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chains can extend up to 3 meters. With fiber, on the other hand, a

Thunderbolt chain can extend up to 60 meters.

Even though both USB and Thunderbolt use the same USB Type-C

connector, they are not compatible, prompting manufacturers to mark their

ports with clear logos (see Figure 10-14).

Figure 10-14 Thunderbolt and USB logos

And did I mention that Thunderbolt offers amazing bandwidth?

Thunderbolt 1 runs full duplex at 10 Gbps, so it compares to USB 3.1.

Thunderbolt 2 combines internal data channels, enabling throughput at up to

20 Gbps. Thunderbolt 3 offers throughput up to 40 Gbps at half the power

consumption of Thunderbolt 2. Nice!

EXAM TIP Know the characteristics and purposes of USB and

Thunderbolt connection interfaces for the exams.

General Port Issues

No matter what type of port you use, if it’s not working, you should always

check out a few issues. First of all, make sure you can tell a port problem

from a device problem. Your best bet here is to try a second “known good”

device in the same port to see if that device works. If it does not, you can

assume the port is the problem. It’s not a bad idea to reverse this and plug the

device into a known good port.

If you’re pretty sure the port’s not working, you can check three things:

First, make sure the port is turned on. Almost any I/O port on a motherboard

can be turned off in system setup. Reboot the system and find the device and

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