Front USB

[Eriol]

I just built my first PC and except for the BIOS problem
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=149439

there is just one more thing, the front USB. Im 100% sure its hooked up right however it cant recongnize any USB devices.
I tried plugging my flash drive and IPod into it and both devices light up and XP says new devices found, however after a few seconds it says unable to recognize device. But, when I plug them into the back its able to recognize them.
Any thoughts?

Case: Raidman Horizon
PSU:XCLIO 450W 450BL BLK RTL

Mobo: Asus A8N-E Athlon64 nForce4 Ultra Socket 939 4DDR Audio Gbe Lan PCI-E x16 PCI-E x3 PCI x3 SATA Raid ATX

Processor: AMD Athlon 4000+ San Deigo Core

HD: Seagate 300GB Serial ATA 7200rpm

Memory: 512MB DDR400 Kingston (another stick on its way)

Optical Pr: DVD Rom Sony 16X
Optical sec: Sony 16X Double Layer DVD+/- RW

Video card: VGA EVGA|GF 6800GS 256-P2-N386

[mystvearn]

What is the USB device that you are trying to plug in? Some front USB ports cannot support USB 2.0, and others are just some extension from the motherboard

[Eriol]

An Ipod, which I know is 2.0 and backward compatible with 1.1.
Also, a thumb drive.

So maybe the case usb ports can't usb 2.0? Is there a way to downgrade the mobo front usb connectors to simulate 1.1 to get the front ones to work?

[sgtspector]

They'r ebackwards compatible. Have you loaded all the drivers for your motherboard yet? If not the usb ports will not be recoginzed. Check in device manager for yellow flagged items in the list.

[tempus]

Originally Posted by sgtspector They'r ebackwards compatible. Have you loaded all the drivers for your motherboard yet? If not the usb ports will not be recoginzed. Check in device manager for yellow flagged items in the list.

yes check to see the drivers are loaded. One funnt thing that happend with me was when I went to transfer music to my MP3 player is went very slowly. I looked and there were no drives at all even though it still worked, though very slowly. once i got the drivers loaded it worked great after that.

[Eriol]

It wont let me load the drivers , b/c it says there's no need due to sp2?

[nicolaus corelius]

what about the back ports

[Eriol]

the back ports work perfectly, but it would be nice not to have to crawl back their all the time

[tempus]

Originally Posted by Eriol It wont let me load the drivers , b/c it says there's no need due to sp2?

Is there a yellow mark next to any of the entries? Also are the connections to the front panel correct? That I would double check. Then in the hardware manager remove the hardware and let windows redetect. Also in the BIOS check that all the USB stuff is enabled. You may have overlooked something there.

[Panama Red]

If the front usb's aren't working, you have something connected wrong. Is the connector that attaches to the mobo a single connector with all wires held together or do you have to insert each wire separately?

[Eriol]

I have to insert each wire seperatly,
I think the USB port is connected correctly b/c when I plu something in it knows something is there and tries to install the new divice but, it just cant recognize what it is.
Also, there's no yellow marks in the divice manager

[Panama Red]

No yellow marks would mean that the usb devices are working properly. That would mean the headers on the mobo should be working, the drivers are part of XP. I would bet you have a couple of wires backwards. How are the wires marked? Asus headers are typically arranged with the ground wire (black) oriented toward the end of the header that has one pin missing. The power connectors (red) are at the other end of the header and the data lines (+ and -) are in between. I have seen some usb devices that have two black wires and need to have them switched to work right. But if your wiring is individual, you just need to make sure they are on the right pins.

[Eriol]

I'll double check when I get home from work, on each set their were two grounds, I'll try using the other one
thanks