Usually this problem arises because of a . When they have trouble talking to each other, you may need to help them.

Those beeps come from the BIOS (a piece of software built into the motherboard). .

UItimately your USB ports can be any color your motherboard manufacturer desires--or all the same color, for that matter--but USB 3.0 ports are often bright blue to distinguish them from older, slower USB 2.0 ports. with USB 2.0, and the ports look identical, which makes some sort of visual indicator (such as a coat of blue paint or a "USB 3.0" stamp) extremely useful.