USB Cables

[thealmightyone]

I have 2 USB ports at front of my case. Two small, grey wires make their way to the motherboard, where they join together and form a single plug. This plug is plugged into a whole USB header on the board, and both USB ports work fine.

What I ask is, why do a load of wires come out of the little plug, enough to use up another USB header? Is it to provide greater power to each USB port?

 

[Cromewell]

Use the full dongle. The individual wires are incase your board doesn't use the standard header pin assignment.

 

[thealmightyone]

Oh, you silly motherboard manufacturers, confusing people by moving pins around.

Thanks, btw.