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I got a USB wire from an old mouse and the wires were soldered to the circuit as: Green - D, Orange - C, Blue - V and White - G.
Assuming orange was red and white was black; they should be VCC and GND respectively. Meaning they transmit power. enter image description here

However I found that the green and blue writes could power a LED, with blue being positive and green negative. The other two couldn't.
I don't have a voltmeter to check so I was wondering whether the wires were mixed up or if this is normal. If the wires are mixed up, how do I separate D+ from D-?

Thanks.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Take a multimeter and ring them from the pins. \$\endgroup\$
    – Eugene Sh.
    Commented Aug 4, 2015 at 17:35
  • \$\begingroup\$ @EugeneSh. Umm. Could you elaborate on that? (Sorry) \$\endgroup\$
    – Rhaegar
    Commented Aug 4, 2015 at 17:49
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    \$\begingroup\$ Set your meter on the "beep" thing (continuity testing. If you don't have it, just use the ohmmeter to check for low resistance), then open a pinout diagram of a USB connector and check the continuity between the pins and the wires, such that you establish the true correspondence. \$\endgroup\$
    – Eugene Sh.
    Commented Aug 4, 2015 at 17:51
  • \$\begingroup\$ Data, Clock, Voltage, Ground. Sounds like a throwback to PS/2 mice. \$\endgroup\$
    – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
    Commented Aug 4, 2015 at 19:05
  • \$\begingroup\$ If you are going to power a LED from USB, remember to put an appropriate resistor in series with the LED to limit current. \$\endgroup\$
    – vaizki
    Commented Feb 2, 2022 at 12:17

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This is the pinout (from the Wiki page)

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Simply check continuity with your multimeter, as Eugene Sh says, and ignore whatever wire color code they happen to have used.

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