Your case manufacturer may have been counting on a different pinout for
these than the motherboard manufacturer.  Can you identify the specific
makes and models of these components?

David Gillett


On 22 Aug 2005 at 1:20, Ryan Calderwood wrote:

> 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.
>
> Ryan Calderwood

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