Re: Can front-panel USB ports damage to device?

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kimiraikkonen wrote:
Hi,
I want to ask: I have ''4'' USB 2.0 rear ports plus ''2'' USB 2.0
ports located front panel of the chassis.

I heard sth. Does connecting a Hi-speed or Full-speed USB device to
''FRONT PANEL USB'' ports damage to computer or the device plugged in?

For example, for devices charging from USB(cell phones,mp3 players),
is it health to connect them to front panel USB ports or it doesn't
differ from rear ports?

Thanks


On Mar 26, 6:26 pm, Gordon <gbpli...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nope. a USB port is a USB port is a USB port......doesn't matter whether
it's on the front, the back or underneath....


(and k. adds...)
AS yo know, the front panel USB ports are connected to the motherboard
by extending an connector cable. So, does that mean they're extra for
the system or the main duty of the mobo's chipset to provide the sama
functionality to front panel ports?


"Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OD1xV77bHHA.2332@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well I've got front USB ports on my machine and never found them any
different to the rear ones....


k. & Gordon:
Well, like so many answers in this business...yes & no...

First of all - we've never experienced any incidents of damage to the PC or
the USB device depending upon whether the device was plugged into a front or
rear USB port. And I've never come across any reports of such.

But we have experienced a significant number of incidents where USB device
recognition was an issue depending upon whether the device was connected to
a front or rear USB port. In nearly every case if a problem arose it was the
front panel USB port that was the problem. From what we could determine the
connection to the motherboard's USB header from the front panel port seemed
to be proper, but the system simply didn't recognize the existence of the
USB device while connected to that front port although there was no problem
when the device was connected to a rear USB port (the I/O panel).

The bottom line in all this is that if the user is experiencing USB device
recognition problems, at the outset he or she should try different USB ports
on the PC.
Anna


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