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Internal USB hub?
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Post Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 12:46 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Is there such thing as an internal USB hub? My motherboard has 2 USB hook ups but my new case has hook ups for 2 USB ports on the front - I'd like to have them all active if possible.

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Post Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 2:43 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Are you talking about an USN hub that will fit in a 3.5" drive bay or are talking about a hub that goes into the slots on the back of your computer like a video card?




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Post Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 2:45 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
it depends on the motherboard more specifically the chipset on the motherboard. some have a second USB controller that requires an adapter to use them.
What kind of motherboard do you have.

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 9:49 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
I am going to put USB ports on the front of my machine, using my second USB controller by using one of those hubs that go in a PCI slot and modding a 5.25 bay cover to hold them. Since I am going to have to solder in an extension on the cable I was wondering if I could combine two ports to one MOBO conector for a total of 4 ports instead of 2.

Any Ideas?

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Post Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2001 6:50 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
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I am going to put USB ports on the front of my machine, using my second USB controller by using one of those hubs that go in a PCI slot and modding a 5.25 bay cover to hold them. Since I am going to have to solder in an extension on the cable I was wondering if I could combine two ports to one MOBO conector for a total of 4 ports instead of 2.
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I know shops that sell 4 port USB hubs for a 3.5" drive bay and 5 port hubs for a 5.25" drive bay.




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Post Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2001 2:32 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
You think you have enough crap on the front of that behemoth of a case? :-D

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Post Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2001 2:55 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
wow. where is the cd eject button?


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Post Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2001 6:15 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
What's with the PC on top? Does it hold the Warp engine so your electical signals travel faster than the speed of light?

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Post Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2001 7:00 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
sounds like a "who's the biggest dog" contest to me heh heh




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Post Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2001 7:27 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
all I wanted to do was show the USB mod

sorry

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Post Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2001 7:45 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Did you remove the pics? I liked 'em. Mods are mods...and if those monkeys who sell that FrontX multimedia device thing can make money at it.... I'm sure theres a need for front USB devices too.

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Post Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2001 8:31 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
USB and joystick port to 5.25 bay mod



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Post Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2001 9:09 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
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all I wanted to do was show the USB mod

sorry

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Its all good. Just tryin to get a little rivalry goin Approve SmileKisses Smile[Mad]


The mod looks good though. I was thinking about doing something similar with a network hub in the back of my computer, since it is a quasi server at home.


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2001 3:26 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
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I was thinking about doing something similar with a network hub in the back of my computer, since it is a quasi server at home.


you might want to take the top off of the hub once it's inside your case

and stop the internal fan that most hubs come with now days

and get one of these to pull the heat off the top:



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Post Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2001 3:40 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Humm, i don't think my hub has an internal fan.


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