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Subject: Re: AKICIF: USB ports on monitor
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:26:12 -0500
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On 1/14/2025 12:04 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 1/13/2025 10:24 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
>>
>> I just noticed that there are two USB ports on top of my vertical
>> monitor -- what would be the left side if I were running it
>> horizontal.
>>
>> The resident engineer speculated wildly that they might be for
>> charging one's phone.  Do any of you know of a use for a USB port on a
>> monitor?
> 
> USB Mouse and keyboard.
> 
> Lynn

I have this on some of my monitors. There's also a USB-B
connector (the big square one). You use that to connect
the PC to the monitor, and the monitor can act as a USB
hub. Sometimes its more convenient to reach a socket on
the monitor than on the PC.

pt