Mystery Port

[Jwalbrecht2000]

I found this port on the front panel of my grandmother's old Gateway, and I have no idea what it is. There's nothing inside that would fit there, and I've never seen that icon before.

 

I asked my friend if he knew what it was, he said he had seen it before on a couple of his old PCs as well, but he didn't know either.

 

Does anybody know what this mystery port is and/or what it was used for?

 

[W-L]

1 minute ago, Jwalbrecht2000 said:

I found this port on the front panel of my grandmother's old Gateway, and I have no idea what it is. There's nothing inside that would fit there, and I've never seen that icon before.

 

I asked my friend if he knew what it was, he said he had seen it before on a couple of his old PCs as well, but he didn't know either.

 

Does anybody know what this mystery port is and/or what it was used for?

 

Looks like the shape of what could be a firewire port to me.

[MorganO]

2 minutes ago, Jwalbrecht2000 said:

I found this port on the front panel of my grandmother's old Gateway, and I have no idea what it is. There's nothing inside that would fit there, and I've never seen that icon before.

 

I asked my friend if he knew what it was, he said he had seen it before on a couple of his old PCs as well, but he didn't know either.

 

Does anybody know what this mystery port is and/or what it was used for?

 

firewire by the shape of it

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Firewire

[Jwalbrecht2000]

1 minute ago, W-L said:

Looks like the shape of what could be a firewire port to me.

 

1 minute ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

firewire by the shape of it

That's what my friend thought, but the icon doesn't match the icon you find when you Google "Firewire"...

[glitchmaster0001]

its a firewire port.

[MorganO]

8 minutes ago, Jwalbrecht2000 said:

 

That's what my friend thought, but the icon doesn't match the icon you find when you Google "Firewire"...

look at the connector then

[Simon771]

I think this port is rather useless in 2017

[Jwalbrecht2000]

1 minute ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

look at the connector then

It literally says "There's nothing inside that would fit there" in the post, bro.

[Jwalbrecht2000]

1 minute ago, Simon771 said:

I think this port is rather useless in 2017

Yeah, but it's kinda driving me crazy that I don't know what it is and I can't find it anywhere online; still looking online to this moment.

[Simon771]

1 minute ago, Jwalbrecht2000 said:

Yeah, but it's kinda driving me crazy that I don't know what it is and I can't find it anywhere online; still looking online to this moment.

Like everyone else said that should be firewire port.

You can also take that plastic cover off and see what's hiding inside. I hope it's not dead mouse lol

[Jwalbrecht2000]

1 minute ago, Simon771 said:

Like everyone else said that should be firewire port.

You can also take that plastic cover off and see what's hiding inside. I hope it's not dead mouse lol

There's nothing under the cover, for the third time.

 

Screw it, I'll just dig around for a manual.

[CostcoSamples]

USB

 

seriously though, post a picture with that cover removed.

[Guest]

Definitely FireWire,compare the shapes. 

[Simon771]

9 minutes ago, Jwalbrecht2000 said:

There's nothing under the cover, for the third time.

 

Screw it, I'll just dig around for a manual.

Sorry, didn't see that you already mentioned that in previous replys

[Jwalbrecht2000]

13 minutes ago, CostcoSamples said:

USB

 

seriously though, post a picture with that cover removed.

Just for you, cover removed:

 

 

Now do you believe me?

[Jwalbrecht2000]

Also, no luck on finding that manual, so I'm kinda screwed there.

 

If any of you guys could find a picture of that icon with any relation to Firewire, I'd believe you.

 

Also, note that this PC is from late 2001.

Edited January 18, 2017 by Jwalbrecht2000

[Archeval]

53 minutes ago, Jwalbrecht2000 said:

If any of you guys could find a picture of that icon with any relation to Firewire, I'd believe you

scroll up to Abyss Gaming's post

 

Edit: oh wait, you mean the icon. yeah, nvm then

 

Double Edit: after searching extensively the only 2 ports i've been able to find that fit the shape are S/PDIF or FireWire 400. there's nothing that matches that symbol, it may be a proprietary symbol

 

Triple Edit: FOUND IT! IEEE1394 (FireWire 400) port. see? we know what we're talking about

Edited January 18, 2017 by Archeval
Because i must know

[CostcoSamples]

50 minutes ago, Archeval said:

scroll up to Abyss Gaming's post

 

Edit: oh wait, you mean the icon. yeah, nvm then

 

Double Edit: after searching extensively the only 2 ports i've been able to find that fit the shape are S/PDIF or FireWire 400. there's nothing that matches that symbol, it may be a proprietary symbol

 

Triple Edit: FOUND IT! IEEE1394 (FireWire 400) port. see? we know what we're talking about

You win!  I spent a good 10 minutes searching and couldn't find an explanation!  

[Jwalbrecht2000]

2 hours ago, Archeval said:

scroll up to Abyss Gaming's post

 

Edit: oh wait, you mean the icon. yeah, nvm then

 

Double Edit: after searching extensively the only 2 ports i've been able to find that fit the shape are S/PDIF or FireWire 400. there's nothing that matches that symbol, it may be a proprietary symbol

 

Triple Edit: FOUND IT! IEEE1394 (FireWire 400) port. see? we know what we're talking about

Perfect, thanks to @Archeval for the proof of everybody's answers; sorry for doubting literally everybody's answers.

[Dark]

Definitely an LPT port.  

[NumLock21]

The symbol represents nothing. It's just their own way of representing a firewire port or a port for hooking up a media device like cam corder.