it used for? I.E. If you plug it into your hard drive, what's supposed to plug into the other end of the adapter?

[Video Dude]

It is a USB cable adaptor. Basically you attach it to a standard USB cable when you need one end mini and the other end Type A.

The mini connector plugs into a device like a camera or phone.

You then take a standard USB cable and plug it into the Type A female connector.

[typhoon_2099]

Basically you attach it to a standard USB cable when you need one end mini and the other end Type A.

But the Type A side of the cable you're plugging it into would be in the above cable, unless you have a Male A to Male A cable (which is even more pointless). The only use I can see for it would be plugging in a Male A-Male B cable, i you have a camera that you can plug into a printer. Which I doubt.

[Video Dude]

You have a USB A Female to Mini USB B 5Pin Male Adapter Cable.

Device <--> Adapter <--> Standard USB Cable <--> Computer

[CWR03]

I have a small 7-in-one multimedia card reader that came with a ridiculously short cable like that too. Since my last PC had no front-mounted USB ports, I had to lean over the PC and leave the reader to dangle from the USB port while I retrieved my digital photos from an SD card. I eventually replaced the cable with a 4-foot one and threw the short one away. I suppose it would be fine with a laptop where you can set the device on the desk next to it.

[spuddog]

Never! ever throw away cables. Someday you will say "I had a cable (adapter) like that, I wish I had not thrown it away".

Scott

[CWR03]

Someday you will say "I had a cable (adapter) like that, I wish I had not thrown it away".
I used to save everything - I had more stuff than room to keep it. Now if it's something I know I won't need anytime soon and can replace easily or cheaply, it goes in the trash. I don't throw out proprietary cables, but what typhoon_2099 pictured is something you can get at Wal-Mart.

[typhoon_2099]

but what typhoon_2099 pictured is something you can get at Wal-Mart.

It's also essentially useless.