USB On Motherboard

[ajbrun]

Last week, my brother got a load of computer parts (which he chose) for xmas. This thread concerns 3 of those parts:

* The case
* The motherboard
* The floppy/card reader drive

I don't think he realised that his internal floppy drive used up the USB plug on the motherboard, which is a rectangular plug with 9 holes. Therefore, I thought he wouldn't be able to use the two USB ports on the side of his case as that's where I thought they connect to. I only thought this because that's where my case USB's went in. When I went to chack his case however, I couldn't find a similar plug, instead I found a white one with two holes in.

I'm not sure if any of that would have made sense.

Anyway, it doesn't mention a USB plug with 2 holes in it in the motherboard manual - only the one with 9 holes. However, on the board, below the socket where the 7 holes USB plug goes is a 2 holed socket. Is that for the case USB's or for something else?

That probably didn't make much sense, so if you have questions, just ask . In the mean time, I'll try and find a picture of what I mean.
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I've thought about how to put it more now, so this should make more sense:

You can see that is the USB socket. The plug from the floppy would go into there. The USB's on the case have only a 2 holed plug. My question is where would that be plugged into? There is a possible slot to the top-right of the USB - you might just be able to see it in the photo. Could it go there?

I've put blue dots over each of the pins to make them clearer. To the right, there's a plug (JLED1), and to the left of that is the mystery plug with just 2 pins.

The motherboard is the same one that's in my sig.

[Mblaster]

Well, the big blue one is where the USB should plug into (there may be another one somwhere). In my bro's case the USB plugs in with loads of separate plugs, one for each pin, seriously annoying.

All of the pins on your motherboard should be explained in the manual and are you sure the plug with two holes is the USB plug? Because it doesn't sound like it is.

[ajbrun]

Well, I didn't think it was USB at first. I thought it could have been audio or something else. But when I looked at all the other plugs and didn't see a diefinate USB, I didn't know what else it could be.

[ajbrun]

I do appologise - they do plug in separatly. I just never knew that they did that at all!

[ajbrun]

OK - one last queston . On ebuyer, it says that that floppy drive is USB powered only. Yet from this picture, it seems like it can have a floppy cable too.


I would provide a link to ebuyer, but I can't seem to get on it right now. It's called a "mitsumi 7-in-1 floppy drive".

[Firelord]

I think it means the card reader is USB powered but the floppy would need powering

[ajbrun]

OK - thanks. I think my brother was a bit daft to get that floppy TBH. It means he loses the use of both of his case USB's. Ah well - it's his PC I suppose....