The USB wiring "pin-outs" of your MB have to match the "plug"
numbering of the USB wire(s) that comes from the case...

If the USB case wire has lots of little plugs (instead of only one
or two big ones), it is easier to overcome any difference in
the MB wiring locations of the pins. Nine little sockets for nine
little wires seems like a dumb idea until you have this type of
situation...

You need to see the documentation for your MB to see how
the pins there are assigned, and then try to match what the
case wires expect to "find" on those pins...

If you need help, please post what the USB plug(s) from the
case look like and any markings on them, and the exact MB
model number.

Since USB sockets provide positive voltage and a ground,
I would be careful in matching the wires correctly and not
just switching them around till stuff happens to work...
                                            Rick Glazier

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Calderwood"

> Hey, everyone. The rig that I'm running right now I put together
> myself. The mobo that I bought for it has four USB ports in the back of
> the case, and they work fine.  It also came with a neat little thing
> that you can screw into one of the expansion slots that has two more
> USB 2.0 ports in it, and those work as well. My problem is the ports on
> the front (actually, the top) of my case. I've tried them in both the
> places that you can plug them into on the mobo, and they still dont
> want to work. I dont think it's the drivers, because wouldnt that mean
> that the USB ports in my expansion slot wouldnt work either? I dont
> know if i have a hardware problem, or if my motherboard just doesnt
> recognize those two ports, or whats going on. Any input would be
> appreciated.

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