USB 3.1 Header

RiceKris_py · August 15, 2018

What does it mean on the motherboard specs when it says "USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)"?

Origami Cactus · August 15, 2018

If your case has 2x 3.0 front panel usb connectors which use 1 cable, you can plug them into that slot into your motherboard.

RiceKris_py · August 15, 2018

1 hour ago, Origami Cactus said:

If your case has 2x 3.0 front panel usb connectors which use 1 cable, you can plug them into that slot into your motherboard.

That was just the answer I needed. Thanks.

Lady Fitzgerald · August 15, 2018

3 hours ago, James Evens said:

USB 3.1 gen. 1 is ~~marketing bullshit~~ relabeled USB 3.0.

Vendor marketing departments were't the ones that came up with the B.S. The USB standards were actually changed to include Type C in USB 3.0, then renamed USB 3.0 to USB 3.1 Gen 1 and renamed the existing USB 3.1 to USB 3.1 Gen 2. I would love to "meet" the addle pated morons who came up with this ludicrous lunacy!

Shady manufacturers and vendors have been taking advantage of the confusion to pass off 5Gbps cables, etc. as 10Gbps.