GA-8SG667 Newbie USB 2.0 Question...

[Manjoola]

Thanks for reading...

I was looking over the manual for the 8SG667 and noticed the following line which I didn't entirely understand:

6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 x Rear, 4 xFront by cable)

Anandtech's review lists 2 USB 2.0 ports in the rear. How can I enable the "4 Front USB 2.0" ports with this board? I have a case with two USB ports in the front and I would like to utilize those with this board. Is this possible?

 

[Oakenfold]

I'll tell you if I get the board.

 

[Maverick]

Its got the standard 2 USB 1.1 ports on the back of the board near the keyboard mouse.

Then its got 2 USB headers on the motherboard that you can use to hook in the USB 2.0 cables that go in the back.

Then its got one more header that can be used for 2 front USB 1.1 ports that are built into your case.

 

[Manjoola]

Originally posted by: Shiva112
Its got the standard 2 USB 1.1 ports on the back of the board near the keyboard mouse.

Then its got 2 USB headers on the motherboard that you can use to hook in the USB 2.0 cables that go in the back.

Then its got one more header that can be used for 2 front USB 1.1 ports that are built into your case.

Thanks for the info, but I'm still a little unclear. There are two USB ports in the rear that are part of the I/O panel, correct? Are you saying I can only have, at one time, 2 maximum USB ports that are 2.0 and the other 4 have to be 1.1? So, in theory, there is some cable that I would connect from the header to the ports in the rear to "make" them USB 2.0, or from the header to the ports in the front of the case to make those 2.0? Man, do I sound like the ultimate newbie...

 

[First]

There are two USB ports in the rear that are part of the I/O panel, correct?

Correct.

Are you saying I can only have, at one time, 2 maximum USB ports that are 2.0 and the other 4 have to be 1.1? So, in theory, there is some cable that I would connect from the header to the ports in the rear to "make" them USB 2.0, or from the header to the ports in the front of the case to make those 2.0? Man, do I sound like the ultimate newbie...

The SiS 648 chipset (that's the chipset the 8SG667 uses) supports a maximum of 6 USB 2.0 ports in your system. Therefore, since Gigabyte already added two USB 2.0 ports in the I/O panel, you can expand the rest of your to four more USB 2.0 ports by utilizing the USB 2.0 headers on the motherboard. Plug in the two USB 2.0 brackets that came with your motherboard into the two USB 2.0 headers on the 8SG667 motherboard, and viola, you've got 6 USB 2.0 ports you can use with your system.