# Motherboard headers availability

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/motherboard-headers-availability/4004>\
**Category:** Framework Laptop 13\
**Created:** [August 2, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/motherboard-headers-availability/4004 "2021-08-02T16:18:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![THEMenelouss\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@THEMenelouss\_2](https://community.frame.work/u/THEMenelouss_2)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/motherboard-headers-availability/4004/1 "2021-08-02T16:18:21Z")

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Let’s say I’d like to remove speakers and put in their place my custom DIY hardware.  
Are any buses on the motherboard available to use (as headers)? like USB, I2S, LPC or GPIO?

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**Author:** ![nrp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/nrp/32/352_2.png) [@nrp](https://community.frame.work/u/nrp)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/motherboard-headers-availability/4004/2 "2021-08-02T16:47:18Z")

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There are debug headers in the top right corner, though the connectors are unpopulated. When we have a chance, we’ll publish pinouts for those (though this is very much not a supported path, and something that you’ll have to decide whether to take the risk around).