Rocky Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Anyone know where to plug in front panel USB cables from the case in to a Asus P5B? The cables are labeled, +VCC - D + D and GND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannik Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 http://www.ghostrecon.net/fileman/users/dannik/p5busb.gif The cables you mention correspond with the first four pins, left to right, on the connectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Ah right, thanks. So, the USB56 can actually take two USB ports, i.e. I could plug both front panel USBs into USB56? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannik Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Yes. Each of the three motherboard headers is designed to take up to two USB connections, one top row, one bottom. That's actually why it's called USB56. USB1-4 are on the back panel, while USB5-10 headers are on the motherboard, paired as 56, 78 and 910. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Cool thanks. She's powered up and started fine, justr installing windows on the new HD now. I think I am missing one cable though. A cable to take sound from the DVD drive to the soundcard - I don't know what it's called to do a search for one though -- do you know the cable I mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrowmanUK Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I know the one you mean mate, the one thats a ###### to get out of the dvd drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannik Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 It's frequently called a "CD audio cable" and is only used if your optical drive doesn't support digital out, aka is ten years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I think I am missing one cable though. A cable to take sound from the DVD drive to the soundcard - I don't know what it's called to do a search for one though -- do you know the cable I mean? Yup, Dan's right. Since about 10 years ago, the sound goes digitally through the motherboard, so only really old systems (i.e. 486, some early Pentium 1's) needed it. I haven't used that CD audio cable since the Intel BX motherboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 Oh I didn't know that, guess it's a bit redundant in my own PC then lol. The only cable that's giving me concern now then is the front panel audio ports, the cable has to go from there to the extreme opposite end of the case as the connection is on the bottom left of the mobo - and once the graphics card is in, the cable is TAUGHT, right across the heatsink of the GPU not very satisfactory. It actually popped out as I was trying to get it some slack, so I'll just tell the guy the front ports don't work, just use the back ones That cable is 2 inches short of being satisfactory though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Oh I didn't know that, guess it's a bit redundant in my own PC then lol. The only cable that's giving me concern now then is the front panel audio ports, the cable has to go from there to the extreme opposite end of the case as the connection is on the bottom left of the mobo - and once the graphics card is in, the cable is TAUGHT, right across the heatsink of the GPU not very satisfactory. It actually popped out as I was trying to get it some slack, so I'll just tell the guy the front ports don't work, just use the back ones That cable is 2 inches short of being satisfactory though On most midd towers it usually just makes it with a little slack. On full towers though it can be a stretch. You could always use something like this... http://www.sourcingmap.com/usb-multifuncti...for-p-9627.html And tell him it was a bonus with the card reader. I think there around 20$ usually. The P5B is a pretty nice board for what it is. We use it for our business pc's to low budget gamers. Lots of usb, GB lan, 7.1 channel onboard sound. Not bad for the buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHaired Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 There's some space under the graphics card between the slot and the back panel. I've used that often in similar cases and installed the graphics card afterwards. Oh I didn't know that, guess it's a bit redundant in my own PC then lol. The only cable that's giving me concern now then is the front panel audio ports, the cable has to go from there to the extreme opposite end of the case as the connection is on the bottom left of the mobo - and once the graphics card is in, the cable is TAUGHT, right across the heatsink of the GPU not very satisfactory. It actually popped out as I was trying to get it some slack, so I'll just tell the guy the front ports don't work, just use the back ones That cable is 2 inches short of being satisfactory though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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