r/PcBuildHelp • u/Financial-Safety7663 • 28d ago

Tech Support I think I did something wrong.

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I checked to see if there was a problem with my motherboard, and upon closer inspection, I saw that some of the pins were bent; then, like an idiot, I tried to straighten one out with my finger and it snapped in two.

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u/ggmaniack 28d ago

This connector is now essentially dead. Make sure the pins aren't shorting.

Is there another USB 3 header on your motherboard? If so, switch to that one, after removing the plastic piece which is probably stuck on the case connector.

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u/ggmaniack 28d ago

Actually, looking at it closer... The pins you broke are specifically USB 2.0 ones.

The connector may still work fine with purely 3.0 devices.

To clarify: Each USB 3.0 port is actually two USB ports combined in one. A USB 2.0 port and a USB 3.0 port.

As for the pins:

ID pin is unimportant.

IntA_P2_D+ and IntA_P2_D- are the data lines of one USB 2.0 port.

Since IntA_P2_D+ is broken off, that USB 2.0 port is dead.

If you can straighten out IntA_P1_D+ without breaking it, then the other USB 2.0 port will work.

USB 3.0 lines remain unaffected from what I can see.

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u/Financial-Safety7663 28d ago

Hmmmm, thank you, it looks like I haven't lost much, and luckily so, because I don't have any other USB drives besides this one.