Not enough usb headers

[jacob32411234]

I need 2 usb 2.0 headers and 2 usb 3.0 headers my motherboard has none and all I have left on it is a mini pcie slot. I have seen mini pcie to dual usb 3.0 headers but none with both 2.0 and 3.0. One with 4 usb 2.0 would be fine because I could use 2.0 to 3.0 adapter. Help would be appreciated.

[Evanair]

What motherboard do you have that has 0 usb headers?

[MindServ]

Do you mean something like this?

https://www.ebay.com/p/Mini-Pci-e-PCI-Express-to-4-USB-3-0-Ports-Adapter-Card-ITX-to-Dual-20pin-Cable/508860151?iid=122110505653&rt=nc

 

And also, like @Evanair, I'm a bit curious about what motherboard you have that lacks USB headers? 

[jacob32411234]

it is an old server board that i put dual xeons in. it's io is screwed up.

i meant pcie 4x 

 

and i need 4 thay had 2 i have looked for one with 4 even if they are all 2.0 that is okay but i can't find any

meant that not thay

[Bitter]

Get an internal USB 2.0 hub?

https://www.amazon.com/NZXT-Internal-Controller-Black-AC-IUSBH-M1/dp/B01IFGFTJ2

There's cheaper ones I'm sure but just as an example.

As for the 3.0 I'm sure they make internal hubs for those too but you can just get a card if you don't want to split the bandwidth up more, I assume for 2.0 it's just basic IO and printer connectivity not bandwidth sensitive?

[jacob32411234]

thanks but i have already looked at that same one and i still need a usb 2.0 port to plug that into and 2 usb 3.0 ports

[jacob32411234]

can anyone find a pcie card with 4 usb headers onit the best i can find is one with 2

[Bitter]

Wait so you have ZERO internal USB 2.0 headers?

[jacob32411234]

yep

[Bitter]

11 minutes ago, jacob32411234 said:

yep

OH! I misunderstood terribly! Let me googlfu this for ya and see what I can come up with.

 

Ok, you can get a pcie USB 3.0 card with 2 USB 3.0 internal headers (and some external ports too) and then use one of the 3.0 headers with an adapter cable to get a single 2.0 header and then use an internal hub to get that single 2.0 header into multiple 2.0 headers and an internal 3.0 hub to turn the other 3.0 header into multiple internal 3.0 headers. Convoluted, yes. Expensive, probably.

 

Let me find some actual products to see if I can make a shopping list for you, any store preferences like Amazon, no from China, etc?

[jacob32411234]

i thought of the same thing but could not find usb 3.0 internal hub if you could though that would be great

[Bitter]

8 minutes ago, jacob32411234 said:

i thought of the same thing but could not find usb 3.0 internal hub if you could though that would be great

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/AKOAK-Female-Motherboard-Adapter-Converter/dp/B01MFB04JP 3.0 to 2.0 header

https://www.amazon.com/NZXT-Internal-Controller-Black-AC-IUSBH-M1/dp/B01IFGFTJ2/ 2.0 internal hub

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Port-Internal-Controller-HB-INTR/dp/B0794V75LB/ 3.0 internal hub

https://www.amazon.com/PCI-Ports-Header-Express-Dual/dp/B07GSQR6D4/ 3.0 card with 2 3.0 internal headers (no external ports, sorry)

 

So to review...

3.0 card with 2 internal 3.0 headers. Lets call them A and B. Port A will go to the 3.0 hub and give you internal 3.0 ports a plenty. Port B connects to the 3.0 to 2.0 header adapter and then to the 2.0 internal hub giving you internal 2.0 ports a plenty.

 

Or you could get a USB 3.0 card with a single internal 3.0 header (and external ports) and then daisy chain the 3.0 header to 3.0 hub to 2.0 cable to 2.0 hub, but I don't know if that would cause issues.

[jacob32411234]

thanks. Lol i just looked at all the same parts right before post. This should work. I will try to find cheaper parts still though. I'll let you know what i find in case other people have this issue

[Bitter]

5 minutes ago, jacob32411234 said:

thanks. Lol i just looked at all the same parts right before post. This should work. I will try to find cheaper parts still though. I'll let you know what i find in case other people have this issue