Koutech USB 2.0 Header-Pin to Dual Type-A Adapter

This is a pretty nifty device that frees up two external USB ports.I built a Mini ITX PC using UBUNTU 12.10 for the Operating System. UBUNTU does not take up a lot of space, so I installed it on a USB thumb drive instead of a HDD. This adapter holds that thumb drive which is, naturally, installed on the motherboard tucked away INSIDE the case. Now, I don't have to worry about someone removing the OS/thumb drive from an external USB port on the back of the case, thus rendering this PC completely useless.Also, I installed a wireless USB adapter on the second port. Again, since it's inside the case, it can't be accidentally removed by anybody!Now, I have a wonderfully small PC that's WIFI enabled minus the bulky antenna! I can move it from room to room anywhere in my home and will always be on the network. Kinda like a Laptop with WIFI, but bigger.I have a bit of tweaking to do to get the signal strength up on the WIFI adapter. Being hidden inside the case blocks the signal quite a bit. But, that's a pretty easy fix .....Highly Recommended !!!

So my mobo has all usb 3.0 back ports that I would like to keep free for external hds or other peripherals. I have a wireless mouse with keyboard dongle and Bluetooth which would take up 2 slots. Plugged this in one of the onboard usb 2.0 headers and attached the dongles. works like a charm.Now it looks sleek with out any dongles sticking out that can be a bit of an eyesore. I would say the reception on it is what you expect. I have no way in doing any accurate tests but I can say that my case is a cm storm scout 2 and have it about 2ft away from my feet on the ground. Also I picked this over the one that's stacked only because I worry on attaching 2 dongles together as they may not fit in the ports together.

This is a great little device. I put a cheap mini wifi adapter and mini blue tooth adapter on it and presto... I have internal blue tooth and wifi. The price is great for the resourcefulness of this thing. I might put another one in my computer since I have three usb headers on my MB. One for front USB, one for wifi/blue tooth, and one for a wireless keyboard mouse and what ever else I want. I would recommend buying this to anyone who has an open USB header in their case.

I paired this adapter with my mini SATA to USB adapter to run a slimline optical drive internally in my micro ATX case. This allows me to keep the drive in the case without having to sacrifice a SATA port on my motherboard... Not only does this device keep a slim profile, it gives you two internal USB 2.0 connections on a single USB header. What can say? It's perfect.

I am running FreeNAS OS on a server appliance. The operating system runs on a USB memory stick that is plugged in to this riser. This makes the package very compact, with no external gadgets plugged in.

This works great as an internal NAS boot drive (FreeNAS 8.3) - just plug in and add flash drive. This is in a standard tower server. The height might be too much for a 1 unit server.

Okay so I am using this for my freenas server. It is actually quite convenient and because the usb ports are sideways it allows for me to switch to a smaller case in the future should I decide to do so. It works perfectly.

If you need a way to attach a usb thumb drive for an embedded system and want to keep it safe and inside your case this is what you need.