Corsair Commander Pro USB 2.0 10 Pin to 9 Pin

May 2, 2018
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So I need some advice on what to do. I have an Asus ROG Formula X and it only has 1 USB 2.0 port, but I need another 2 ports for pump and other monitoring things, I was wondering if the Corsair Commander Pro would be able to connect to the 9 pin internal USB cables even though it looks like it has 10 pins. If it happens to be that they are 10 pins is there anything I could do to make them compatible, like taking out a pin or making a hole in the USB 9 pin header. Also I wouldn’t mind getting the NZXT USB hub even though I would prefer the Commander Pro since it really helps with cable management.

NZXT Internal USB Header
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Corsair Commander Pro
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Solution
USB2 uses only 4pins per channel, odd (9th) pin is not connected to anything, it's there to provide a key so dual channel connector can be inserted only one way. Those connectors usually have one hole blocked for same reason.