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The NZXT IU01 is the perfect solution for the longstanding problem of not having enough USB HEADERS on your motherboard.There seems to be some confusion so I will explain. This device adds three USB headers to your motherboard. A USB header is normally located on your motherboard and serves to connect two USB PORTS. What ends up happening many times is that a computer will have four external USB ports on the front of their case and only two USB motherboard headers. Both headers will be taken up on the motherboard (2 USB ports per header), thus preventing anything else from being connected such as a fan controller or an internal media card reader. This bad boy, the NZXT IUO1, comes to the rescue and pops out three more headers inside of your computer case. Note that this card also comes with two USB ports on it to connect a standard USB device such as a flash dongle, wireless dongle, bluetooth dongle, or a myriad of other dongles. These extra two ports on the NZXT IU01 are presumably to be used for something that you want to leave permanently inside of your case, or at least for an extended period of time. Once you close the case up you will not have easy access to any of these ports until you reopen the case.Note that you will have to open your case to install this sucker. As always follow the usual safety protocol when doing so. Disconnect the power!!! Discharge any static electricity! Wear a static bracelet if you are not too seasoned at keeping static away from delicate electronic parts. Consult your manual beforehand!Also note, that while it says that it adds three USB headers to your motherboard, one will have to be utilized in connecting the NZXT IU01 to your motherboard so in total you will add a net of 2 USB headers and two internal ports.Installation was relatively easy. It comes with a double sided tape to adhere itself to a convenient spot of your choosing inside of the case. It also comes with the appropriate cabling that looks to be pretty good quality. The only point of criticism would be the small font with which the instructions are printed. While I was able to read them, people with difficulty seeing small things up close will probably benefit from a magnifying glass.

I ordered 2 of these from Amazon and both of them are rev 1.1. I usually read all of the negative reviews of a product before I buy it because that is where you find out about the problems. It seems that most of the time, this little board works great and aside from the fact that the adhesive for the Velcro strips is very weak, it solves the dilemma of not having enough USB 2.0 headers on your MOBO. I just built a machine around an ASUS X99-Deluxe II which is an over $300 MOBO that has just about every bell and whistle there is on it. With all of that, it has ONE USB2.0 header!! So I had the usual problem of trying to plug in the header cable for the case front panel ports, and a LINK cable from a Corsair water cooler pump, and an LED strip. I searched and searched for what is basically an internal USB hub and found this little guy.It's exactly what I need so I took a chance and ordered 1 (the second one was an Amazon ordering snafu that I may or may not return). Anyway, both of the units I received are rev 1.1 which evidently either fails catastrophically upon power up or sits there and works great until one of the capacitors on it fails, melting the Molex power cable and destroying other components in the system, including the USB controller, USB devices plugged in anywhere, and sometimes the MOBO itself. I have read enough horror stories to be worried about this but I have yet to find an alternative. So, I think I would like to use it but get a rev 2 unit. Amazon seems to still be selling the rev 1.1 boards even though another reviewer contacted them saying he did not receive what they have pictured and to please stop selling them because they fail, causing permanent damage to other components in the system. Actually, when I looked at all the product pictures Amazon has, I see both versions so I guess it is luck of the draw.I think what I am going to do is order one directly from NZXT as they are probably shipping the new rev 2. units. Then I will return the rev 1.1 units I got from Amazon. I don't think there is anyway to specify to Amazon that you want a rev 2 unit. Their order fulfillment system is way to big and automated for that. So in the mean time, I will leave the rev 1.1 board in my machine but I am going to disconnect the Molex power cable as that seems to be the connection that allows the failure to damage other components. That way it should be "safe" until I receive the rev 2 board from NZXT.

My motherboard has only (2) USB2 headers. I needed (1) for a Corsair H100i cooler, (1) for a Corsair RM1000i power supply, (1) for the case's front-panel USB ports, and (1) to provide more ports on the back of the machine.Adding this NZXT board, along with a couple of USB-to-Micro-USB cables, solved the problem and left me with a spare header!The NZXT uses one header and gives back three headers and two normal USB type A ports like you would find on a hub. So your net gain when plugging in the NZXT is (2) headers and (2) USB-A ports.The Corsair devices (H100i cooler and RM1000i power supply) each come with a USB2-Header-to-Micro-USB cable. If installed per Corsair's directions, each device takes up a full 2-port header even though the devices only use (1) USB port each. Using standard USB-to-Micro-USB cables, I was able to connect the two Corsair devices to the two USB-A ports on the NZXT board, leaving all (3) headers vacant.I then connected two of those headers to a back-slot adapter, adding (4) USB2 ports on the back of my machine -- and leaving (1) spare header available on the NZXT.I have two small complaints: First, the power cable is very short, only about 3 inches, so you may need a 4-pin Molex extension if you don't have a connecter nearby. Second, the adhesive Velcro on the bottom of the board kept peeling loose -- I had to replace it with some industrial strength adhesive Velcro from my drawer.Even with the short power cable and the bad mounting adhesive, I'm still going to give this 5-stars. It was the ONLY solution I could find for adding more internal USB2 headers, and it works perfectly!