davidm71 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Hi, Just wanted to comment that I wish the Axi1200 came with an external usb adapter for those of us that have used up the usb headers on our motherboards. Would be great.. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidm71 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Stinks I'm out of usb 2.0 headers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee jonnyguru Posted October 27, 2015 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 27, 2015 You can buy them separately. They come in both USB 2.0 and 3.0 flavors. Under $10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidm71 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Well the cables that are out there are mostly 4 pin USB cables and the corsair link cable uses all 5 pins with an extra ground. Is it safe to use a 4 pin cable? Also I think ModDIY has 5 pin to 19 pin USB 3 adapters but are very expensive. Second choice is use a hub or another usb card but not crazy about that idea. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee jonnyguru Posted October 27, 2015 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 27, 2015 You don't need the extra ground. Besides, Cables Unlimited's version uses all five pins and is < $5. Check out Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidm71 Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Well the fact that the Corsair Link cable uses 5 pins coming from a PSU worries me if its not 100% grounded. Maybe that 5th pin is meaningless but then why wire it up that way?! Edit: found the Cable's unlimited usb cable but I'm thinking of using one of the extra usb 3.0 headers on the motherboard with a usb 2 to 3.0 adapter instead. Would be much cleaner perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee jonnyguru Posted October 28, 2015 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 28, 2015 It's an extra ground. Typically, USB headers have two rows. One with one ground and the other with two. That extra pin acts as a key for those headers so you don't Reverse the polarity and fry things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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