gerry-rig front USB connection?

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I have an Antec case with an ASUS P4PE mb. There are two front-mounted
female USB ports on the Antec case but I have used the only USB header
on the MB for additional ports in the rear.

With the front USB ports are nine wires, 2 each for 5 volts, D-, and D+
with 3 ground connections (one of the connections actually has 2 wires
in the connector) so that there are 5 connectors for port 1 and 4
connectors for port 2.

Does anyone make a harness that I could attach these wires to and run
them off of hub or one of the ports in the back of the case?

Thanks
Ken K
 
JAD said the following on 12/17/2006 5:11 PM:
get an addon card with ports out the back and a header on the card
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Ah-hah! I didn't realize they made them. Is that how one can add a
front module that has USB and other goodies on it? Any recommendations?

To be perfectly honest, I removed the connector of the PCI USB card that
uses the only USB header on the ASUS mb, triple-checked that they were
connected per the manual, and when I connected anything to the USB
ports, I received the Win2000/XP warning that I had improperly
DIS-connected a USB device...! So I am wondering if the front USB wires
are even marked correctly... I know that the header on the mb works
because when I plug a device into one of the two on the PCI card, it
works without any problem...

Thanks
Ken K
 
Ken said:
JAD said the following on 12/17/2006 5:11 PM:
Ah-hah! I didn't realize they made them. Is that how one can add a front
module that has USB and other goodies on it? Any recommendations?

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA22050&RSKU=AA22050



To be perfectly honest, I removed the connector of the PCI USB card that
uses the only USB header on the ASUS mb, triple-checked that they were
connected per the manual, and when I connected anything to the USB ports,
I received the Win2000/XP warning that I had improperly DIS-connected a
USB device...! So I am wondering if the front USB wires are even marked
correctly...
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most likely 180 round the wrong way. which manual?, the case or the MB? If
you used the mbs manual, I would think that you would have gotten it right.
double check and don't plug devices into them until your certain.


I know that the header on the mb works
 
JAD said the following on 12/17/2006 6:11 PM:
most likely 180 round the wrong way. which manual?, the case or the MB? If
you used the mbs manual, I would think that you would have gotten it right.
double check and don't plug devices into them until your certain.


I know that the header on the mb works
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The ASUS manual is quite clear. According to what I have read, the
connector is an Intel connector with 5 pins in one row and 4 on the other.
xxxxx
xxxx
The row with 4 begins (l to r) pwr d- d+ gnd No connection
The row with 5 begins (l to r) pwr d- d+ gnd

I swapped the extra ground on the set labeled "1" and that did nothing.
The only thing I did not do was to change the wires from top set to
bottom set and vice versa, but I can't believe that would do anything.

We will see...
 
Ken said:
JAD said the following on 12/17/2006 5:11 PM:
Ah-hah! I didn't realize they made them. Is that how one can
add a front module that has USB and other goodies on it? Any
recommendations?
Click to expand...

Check out these guys -- I'm using their drive-bay customizable
connector setups on two boxes. They have both internal-to-front
and rear-to-front connectors. Careful reading of their pages will
make clear what I mean. They also have connectors for other stuff
like FireWire and audio. And you might get free shipping -- I
did, probably because I spent over $50.

http://www.frontx.com/
 
Blinky the Shark said the following on 12/18/2006 5:03 AM:
Check out these guys -- I'm using their drive-bay customizable
connector setups on two boxes. They have both internal-to-front
and rear-to-front connectors. Careful reading of their pages will
make clear what I mean. They also have connectors for other stuff
like FireWire and audio. And you might get free shipping -- I
did, probably because I spent over $50.

http://www.frontx.com/
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That IS a cool product. It seems to be the easiest solution, although
I would like to use the header on the mb just for the challenge of it..
 
Ken said:
Blinky the Shark said the following on 12/18/2006 5:03 AM:
That IS a cool product. It seems to be the easiest solution, although
I would like to use the header on the mb just for the challenge of it..
Click to expand...

Once more: they have parts for interior connections (your header) *as
well as* exterior connections. Again: "Careful reading of their pages"
is recommended.
 
Blinky the Shark said:
Once more: they have parts for interior connections (your header) *as
well as* exterior connections. Again: "Careful reading of their pages"
is recommended.
Click to expand...


I like their way of using modular design to customize as needed.
 
JAD said:
I like their way of using modular design to customize as needed.
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IT's both brilliant and well executed. Each of my two boxes have
differently-configured frontX panels.

As for execution, I don't know of anything that better ullustrates it
than this: Their external connectors run from the backplane to the
drive bay insert. To make that more clear, I'll illustrate with my own
case (no pun intended <g>). With one of my systemss, I'm running USB to
the front via USB jacks on the backplane. FrontX's external connectors
come with their own backplane slot covers, and they have a cutout for
you to feed your cable back into the computer case for running to the
front panel modular. So for dust and RFI you don't have to have a
completely open slot; you have it mostly closed with the FrontX cover.
A little thing? Sure. But it's the little things that make the
difference between slick and kludge.
 
Blinky the Shark said:
IT's both brilliant and well executed. Each of my two boxes have
differently-configured frontX panels.

As for execution, I don't know of anything that better ullustrates it
than this: Their external connectors run from the backplane to the
drive bay insert. To make that more clear, I'll illustrate with my own
case (no pun intended <g>). With one of my systemss, I'm running USB to
the front via USB jacks on the backplane. FrontX's external connectors
come with their own backplane slot covers, and they have a cutout for
you to feed your cable back into the computer case for running to the
front panel modular. So for dust and RFI you don't have to have a
completely open slot; you have it mostly closed with the FrontX cover.
A little thing? Sure. But it's the little things that make the
difference between slick and kludge.
Click to expand...
You had me at , Hello...................;^)
 
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