If that's a Lenovo, you'd need an adapter like this . It's a different pin size, it might not work by just putting the header on the rightmode side of the port, leaving 2 pins empty.

Hey, sorry to bring this old post back up, but did this work for you? I'm currently on the same path with an R5.

I'm not sure how to explain it but the pictures should do a better job, I'm not sure how get this red wire back into the 9 pin female plastic casing without breaking the casing? I've tried opening the black plastic casing but I can't seem to do so and it seems that I would have to break the casing, get a new casing, and rewire the whole damn thing? If it's not worth my hassle then what do I search up to get a replacement? I can't seem to find it when searching it up? Is it called : 9 pin female to 12 pin female front panel connector? If anyone has a link then please do share! Edit: pc case is montech lite 1000 View: https://imgur.com/gallery/6JCflk9 View: https://imgur.com/gallery/9gMndiB That "9 pin" in first picture is standard USB gen 1 or 2 connector to connect to same male on the. MB. It's actually 10 pin with one hole closed soit can fit only one way, Two rows with same color coding. 9th one (5th in one row) is not used some times not even with a wire or contact in it. Do you see small plastic tabs on it ? Those can be partially lifted with a needle which would let you pull contact out. There few ways to replace it. One is to get a blank connector prepare all 8 wires by stripping insulation about 1-2mm and pinch each one in a connector from whole plug, Wires are typically very thin so soldering is not recommended, If you look at each contact you will see a small metal tab on an up angle, that side goes to same side as plastic tabs on the housing and that keeps it in. Other method is to get a same connector with wires already attached, so called Pigtail and solder and isolate to existing wires taking care of their order.

Possibly yes. That IDC connector is basically just the same electrical connections but just in a compact connector for motherboard connection use. Just look at this image taken from this Amazon listing for a, StarTech USB A to USB Motherboard 4-Pin Header F/F 2.0 Cable, 6" (USBMBADAPT):

Note the exposed wires as well as the text on the motherboard header connector. That’s your big clue! So basically if you wanted to clip off the connectors on your device and wire them to a male USB that could be done as long as you match data and power wires correctly.

And if you are afraid of doing that yourself, you could purchase this: “Adapter Cable, USB 2.0, IDC 5 Male (single row) to USB A Male”:

And as the description for the product states:

Used to connect devices designed to plug into USB motherboard header pins to an external USB 2.0 connector

That’s actually a neat tool because you can now use the device as you wish without having to mangle the cable; just plug the female IDC connector into the male IDC connector and bingo! You have a USB device.

But since your device has 10 connectors you would need two of those cables to make that reader fully work. It could be that one connector has certain media reader slots and the other handles others; so maybe scoring one cable and experimenting might be the way to go.

EDIT: An addition, but here is a cool image of how someone was able to use one of those male male IDC motherboard header connector cables to connect to a USB flash drive with a broken connector. This shows clearly what all 5 connectors are: 2 are data, 2 are power and 1 is for the grounding/shielding.