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Universal Serial Bus; an interface standard for connecting computers and electronic devices for communication and charging.

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Too many USB2.0 headers?

Each internal USB header carries two USB ports. … If your motherboard has a USB 3 header that you aren't using then you can get adapters to turn that into a USB 2 header. …
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What does the 'SHARE' port on the usb expansion card do?

If you had a spare USB header you could probably build an adapter cable to hook it up. You would have to figure out the pin out but that is easy enough with a multi meter. … But from some googling it looks like your motherboard doesn't have any spare USB headers so short of using a USB PCI card with an internal header or using an internal USB hub I don't see any real options …
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Why do modern computer cases still have USB 2.0 ports?

Firstly USB 3.0 ports and the associated wiring are more expensive than USB 2.0 ones and frankly most devices don't need USB 3.0 speeds. … really only USB 2.0. …
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What is this female plug with two rows of ten holes (one hole filled in) on the other end of...

A cable from that to USB 3.0 plugs makes no sense. I expect you have misidentified what is on the other end of the cable and your cable actually has sockets on the other end. …
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How to check for PD and DP capabilities of a USB Type C port?

AIUI The power delivery and alternate modes aspect of a USB C port is somewhat seperate to the actual USB aspect. … That said, the whole point of USB power delivery negotiation is to avoid frying stuff. …
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USB motherboard header pin spacing

If it is real then it is just plain strange. 2mm square pin headers do exist but I've never seen anyone use them for USB 2 before. …
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Need USB-C splitter that will power XP-13 laptop AND connect external drive

Search for USB hub power delivery. For example https://www.startech.com/en-gb/usb-hubs/5g2a2cpdb-usb-c-hub …
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Can a SATA-to-USB cable run a SATA hard-disk off a USB port?

Can a SATA-to-USB cable (like this one on Amazon) connect a SATA hard-disk to a USB port and supply the hard-disk enough power to spin? … In principle USB power delivery can be used with USB standard A, but in practice it is normally only seen on USB C ports and even then there is no guarantee that the port will support a suitable power …
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Will this enable two or three PCs to connect to the same USB peripherals?

This won't work, USB is designed to connect a single host to multiple devices, not to connect multiple hosts to multiple devices. … You can get USB switch boxes but you will have to switch them between computers manually and using them with storage devices is probably a bad idea due to the risk of accidental data corruption. …
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Split internal USB pinouts - is it possible?

One is a card with an internal USB header. … Startech do one https://www.startech.com/uk/Cards-Adapters/USB-2/Card/7-Port-PCI-USB-Card-Adapter~PCIUSB7 but be warned it seems to have compatibility issues with some motherboards (when I put one in my …
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Will cases with front USB port support USB 3.0?

For a front port to support USB3 the case port itself must support USB3 and it must be connected to a USB3 port on the motherboard. In the early days of USB3 motherboards typically only had two USB3 …
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How to operate a device through fiber?

if I'll replace the usb-to-ethernet converters to this set (...) which has it's own power supply, will it work over fiber? Probablly not. … There also exist dedicated USB over fiber products. If you really have to use a USB device over fiber these are likely your best option but they seem to be rather expensive. …
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Can I safely connect a USB 2.0/1.1 internal pin block to a USB3.0 motherboard header?

Adapters do exist (though they may not have done when this question was asked), for example I found one at http://www.miniinthebox.com/usb-3-0-20-pin-housing-female-to-usb-2-0-9-pin-motherboard-male-cable-converter-adapter-cable_p3381349 …
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Is there a way to DD multiple partitions into one raw image file in such a way that it boots?

If you are only trying to avoid copying blank space at the end then the following should work. Run fdisk on the device. Make sure the units are set to sectors (they are by default in recent versions …
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