Upgrade Case

[Not Bman]

If I were to replace my front panel with an updated version, with USB 3.0

 

[LeeJend]

No

Yes

 

[American Zombie]

If the new USB 3 front panel has the new USB 3.0 header for internal connection to the motherboard than a board that does not support USB 3 (does not have USB 3 header) would not work as the header has changed.

 

[LeeJend]

Easy enough to change the pins in the case header or pull them and insert into an old style header.

 

[American Zombie]

Easy enough to change the pins in the case header or pull them and insert into an old style header.

The USB3 pinout has a different configuration to the USB2 pinout – plus 11 more pins.