[Cialug] OT: Making use of motherboard USB headers

Justin Richeson jrnosee at gmail.com
Fri Sep 14 13:27:08 CDT 2007


You may also choose to do a front 3.5" bay USB port add on, or perhaps a
card reader.
Some of these work with motherboard headers, some have a standard USB cable
you run out the back.  Check to see what's right for you.

Justin W. Richeson

On 9/14/07, Nathan Stien <nathanism at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/14/07, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> > The case will often come with the necessary connector to plug into
> > that. Last time I did this, I had to reconfigure the pins on the cable
> > where they connect to the motherboard header. Keep the manual which
> > should show the proper pinout.
>
> In my experience, the extra USB ports usually come in the form of a
> back panel piece that screws in where a PCI card would.  You may be
> able to find them at a local computer store.
>
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