cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/9114359
My motherboard provides 4x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports for rear I/O and another 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports for front I/O (through the header), but my chipset only supports 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports. Where is the support for the other ports coming from?
Motherboard Wikipedia The motherboard is an ASRock B450M Steel Legend
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Likely
SBchipset but also, vendors sometimes use an extra 4 lanes of PCIe for miscellaneous additional unswitched I/O, including USB (which might be a useful expansion but otherwise just means fewer m.2 slots).Likely SB
Are you saying this motherboard likely has a southbridge?
lol yes, right next to the IDE connector. Nah I meant from the chipset. Here’s the doodle from my mainboard manual for example.