USB 3.0 Loose connection at Motherboard

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Bill Webber

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I have a asrock x79 extreme9 motherboard. I cant get the usb3.0 connection from my CM storm trooper case to stay in. Any ideas, this connection is very loose at motherboard
 
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Yeah, that's common on those 20 pin USB 3.0 headers from the motherboard. I know my Antec 302's cable was too thick (they've since done a revision of it) but the weight caused it to fall out of the port if the computer was moved.

Easy solution is to put a small amount of hot glue on the edge of the connector on the motherboard and slam that puppy on. With hot glue it's not permanent, at least not low-temp stuff (aka cheap) so you can pull it off with ease down the line. Just don't get any on any of the pins or block any of the holes on the cable itself (I mean a THIN line of glue. Next to nothing.)

Otherwise you can get a USB 3.0 to 2.0 adapter (I believe Rhino makes one) for about $4 and use use that.

Good luck!
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Yeah, that's common on those 20 pin USB 3.0 headers from the motherboard. I know my Antec 302's cable was too thick (they've since done a revision of it) but the weight caused it to fall out of the port if the computer was moved.

Easy solution is to put a small amount of hot glue on the edge of the connector on the motherboard and slam that puppy on. With hot glue it's not permanent, at least not low-temp stuff (aka cheap) so you can pull it off with ease down the line. Just don't get any on any of the pins or block any of the holes on the cable itself (I mean a THIN line of glue. Next to nothing.)

Otherwise you can get a USB 3.0 to 2.0 adapter (I believe Rhino makes one) for about $4 and use use that.

Good luck!
 
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Bill Webber

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Would a small piece of tape wrapped around be OK, or would it get to hot inside of case? If the tape isn't a good solution i will get a glue gun and give that a try.

Thanks for a very quick reply :)
 
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I wouldn't use tape. It looks ugly and it's kind of messy. Give it a very thin layer of glue, not enough to be on there until doomsday, just enough to keep it in place.

 
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