Front USB Ports with Windows Vista

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Corymca - 30 Oct 2007 18:52 GMT

I have 2 computers, both with MSI Motherboards. On both of them I cannot get
the front USB ports to work in Vista....I have talked to MSI and they are
saying they should just work...But I have tried connecting the case and a
internal card reader but it doens;t work. Any ideas

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Michael Walraven - 30 Oct 2007 20:36 GMT

My Dell BIOS has separate enable settings for the front and the rear USB
ports, yours might also.

A long shot: I had a machine that the front set of USBs did not work, the
connector had been installed backward onto the mother board, took me a long
time to find that as I was not expecting such an error.

Michael

>I have 2 computers, both with MSI Motherboards. On both of them I cannot
>get
> the front USB ports to work in Vista....I have talked to MSI and they are
> saying they should just work...But I have tried connecting the case and a
> internal card reader but it doens;t work. Any ideas

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IkidUnot - 31 Oct 2007 16:50 GMT

Good suggestions. One thing to be aware of: USB ports include a power supply
pin. If the USB is wired backwards, the supply will be on the wrong pin -
something you plug in may not like that.
If possible, you might want to get the USB port pinout (easily found on the
web) and check with a voltmeter whether the port is backwards or not. Good
luck.

> My Dell BIOS has separate enable settings for the front and the rear USB
> ports, yours might also.
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> > saying they should just work...But I have tried connecting the case and a
> > internal card reader but it doens;t work. Any ideas

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