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John Smith
Would like to add additional USB slots to front of box...have available
5.5"or 3.25" slot...anyone know where I could get such?
5.5"or 3.25" slot...anyone know where I could get such?
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JAD
google 5 1/4 bay USB
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beenthere
Don`t forget you need header pins on your M\boardJohn Smith said:Would like to add additional USB slots to front of box...have available
5.5"or 3.25" slot...anyone know where I could get such?
to plug into !.
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Mike T.
beenthere said:Don`t forget you need header pins on your M\board
to plug into !.
If you have the additional header pins on your motherboard, look into some
kind of "card reader". Many of them are not too expensive, and include a
couple of USB 2.0 ports. It would be kind of silly to fill a whole drive
bay for a couple USB ports. -Dave
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Guest
Not necessarily. The ebuyer item 45603 has a backplate to take thebeenthere said:Don`t forget you need header pins on your M\board
to plug into !.
cables to the internal bay and cables that then plug into other
backplate connections, externally.
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DaWalRus
John said:Would like to add additional USB slots to front of box...have
available 5.5"or 3.25" slot...anyone know where I could get such?
http://www.cablestogo.com/product_list.asp?cat_id=1503&engine=adwords!654&keyword=(usb+hub)
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JAD
but that would not give him ADDITIONAL USB ports.Palindr?me said:Not necessarily. The ebuyer item 45603 has a backplate to take the
cables to the internal bay and cables that then plug into other
backplate connections, externally.
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John Smith
-------------------beenthere said:Don`t forget you need header pins on your M\board
to plug into !.
That's great..Thanks 4 all the advice.
Ref do I have a spare header pins on mobo...not sure yet - have a new one
ordered - its a Asus A8N-E.
If I should go for a multi outlet one as apposed to just USB...eg including
card readers etc...anyone know
will I still need the same connection to the mobo?
Thanks
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beenthere
Wait `till you get your M\board, then you can check its abilities.John Smith said:-------------------
That's great..Thanks 4 all the advice.
Ref do I have a spare header pins on mobo...not sure yet - have a new one
ordered - its a Asus A8N-E.
If I should go for a multi outlet one as apposed to just USB...eg
including card readers etc...anyone know
will I still need the same connection to the mobo?
Thanks
You can get different front bay units, so you`ll be able to pick
the one you prefer.
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hdrdtd
I believe some if not most front bay devices have a long USB cable (or an
option to use one) that is designed to reach through your system, exit an
empty slot in the back, then plug into a standard rear USB port for those
people who don't have an available USB MB connector.
option to use one) that is designed to reach through your system, exit an
empty slot in the back, then plug into a standard rear USB port for those
people who don't have an available USB MB connector.
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John Smith
Mike T. said:If you have the additional header pins on your motherboard, look into some
kind of "card reader". Many of them are not too expensive, and include a
couple of USB 2.0 ports. It would be kind of silly to fill a whole drive
bay for a couple USB ports. -Dave
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John Smith
But would you know if by doing that it would then be possible to run 2 or 4
say USB 's
at the front at the normal USB2 rate off that one at the back?
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say USB 's
at the front at the normal USB2 rate off that one at the back?
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hdrdtd
I suppose it would depend on how the particular bay device is configured.
It might come with a single USB cable designed to reach thru and connect to
a standard rear USB port and be considered as a two-port USB hub, or the
device could be configured with two USB ports that either goes into one
cable with enough conductors to be designed to plug into a typical MB USB
connector that contains two rows of pins, one row for each of two USB ports.
Or the device might even have two seperate cables, one for each front USB
port that each cable would connect to a row of pins in the MB USB connector.
It might come with a single USB cable designed to reach thru and connect to
a standard rear USB port and be considered as a two-port USB hub, or the
device could be configured with two USB ports that either goes into one
cable with enough conductors to be designed to plug into a typical MB USB
connector that contains two rows of pins, one row for each of two USB ports.
Or the device might even have two seperate cables, one for each front USB
port that each cable would connect to a row of pins in the MB USB connector.
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John Smith
OK, Cheers.
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hdrdtd said:I suppose it would depend on how the particular bay device is configured.
It might come with a single USB cable designed to reach thru and connect
to a standard rear USB port and be considered as a two-port USB hub, or
the device could be configured with two USB ports that either goes into
one cable with enough conductors to be designed to plug into a typical MB
USB connector that contains two rows of pins, one row for each of two USB
ports. Or the device might even have two seperate cables, one for each
front USB port that each cable would connect to a row of pins in the MB
USB connector.