USB 3.0 A Male to Micro-B Male Adapter, Blue

USB 3.0 introduced a wider Micro-B plug — ten pins instead of five — to carry the SuperSpeed lane, and it is the plug on nearly every bus-powered 2.5-inch external drive made since 2010. This adapter is the gender fix around that plug: a USB 3.0 Type A male on the host side, a Micro-B male on the device side, moulded in the standard SuperSpeed blue and working plug and play with no drivers or configuration.

Where it earns its slot in the toolkit: a female-ended cable or panel socket that should reach a drive whose own cable died; a shorter chain when the drive’s factory lead is three times longer than the desk needs; and any build where an A-male presentation is required at the device end. Compatibility spans USB 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 — on a 2.0 host the same adapter carries the 480 Mbps lane without complaint.

Key features

• USB 3.0 Type A male to USB 3.0 Micro-B male
• 10-pin SuperSpeed Micro-B plug
• Plug and play — no drivers
• Compatible with USB 1.0 / 1.1 / 2.0 / 3.0
• Blue moulded body, 100% new build

Specifications

An honest note on gender: this presents a male tip to the device — for drives whose cable you keep, you want the A-female-to-Micro-B extension instead. Check the socket on your enclosure before ordering; the two look alike at a glance and differ at a glance too. On the host side it works from any free USB port, bus or hub, drawing no configuration effort from the operating system.

Typical applications

• External 2.5-inch drives needing an A-male presentation
• Replacing lost factory Micro-B leads on enclosures
• Panel sockets feeding Micro-B devices directly

Samples, packing options, payment terms and warranty conditions are set out in How to Order and Delivery Information.