USB Controller Cards Quick Question

simbady · 17 Jan 2010 at 12:30

Hi I was looking and usb controller cards for no real purpose

and noticed that lots of them have one internal usb port. What exactly are these for :S
Thanks

PhillyDee · 17 Jan 2010 at 12:59

Do you mean internal?

In which case its for card readers and the like.

simbady · 17 Jan 2010 at 13:00

PhillyDee said:
Do you mean internal?

Opps yeah fixed that

And thanks

thebigak · 20 Jan 2010 at 20:29

Can be used for anything, even bluetooth dongles and wifi cards. If your case is metal you will have poor signal strength tho...

PermaBanned · 20 Jan 2010 at 21:08

thebigak said:
Can be used for anything, even bluetooth dongles and wifi cards. If your case is metal you will have poor signal strength tho...

And if your case isn't metal then you need to get a new case

Ace Modder · 20 Jan 2010 at 22:24

When you have a case with front USB ports built into it, you have to connect the case ports to the cards internal USB port.

alex24 · 20 Jan 2010 at 22:29

Thing is though, I've never used an internal port since the card readers and the like all tend to have a motherboard type usb connector on the other end (sensibly). Has anyone here actually used one?

JonJ678 · 20 Jan 2010 at 23:35

I've got a usb stick plugged into a "external usb socket to motherboard usb header" cable sat on the base of a computer running ubuntu at present, does that count? It would be plugged into the inward facing socket from one of these cards, if I had one of these cards.

alex24 · 20 Jan 2010 at 23:36

I suppose it does count. Why do you have a USB stick inside the PC may I ask?

thebigak · 21 Jan 2010 at 00:11

JonJ678 said:
I've got a usb stick plugged into a "external usb socket to motherboard usb header" cable sat on the base of a computer running ubuntu at present, does that count? It would be plugged into the inward facing socket from one of these cards, if I had one of these cards.

Yeah you could use the USB stick inside the PC as a boot drive for a live OS if you wanted.

JonJ678 · 21 Jan 2010 at 11:22

The computer is running headless under my desk, the fewer cables coming out (one power lead, one ethernet) the less likely I am to damage it by inadvertently kicking it. It would work just the same using an external one, but I'd be more likely to knock the usb stick out while it's running causing unnecessary hassle.

It's a full install rather than a live usb stick, but much the same idea. Sits there running samba most of the time.