Don't know how to connect USB 2.0 front panel to motherboard

[holygamer]

I bought this: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/scan-...35-and-525-bay

It didn't actually say what connections it uses to connect to the motherboard. I just assumed it would use header cables to connect to the USB 2.0 headers on the motherboard. However it uses a 5-pin connector to connect to the panel and the other end is a standard USB 2.0 cable connector like what you actually plug into a USB 2.0 port. What am I supposed to do with that?

It also seems to to use a small 4-pin to a large 4-pin molex cable for the power. What am I supposed to do with that as my PC doesn't have any place that accepts that connection.

[holygamer]

That's quite bad that they didn't include the USB cable needed. Without it, as you said I need to run it out the back of the case to use a rear port which completely defeats the purpose of adding a USB panel card.

Also I find it strange that when using the USB 2.0 headers, each header can be used with 2 ports, yet this USB 2.0 front panel card doesn't support headers and only has 1 cable for all 4 ports. It doesn't seem like it will provide enough bandwidth for all ports?

I understand the need for the power cable but what I don't understand is why they supplied it with a molex cable instead of a standard Sata power cable like what you plug into a hard drive. I've built a PC recently and my power supply doesn't have any inputs for the molex cable, it just has inputs for sata power cables.

[Mick@SCAN]

holygamer,

If you can PM me your invoice number I can send out a power adapter for you at no cost such as the LN 27721 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/scan-...power-cable%29.

Kind regards,

[KeyboardDemon]

That's quite neat. I could get rid of so much clutter inside my case by removing the molex cable from my PSU as I only need one molex connector and that has three molex plugs on it.