CaseySJ
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Good question. The Designare, unfortunately, has but a single USB 2 header. We can very effectively negate this disadvantage by using the following 9-pin USB splitter.Hi CaseySJ,
Remember reading up on this topic's replies and seeing some posts about some nzxt internal USB 2.0 to multi USB header/output card.
ATM, I'm using my sole Z390 Designare's USB 2 header for the Fenvi T919 WiFi/BT card (BT is all I need tbh).
From my previous vanilla hackintosh build, I remember creating my own custom USB SSDT, and that the internal Fenvi T919 required some 255 USB layout, as opposed to the usual USB HS/SS numbers.
Long story short, will the NZXT allow me to use both my R6's 2.0 USB front connectors as well as the Fenvi T919 since, I guess, macOS won't be fed with either a sole USB 2 port nor a sole BT/WiFi 255 port.
Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FKJ1CW9/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
This model is particularly effective because if you look at the highlighted connector, you'll see that it uses 8 pins, four on each row. Each row defines one USB port (+5V, GND, DATA+, DATA-). One row corresponds to USB port HS11, and the other to HS12.
And you can see that there are 2 splitters in the picture (blue printed circuit boards or PCBs). Each splitter accommodates 2 USB connections for a total of 4.
Your internal connections (Bluetooth data and CPU cooler, for example) would be connected to the same blue PCB. And your external USB ports located on the front of your PC case would be connected to the other blue PCB.
Each PCB provides a 2-port USB hub so even though there are 4 USB connections, they will still count as only two (HS11 and HS12).
Let's say we connect the internal devices (Bluetooth and CPU cooler) to HS11. We can set its type to 255 (Internal).
And let's say we connect the external USB ports (on PC case) to HS12. We will set its type to 0.
So using this particular splitter provides the level of control we need.