USB Yellow Ports
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Topic: USB Yellow Ports
Posted By: Sk1lld
Subject: USB Yellow Ports
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2025 at 12:03pm
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Sorry for all the silly questions. I was reading up on the yellow USB or lightning gaming ports. It says that these ports are for charging and gaming mice and keyboards. I have two questions. (1) since there always on for charging does this mean the RGB keyboard/mouse are always lit/on? (2) I was always in the understanding that mice and keyboards didn't need high speed data paths that USB 2.0 was plenty. Then read my superlight 2 might use a red USB port. Needless to say, I'm a bit confused? Thank you for your time. |
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Posted By: Sk1lld
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2025 at 10:56pm
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For clarity. I'm just wondering if anybody has used the yellow USB lightning ports for their mouse and keyboard and if they were always on even after the computer was off. Thank you. |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2025 at 11:37pm
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I am not familiar with gaming peripherals. While I have owned quite a few "gaming" branded products, in every case it was simply marketing and there was no difference between the "gaming" version and the standard one. If a mouse or keyboard were to have specialized controllers that require high bandwidth data transfer to the PC then the faster ports may indeed be useful. Input latency has long been lamented with USB peripherals. This is why many pro gamers use PS2 peripherals, often spending a fortune on vintage keyboards with mechanical switches. I can't say if it's legitimate or not, much in the same way guitar players obsess over valve amps or music lovers obsess over vinyl. I don't have lightning ports on any of my current setups so I can't check if peripherals remain on. If they are advertized as "fast charging" etc then the likelihood is high that they will remain on. ------------- 
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Posted By: Sk1lld
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2025 at 11:43pm
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