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Just now, TwoFace said:

sweet, thank you.

i'm gonna warn you ahead of time usb can be quite inflamatory the wrong way around.

 

measure twice, dont catch fire once.

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standard mobo issue: too many usb 2.0 devices to install in the case, not enough usb 2.0 headers on mobo. really im just here to make sure i didnt waste my money on something i cant use... my 3 usb 2.0 devices are my corsair h110i gtx, nzxt hue+, and my standard usb ports on my case, but my mobo only has 2 usb 2.0 headers... im no tech wizard but from what i read elsewhere the standard headers on the motherboard support 2 usb inputs so that would mean if i plugged my case cables into one header and used a splitter to turn the 10 pin usb header into two 5 pin usb headers and connected the devices accordingly it should work right? to be clear both the hue+ and the h110i headers only take up a single 5 pin slot on their 10 pin connectors. here is the product i purchased: 10-Pin_USB_AC97_HD-Audio_Internal_Header

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also this is the idea im going off of m_connectique7.jpg 

 

everything seems theoretically fine, but i dont know if there are any hardware issues passed this point.

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make sure you dont plug it the wrong way around, and it'll be fine.

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1 minute ago, manikyath said:

make sure you dont plug it the wrong way around, and it'll be fine.

sweet, thank you.

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10 minutes ago, TwoFace said:

standard mobo issue: too many usb 2.0 devices to install in the case, not enough usb 2.0 headers on mobo. really im just here to make sure i didnt waste my money on something i cant use... my 3 usb 2.0 devices are my corsair h110i gtx, nzxt hue+, and my standard usb ports on my case, but my mobo only has 2 usb 2.0 headers... im no tech wizard but from what i read elsewhere the standard headers on the motherboard support 2 usb inputs so that would mean if i plugged my case cables into one header and used a splitter to turn the 10 pin usb header into two 5 pin usb headers and connected the devices accordingly it should work right? to be clear both the hue+ and the h110i headers only take up a single 5 pin slot on their 10 pin connectors. here is the product i purchased: 10-Pin_USB_AC97_HD-Audio_Internal_Header

Or, you know... you could get you one of these https://www.nzxt.com/products/iu01-USB-Expansion

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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Just now, TwoFace said:

sweet, thank you.

i'm gonna warn you ahead of time usb can be quite inflamatory the wrong way around.

 

measure twice, dont catch fire once.

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On 3/16/2016 at 3:18 AM, manikyath said:

make sure you dont plug it the wrong way around, and it'll be fine.

sweet, thank you.

 

 

 

Everything works great, thanks for the help!

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