Tech Tips: Rewire USB Ports

[MediaMan]

Could the USB ports on a PCI bracket at the rear of the case be spliced to the USB ports at the front of the PC Case? The rules of technology can be bent but sometimes they snap back.

Read it here (http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=242)

[mmonnin]

Another ones of MM's ingenious ideas.

Sounds like it should work tho. That can be kinda handy if you dont have enough USB ports.

[Omega65]

Nice Article MM! :thumbup

[Unregistered]

That all very good but what happens when you open your case to try something like this and you find.....................[img][/http://www.flyservers.com/members5/bernievink.com/images/usbcable1.jpgimg]

[Unregistered]

Sorry above link should have been :-
http://www.flyservers.com/members5/bernievink.com/images/USBcable1.jpg
still was a lot of trouble soldering a large number of wires and then making sure of the right connections. eventually all worked but it was a struggle

[floppybootstomp]

Nice article, MM :thumbsup: Nice way to give a choice of where to plug in. I have two black versions of that case, the PC-61, I think, so I could relate easier.

Unregistered: No pain, no gain mate, basically, but it's good to see you got it sorted :)

[seatech1]

I tried this without knowing about the multiple device problem (etc.). And I had problems with it. So this idea won't work for me, but at least now I know why! Excellent article including "pictures with circles and arrows on the back of each one."

[Unregistered]

Similar mod but on the notebook motherboard:
http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=92207

Thanks for the article, it helped me in the mod!

Yes, your ports are mutually exclusive. And your description of "Mine" is a good theory, but it isn't about who is powered. Many devices (like your camera and printer are separately powered. A better metaphore would be listening to two people send you morse code on the same line. If one person sent dot dot dash while the second person was sending dash dash, you would only hear the dashes. From the point of view of the listener you are just going to hear a whole lot of dashes. The information from both senders is destroyed and unrecoverable.

[Pterocarpous]

Could the USB ports on a PCI bracket at the rear of the case be spliced to the USB ports at the front of the PC Case? The rules of technology can be bent but sometimes they snap back....

Hi All
I'm fairly new to SM and am still learning my way 'round the site. I've been trying to get at some of the Articles but, in a few cases so far, can only find their corresponding threads - not the articles themselves. Some I've found a link to the article in the 1st post of the thread but others I have not (e.g. Dual Core Explained & Demystified).

Could you, please, tell me how I might find these articles?

Thank you!!

[Trogan]

Hey Pterocarpous! :)

Links to Articles should be on the first page. The "here" part "Read it here" is the link to the Article.

Link to the Article you could not find:
http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=261

Hope that helps! :)

[Keebler]

You can actually browse by category on the front page. Click the "Reviews & Articles" tab. Now, it looks like a blank page, but it's not. There's a table element out of whack and the list appears after the END of the left column instead of next to it. I've tried to fix it but I can't figure out which table element it is :-/ Sorry for the inconvenience, and let me know if you need help finding anything in particular. There will be an easier system in place by the end of the month :)

[Pterocarpous]

...You can actually browse by category on the front page...
...Links to Articles should be on the first page. The "here" part...
Thank you General. I did finally stumble onto the front page and found the articles listed there. I spend so much time in the forums, I forgot all about the home or front page of SM's site.

Thank you, too Trogan. It was via the embedded hyperlinks in the threads that I had been able to find some of the articles. Thank you for the link to the review.

The other day, I tried to find a Sticky that referenced some technical "how to" info. I'd run across the Sticky b4 and wanted to provide a link to it for someone in one of the forums. (sorry, I just plain can't remember what it was about now - old age - it's already fallen outta the back 'o mah haid!) I tried "Search"ing but no worky.

Is there an index of all the Sticky's per chance?

[Keebler]

Sorry, no sticky index :-/ Just gotta check the individual forums.
I forgot all about the home or front page of SM's site.
I get this a lot :( I have a plan to change that as well, though.

[Pterocarpous]

Sorry, no sticky index :-/ Just gotta check the individual forums...I get this a lot :( I have a plan to change that as well, though.

Rats! Well, I know it takes a helluva lot o' upkeep to maintain this forum and ya'll are all volunteers for the most part. You're doin' one hec of a job BTW! So, if you get to the index, f-a-b-u-l-o-u-s. If not, I certainly understand. I'll just have to pay attention to where I find stuff! :tongue: