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Got a new card reader......

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Moose777

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Ok, so I needed a new card reader for my Gaming rig. So, I went to CompUsa and picked up one of their generic 9 in 1 card reader hubs.

It's a pretty solid unit. Mounts in a 5 1/2" bay. And the card reader portion of it is removable.

What I don't like about it is the wiring harness. It's a pretty easy harness to use. If not boardering on ghetto. What they expect you to do is plug the thing in, mount it in the rack then remove one of the covers off the back of the case and fish the wires through it and plug them into the provided USB ports on the back. Which basically gives you a 2.0 HUB in the front of the case now as well as a card reader 1394 port and sound jacks.

Which is all well and good. If I didn't build a $4k rig and don't care if it looks ghetto.

So, I was wondering, do they make a different type of harness I can use? That I could possibly connect to one of my many USB 2.0 ports on the MoBo itself?

The other thing I'm thinking is that I have an extra 3 1/4" bay. And the removable card reader part of it is all I really want, I could honestly care about moving my USB ports on the back of the case to the front, especially since I've already got two 2.0 USB ports ont he front as well as a 1394 port and a sound port. So I don't really need the 5 1/2" portion of the card reader. So, the small card reader part will almost fit in the spot snugly, I'd have to go ahead and make a plexiglass holder for the reader which, is fairly easy to do; that would hold it in place in the 3 1/4" drive slot.

I have pictures of what I am talking about however the site that I usually upload my pictures to is having some difficulties now so I'll have to wait on that.
 
The answer to your lengthy question is yes; there are manufacturers that offer inter card readers with USB header interfaces in lieu of typical cable interconnect. Also, they are offered in 3.5" format.

Search New Egg, ZZF, Monarch and others to find what you desire.

Here is one that also contains a floppy drive.

Good luck.
 
Thanks. I don't want one that contains a floppy drive as I already have one. I'm going ot use the generic one I picked up from CompUsa. And I'm not going to wire in the huge 5 1/2" USB hub. I'm just going to use the card reader part of it as it's removable from the huge unit and only requires one cable to wire as opposed to the 10 or so that the hub uses.

Although, I wish I had held off for a few more days there are some pretty nice ones on Newegg.
 
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