StarTech.com 2-Port USB-A Low Profile Slot Plate Adapter USBPLATELP USB 2.0 480Mbps IDC-5 Bracket
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StarTech.com 2-Port USB-A Low Profile Slot Plate Adapter USBPLATELP USB 2.0 480Mbps IDC-5 Bracket
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StarTech.com 2-Port USB-A Low Profile Slot Plate Adapter — USB 2.0, IDC-5 Headers
2 x USB-A female portsLow profile bracketUSB 2.0, 480 MbpsLifetime warranty
The StarTech.com 2 Port USB A Female Low Profile Slot Plate Adapter, product ID USBPLATELP, brings two USB 2.0 Type-A ports out of an unused expansion slot on a small form factor PC. Most motherboards ship with more internal USB headers than the case has front-panel ports to use, and this is the standard way to reclaim them: the bracket occupies a low profile expansion slot, and a 28.5 cm cable ending in two IDC-5 female connectors plugs onto the motherboard header pins. Each port runs at the full USB 2.0 High-Speed rate of 480 Mbps. StarTech.com backs it with a lifetime warranty. Typically in stock with fast delivery across Cyprus.
Compatibility — check before buying:
Check three things. First the bracket height: this is a low profile plate for slim and small form factor chassis. StarTech.com does not list a full-height bracket in the package contents, so if your case takes standard-height cards, this is not the part — buy the full-height version. Second the header: the two IDC-5 female connectors are individual connector blocks, which is what lets them serve 4-pin or 5-pin motherboard USB connections as well as sitting over one row of a conventional 9-pin (2x5) internal header. Confirm your motherboard’s header pinout in its manual before fitting — USB header pinouts are not universal, and a connector placed on the wrong pins can damage the board or the device you plug in. Third, the ports are USB 2.0 at 480 Mbps: connecting them to a USB 3.0 header will not give you USB 3.0 speeds. Operating range is -20 °C to 60 °C at 30–75% RH.
Key Features
Turns unused motherboard headers into real ports
Boards routinely provide two or three internal USB headers and cases expose one. This is the standard, inexpensive way to get the rest of them out where you can plug something in — a dongle, a licence key, a keyboard receiver — instead of leaving them stranded on the board.
Low profile bracket for slim chassis
Sized for small form factor and 2U-style cases where a standard bracket physically will not fit. In those machines an expansion slot is often the only place left to add I/O, since there is no room for a front panel module.
IDC-5 connectors for 4-pin or 5-pin headers
Two separate connector blocks rather than a single moulded plug. That flexibility is what lets it work with older 4-pin arrangements, 5-pin headers, and one row of a standard 9-pin internal header — provided you check the pinout first.
Full USB 2.0 at 480 Mbps on both ports
Not a reduced or charge-only implementation. Both ports carry data at the full High-Speed rate, which is what USB 2.0 headers deliver and is ample for peripherals, dongles, receivers, licence keys and keyboards.
28.5 cm cable
Long enough to reach a header at the far side of a motherboard from a slot at the bottom of a small chassis, without leaving a large loop of surplus wire obstructing airflow in a case that has none to spare.
Technical Specifications
Frequently Asked Questions
Singular Expert Insight
This is an unglamorous part that solves a real constraint in small machines: the motherboard has USB headers left over and the chassis has nowhere to put them. The failure mode to avoid is not electrical, it is fit and pinout. Confirm the case takes low profile brackets, because that is the version this is, and read the motherboard manual before pushing the IDC-5 connectors onto pins — internal USB headers are not standardised as rigidly as people assume, and an incorrectly seated connector can put 5 V where ground belongs. Once fitted correctly it is entirely ordinary: two USB 2.0 ports at the back of the machine, ideal for the peripherals that live plugged in permanently. Browse our motherboards range for the boards these headers live on, and see our PC power supplies section for the rest of a small form factor build.
Buyer's Guide
Buy it if
You have spare internal USB headers on the motherboard of a small form factor or slim PC and no free ports on the case, and you want two USB 2.0 ports at the back.
Skip it if
Your case takes full-height expansion brackets, or you need USB 3.0 speeds — those use a different 19-pin header and a different adapter.
Also consider
Full-height USB slot plate adapters for standard towers, USB 3.0 bracket adapters for 19-pin headers, or PCI Express USB expansion cards where the motherboard has no spare headers at all.
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Product Code
V930864
EAN Code
0065030831772
Manufacturer
StarTech.com