Has any person been able to connect to the front USB connector on their computer case from their Sam440ep motherboard?If you have, can you explain in detail how you did this.What colored wires went to what pins.
The front usb connectors on my computer case have a 10 pin connector with one solid (no place for a wire) and one blank without a wire and the other 8 holes with different colored wires-two in each hole.
I don't know if I explained this right,but hope you get the idea.

Also has anyone connected a Seagate FreeAgent 500g/b usb hard drive to their Sam440ep.Will it be recognized and usable?

Thanks.
Flipper

@flipper

First of all you must search and find your case manual and look at the Sam's manual too. Then match what you see in both manuals about "+" and "-" and you are ready.

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@flipper

Yes you should be very careful when you do this, connecting +/- in the wrong way will damage your board.
Good luck

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@flipper

If you give me your email i can post you some pictures of my motherboard with the front usb connected.

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@flipper
Yes, I have USB working on J19a & J19b. I might be able to take a picture if you really need it.

But J17 does not work at all . I assume that OS4 does not support this yet? Or is my board duff?

Last edited by ChrisH on 11-Nov-2008 at 12:47 PM.

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@ChrisH

Doesn't one of the connections support USB2 only?
That would explain why it doesn't work.

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@ChrisH

I use J19A and J19B for my Front USB too, and i guess that J17 was for USB2 only

I asked here about the DVD sound problem before but got no answers, anyone tested their DVD player, do you have sound when playing DVD's?

Last edited by Ande on 11-Nov-2008 at 08:15 PM.

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@Ande
Thanks for your help.My email is flipper@acsalaska.net.

@ChrisH

Quote:

Yes, I have USB working on J19a & J19b. I might be able to take a picture if you really need it.

I have connected case's front USB on these jumpers, but it doesn't work.

Last edited by Phantom on 11-Nov-2008 at 10:32 PM.

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@ChrisH
could you send me a pic,that way I'll get it right.
thanks.
flipper@acsalaska.net

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Phantom wrote: @ChrisH Quote: Yes, I have USB working on J19a & J19b. I might be able to take a picture if you really need it. I have connected case's front USB on these jumpers, but it doesn't work.

My front usb works fine, i have tested them with a Kingston USB memory.

@flipper

I will send you some pics later tonight

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@flipper
Well, I only I have help you with the connector because I had this problem, and from ACube gave me the solution, the hard disk have to be connect to J20 and the DVD writer in J23, this way I got the the OS works from my HD Maxtor of 200 GB, about the USB I can't help you but I shall try to see as they are connect in my Sam.

@Ande

Thanks in advance for your help.

@flipper

I just sent you a picture of the USB connector.

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@Ande
Thanks-I'm at my sisters real estate office and I will check it when I get back home.

@Templario

This is already inside the Sam manual.

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@Ande

I have a plug with on pin blocked out.
The plug is two pins bigger than J19
Am I right in thinking that the overhang should be at the top end with of J19 with the blocked out pin being part of the overhang?

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@TiredofLife

That sounds a little bit tricky. In some cases you are not able to connect the front usb directly, in these cases you just have to modify the front usb connector so that it will fit to the motherboard.
If this is the case then the safest way is to go to a local PC repairshop and ask for advice.

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@TiredofLife
I have the same type of connector.Right pin #1 is red,Left pin #2 is orange,Right pin #3 is dark blue,Left pin #4 is yellow,Right pin #5 is purple,Left pin #6 is green,Right pin #7 is brown,Left pin #8 is black and the and the Right far back is a no wire hole and the Left far back is a solid blank-these two back slots hang over the (back-top)end of J19 a & J19b.
That is the way I see it according to the Sam440ep user guide and the computer case guide.
The pic Ande sent me has the 8 slot connector and different color wires.
I don't know if the VCC1&2 have standard color coded wires.


EDIT 11:32 Alaska standard time.
My front usb ports are working per my description as above-that is if you can decipher what I wrote.
Hope this helps the new Sam440ep proud owners.

Last edited by flipper on 13-Nov-2008 at 08:33 AM.

@flipper

What does it say about the orange pin? is it Vcc is the 7 and 8 pin wire black?

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