Case upgrade question

Originally Posted by BlueMikey

Oh, yes, the front ports all work perfectly (well, I haven't tested the Firewire one, but the others are fine). You'll find front ports on many of the cases these days.

How do you find out if a case's USB ports will work with a particular motherboard? I've got four USB ports on the front of my Lian-Li case, but they've been useless for me since they don't have the right connectors for my ASUS motherboard. I, too, would love to be able to plug some of my peripherals into the front of my computer.

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Actually, I've got the manual right here. It's the ASUS A7N8X-X which has a USB 2.0 header (assuming I got the correct model). The motherboard actually came with extra USB ports, but they're meant to go in one of my PCI expansion slots. I've gotta look at my case's connectors, because I seem to recall that they didn't match the ones on my motherboard.

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The problem was that the chassis connectors had different labels from the mobo's diagram, but thanks to Google I finally figured it out. Unfortunately my case has four ports and my motherboard only has room for two more, but at least I finally have working ports on the front of my case.

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Originally Posted by Ulysses

(My cramped case )

Pfft, that's not cramped. At least you have the round IDE cables. Also, my computer could definitely use some compressed air. It's practically a desert in there.

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