Corsair 500R, MSI Gaming 5, USB 3.0 not fitting

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quadisgod

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Hey Tom's,

I just built my new PC last evening, with some trouble :) mostly because I never assembled a full rig myself before.

Anyway, I found that the USB 3.0 cable didn't fit the motherboard. Since the MB is sort of lowered into the side of the case (not the part you can remove), the place that you have to plug in the USB 3.0 cable doesn't have enough headroom.

You have plug it in with a bit of angle, which is completely impossible. Even by applying a little force at first, I managed to bent one of the pins a little bit. No something that can't be fixed again, but for now I have to settle for USB 2.0 in my front panel, by using a provided converter.

Has anyone had similar problems?

Is there any kind of different USB 3.0 cable out there, that is just a little smaller where you plug it in? Or maybe with some kind of bent to it, like some HDMI and Sata cables have?

I look forward to test my system fully, and hopefully get a decent OC on the i7-4790k :)

Kind regards,
Alexander
 
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Damn_Rookie
I had a very similar issue when plugging the USB 3.0 header into my motherboard (MSI Z77A-GD65) in that case, so I feel your pain. The indented nature of the motherboard tray, with the lip on that edge, combined with the case's stiff USB header cable made it really quite tricky. It took a long time, but with a lot of bending of the cable (bending it away from the motherboard tray, right by the actual connector) I eventually managed to get it in. It still looks a little awkward, like the cable is still putting undesirable pressure on the header, but it has worked fine for more than 2 years.

I can't remember perfectly, as this was more than 2 years ago, but I don't think I needed to loosen the motherboard standoff screws to tilt...
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I had a very similar issue when plugging the USB 3.0 header into my motherboard (MSI Z77A-GD65) in that case, so I feel your pain. The indented nature of the motherboard tray, with the lip on that edge, combined with the case's stiff USB header cable made it really quite tricky. It took a long time, but with a lot of bending of the cable (bending it away from the motherboard tray, right by the actual connector) I eventually managed to get it in. It still looks a little awkward, like the cable is still putting undesirable pressure on the header, but it has worked fine for more than 2 years.

I can't remember perfectly, as this was more than 2 years ago, but I don't think I needed to loosen the motherboard standoff screws to tilt the board to help me get a better angle on it, but I might have. As long as you use some common sense, you could try loosening the screws, tilting the board up a touch, and then inserting the header cable. Afterwords, carefully lower the board back down and see if it's feasible to tighten the standoff screws back up without the header cable putting too much pressure on the motherboard header. Again, use common sense; if it doesn't want to go, don't force it and risk damaging your board.

I just had a quick look to do a comparison between our two motherboards, and while it's difficult to tell for sure, it looks like the header on your board is slightly nearer to the right edge of the board, giving you even less space to fit the cable in than I had. That doesn't mean it's necessarily impossible though.

To answer your other question, yes, apparently you can get adapters, like this example. It's an extension that would fit between the header and the header cable in the case. The header cable in the case is probably soldered at the USB port end, so not easily replaceable, so an extension like this is probably your best bet if it really doesn't want to fit as is.

Hope that helps a bit.
 
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