I think Harold might have "hit on" part of the confusion...
A printed circuit board NOT part of the Mother Board...

The case I have has plain USB sockets on the front
that meet the physical specs for USB (I checked), and
ONLY have wires that run to a plain plug that goes on the
header pins of my mother board.

In my case, the "Case" is universal, and the Mother Board
limitations control if USB 2 is supported.


                                  Rick Glazier

From: "Harold Bush" <[log in to unmask]>

> In order to determine if the USB Ports integrated in your case will
> support USB 2.0's 480Mbs you will need to read the manufacturers
> specification. It should state something like:  "The front panel printed
> circuit card was tested for support of USB 2.0 data transfer rates."
> Unfortunately not all chassis USB circuit cards meet the spec for USB
> 2.0.

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