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You could get a PCIe add-in card with an internal usb 3.0 header on it

 

Something like this https://www.startech.com/en-gb/cards-adapters/pexusb3s2ei

It will require a PCIe slot and SATA power

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I'm thinking of a splitter but I don't want to decrease the speeds by doing so. What should I do if I want all of my front usb ports to work. Right now, only 2 out of 4 are working since I'm using the one USB 3.0 header. I found a cheap one from amazon but I don't know if I can trust it.

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You could get a PCIe add-in card with an internal usb 3.0 header on it

 

Something like this https://www.startech.com/en-gb/cards-adapters/pexusb3s2ei

It will require a PCIe slot and SATA power

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Have you tried updating usbs in Device Manager?

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You could get an adapter that converts a usb 2.0 header to a usb 3.0 header, making the two usb ports work on your case but at usb 2.0 speeds (480 mbps).

Example: https://www.amazon.com/Duttek-2-pack-Motherboard-Adapter-Converter/dp/B072ZV1566/

 

 

You could get an internal USB 3  hub, which would plug into the usb 3.0 header on the motherboard and create more usb 3.0 ports ( ex header on motherboard has 2  usb 3 5 gbps ports - each of these two ports goes to a hub chip which in turn creates 3 or more usb 3 5 gbps ports 

Example : https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Internal-USB-Splitter-HB-INTS/dp/B08Y3GG82F/

 ( 2 usb ports in from the header ,  each port goes to a hub chip which creates 4 ports - hub 1 goes to the 2 usb 3 type a + 1 header with 2 ports,  hub 2 chip goes to 2 usb headers with 2 ports each) 

 

You could get an extension cable and somehow route the cable to go to the back of your case and plug into 2 regular usb 3 ports on the IO shield. 

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42 minutes ago, will0hlep said:

You could get a PCIe add-in card with an internal usb 3.0 header on it

 

Something like this https://www.startech.com/en-gb/cards-adapters/pexusb3s2ei

It will require a PCIe slot and SATA power

I love that idea! I found a few that will work perfectly for me. I have no idea why I didn't think of that before. Thanks 🙂

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14 hours ago, podkall said:

Have you tried updating usbs in Device Manager?

What would that do? He only has one physical header on the motherboard...

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8 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

What would that do? He only has one physical header on the motherboard...

oh then I mist have misread and misunderstood the question

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