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johnross
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I recently added a usb pcie 1x card to my desktop pc so I could have a few usb type c ports. The card also has 2 internal usb 3.0 ports(not headers actual ports) , what are some things you would do with a USB port inside of your pc? I was thinking of plugging in a usb thumbdrive with a windows installer on it and maybe nanite, making it read only, so if i ever need to reformat, or what about using a thumbdrive for readyboost? any other ideas? alternate OS's, usb wireless mouse/keyboard dongle? looking for odd uses, Thanks

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8 minutes ago, johnross said:

I recently added a usb pcie 1x card to my desktop pc so I could have a few usb type c ports. The card also has 2 internal usb 3.0 ports(not headers actual ports) , what are some things you would do with a USB port inside of your pc? I was thinking of plugging in a usb thumbdrive with a windows installer on it and maybe nanite, making it read only, so if i ever need to reformat, or what about using a thumbdrive for readyboost? any other ideas? alternate OS's, usb wireless mouse/keyboard dongle? looking for odd uses, Thanks

Alternate OS is a pretty neat idea, a lightweight linux distro maybe? I wouldn't bother perma-installing a Windows installation stick in there as you'd always want to download the latest build before.

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those are meant to connect to internal usb devices like hardware controllers for lights/fans/pumps

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I used a few of those.

 

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18 minutes ago, emosun said:

those are meant to connect to internal usb devices like hardware controllers for lights/fans/pumps

 

USB headers, yes, but an actual port? Most of the devices that you're describing that I've seen want a USB2 header. 

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14 minutes ago, Middcore said:

 

USB headers, yes, but an actual port? Most of the devices that you're describing that I've seen want a USB2 header. 

You can replace those "header" cables with a standard USB cable and use a normal USB port.

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