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Old 14th May 2016, 15:59
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Saab Dastard
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Foxconn PRODUCT : Motherboard : Details

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/driver...al-En-V1.0.zip

Clearly stated 10 x USB 2, 4 rear panel, 3 x 2-port internal headers on the motherboard (seems excessive, but there).

The only way to get USB 3 would be to install a USB 3 PCIe card - if you have a slot free and usable. The board supports PCIe v2, so you would get nearly the full benefit of USB 3, assuming that you can use the PCIe X1 slot (500MB/s).

Unless your case supports USB 3 already, you could either go for a 4 x rear port USB card, or a 2 x rear / 2 x internal and buy a USB front panel to connect to the internal header.

I'm knowledgeable about all this having very recently done just that.

It was very much end of an era, as I removed the floppy disk drive to fit the 2 x USB 3 front panel!

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