[Cialug] OT: Making use of motherboard USB headers

[Matthew Nuzum]

On 9/14/07, Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
> I recently built a new machine (running Linux, of course). The
> motherboard has 4 USB ports on the back, but also some pins for 2 more.
> Any idea where to get something to make use of the extra ports?
>
> I assume what i need looks like a USB port on one end and a connector to
> attach to the pins on the other, with some sort of cable in between.
> However, so far i've not found something like that when looking through
> the few parts catalogs i have. At the moment i don't have an actual
> *need* for the extra ports, but it might be nice to put the extras on
> the front of the case to make plugging in a flash drive more
> convenient.

The case will often come with the necessary connector to plug into
that. Last time I did this, I had to reconfigure the pins on the cable
where they connect to the motherboard header. Keep the manual which
should show the proper pinout.

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