Yes, it takes a new cable.. Question is.. I'm not sure what one....

 

I bought a powered USB cable, 5 volt, however it does not fit the connection on the back, it looks like this This  But mine is a 5 volt version.  The connector on the cable I bought is too big.  The connector on the back of the dell is just too small. 

Yeah...About the receptor.  I cannot imagine what Dell did, but that is not PoweredUSB.  There are very few PoweredUSB cable manufactorers, and even fewer, or rather, no cable manufactoers that I can find.  I've looked through the PoweredUSB specifications, both the .08f and .08g.  Why did Dell use the wrong part?  I say wrong because Dell is calling it a Powered?  How is this possible?

I use the "powered USB" as a standard USB port with no problem.

 

The slot above the powered USB is not an e-sata connection  It has only 4 pins.

I have also noticed this port and heard that it can supply 5, 12, or 24V output but no one will confirm.

 

I can not find a cable to suit.

 

Suggestions???

A little googling...

 

http://www.poweredusb.org/fcislim.html

 

The port on the latitude appears to be one of these, I tried looking on the manufacturer's web site for compatible products, but found very little.

I do believe that, that is the connection.  I think it will take a bit more digging to find a cable that will use the USB and the powersource.

 

Thanks for the info.

Dell's description of port

"That third port which is the Powered USB port is just one, it's not separate. If you'll look at it, it appears to be 2 but that is a ONE whole D/bay port. It is used to connect D/bay devices into your computer, like for example an external hard drive or floppy drive. A powered usb port or the D/bay port is not the same as the regular USB port."

 

 

for information on D/Bay devices see Google link http://www.google.com/products?client=opera&rls=en&q=dell+D/bay+port&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&um=1

 

or DELL's http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/brand.aspx?category_id=2999&brandid=56&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19

 

Regards, Drew 

Jamesesp, I love you!  I looked all over trying to find what port this was.  I knew that FCI made it, and searched through their site, but was unable to find the product.  From what I read, this is just an updated connector for the PoweredUSB, which has many different names.  USB + Power is another name for PoweredUSB.  This means that it should follow the PoweredUSB specifications.  That would mean that the port supports 5V, 12V, or even 24V.  I believe each voltage level also supports 3 amps, but this could be 6 (as is mentioned).  I gave up on trying to figure this out when I couldn't figure out what type of jack was used.  I will contact FCI and update this forum as I find out more.