Most of those add additional external USB ports, but some also include an additional internal header (or only internal headers in some cases). If you don't have a free USB header of any kind, but do have a PCIe 1x or larger slot available, it's also possible to add a USB PCIe card. You would want to make sure you get one with the metal pins on the smaller 9-pin 2.0 side, and holes on the larger 3.0 side if you did though, as adapters with the opposite arrangement also exist. If not, you can get a USB 3.0 to 2.0 header adapter for a few dollars or so off eBay, and use it to convert the header into a 2.0 one. ![]() Click to expand.The cooler's USB adapter connects to a USB 2.0 header, though your motherboard probably has at least one of the larger 3.0 headers as well, unless you are also using that.
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