I just put together a computer for my father-in-law, but I ran into a problem with it.
His motherboard has 2 USB headers and 1 firewire header. It has 4 USB and 1 Firewire port on the back, comes with a 2 port USB header that can add 2 more to the back, which leaves 1 USB header and 1 Firewire header open. Due to the parts he ordered, we need more headers.
His case has 2 USB ports and 1 firewire on the front which take up a USB header and the firewire header. He also ordered a 3.5" card reader that requires 2 USB headers and 2 firewire headers to run all the ports it has on it. (2 USB ports, 1 USB mini, 1 Firewire, 1 Firewire mini, and the card reader)
I decided not to add the back header plate for USB that came with the motherboard, but in order to make all the front ports operational I need to have:
3 USB headers (have 2 available)
3 Firewire headers (have 1 available)
Does anyone know if there is a PCI card (or PCI-E card) that can simply add more internal headers to plug ports in? Preferably one that adds both USB and firewire on 1 card?
Or are there splitters that can take the ports I have an allow me to plug in all the headers to them?
He probably won't ever use more than 1 firewire port at a time (for the camcorder) but the USB I could see him start to load up (iPod, Camera, Phone, etc).
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What add-in cards have headers on them? I looked through Newegg and saw a bunch that add ports to the back, and occasionally one would have a port inside, but it was a standard USB port, not a header.