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

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On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:28:01 -0600, "Noncompliant"
"kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkonen85@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
On Mar 26, 6:26 pm, Gordon
kimiraikkonen wrote:

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

OK

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?

No. What can go wrong, is that the folks who assembled the PC may
have incorrectly connected up the front connectors to the motherboard,
as many cases come with loose wires that the builder has to get in the
correct order. Having said that, power-related problems can arise
when "too many" things are connected via unpowered USB hubs, but
that's likely to apply to either set of sockets.

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....

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?

No, they're internally as integral as the ones at the back. Perhaps
the extra plugs and wires may have a near-neglible effect, if loaded
right up to borderline conditions.



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