Windows 7: Added a USB Card

dbtmellis · 19 Apr 2010

I just added a USB Expansion card to my Desktop PC.

It has 4 USB ports-3 outside, 1 inside.

now my question is what would you use the single inside USB port for?

Mabye its just me but it seems sort of pointless to have a USB port internal. Isnt that what the other types of connectors are for? I.E they are not meant to be removed?

PooMan UK · 19 Apr 2010

It could be used connect the front USB ports of your case (if you have them) It could also be used for a multi-card reader (reads multi-media cards like a SD card etc. ) And I have heard of internal usb HDD/DVD drives being connected to the USB ports internally.

dbtmellis · 19 Apr 2010

My front USB ports are connected directly to the motherboard.

I was thinking of a USB hard drive, could i just plug it in there and then put it in a hard drive slot?

Would this work? Or is it better to get an actual system hard drive instead?

DocBrown · 19 Apr 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by dbtmellis

My front USB ports are connected directly to the motherboard.

I was thinking of a USB hard drive, could i just plug it in there and then put it in a hard drive slot?

Would this work? Or is it better to get an actual system hard drive instead?

What is your Desktop motherboard ? If you have the space to mount a HD, a system HD (SATA or IDE) would be better than USB.

wickedout · 19 Apr 2010

I was thinking of putting one of those in my rig. I just use my old SanDisk reader. It still works great for me. My rig is pretty complete. I just added push/pull set up for my heatsink. What a difference.

dbtmellis · 19 Apr 2010

My system is a Dell Insprion 530s.

Yes, i was probably thinking that a system hard drive would be faster than a USB. I think USB hard drives are meant to act as very large portable disks.

DocBrown · 19 Apr 2010

Here is one of my older Xp x64 rigs with a 5 port USB card (4 ext & 1int) & 8 HD's connected with the MB & an add on IDE 2 channel card. 8 HD's total

Ext USB DVD Lightscribe optical drive on top of case. 2 optical drives mounted in case.

Poor cable management

But I am always expermenting on my equipment

alphanumeric · 20 Apr 2010

I think it's meant for one of those USB floppy/card reader gizmo's. Its probably a good spot for a USB ready boost drive if you use one.

dallascisco · 20 Apr 2010

The internal usb is normally for 3.5 card readers for people who don't have an extra usb header on the motherboard.

dbtmellis · 20 Apr 2010

If i use a USB Flash drive as readyboost, what size should i use? Should i match my physical amount of RAM? I have 2GB now, so should i used a 2GB Flash drive? (my system can go up to 4GB, which i plan to upgrade in the future) Also, is this the same thing as Virtual Memory from older versions of Windows?

Windows 7: Added a USB Card

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