Switched to a SuperLanBoy Case, now the extra USB ports on my K8N Neo don't work **USB Ports Fixed Temporarily**

[kranky]

Originally posted by: mlc
yeah.. the power distribution is the issue here as each port requires its own set of pins.. if you look closely, a single USB header on the board actually has 2 rows of pins, each row support 1 port, which is why most of these add on cards provide the extra ports in pairs

so the PCI card is really the way to go... other than that you may try one of those device bay hubs that go into the front of your case using either the 3.5 or 5 slot...the ones designated as hubs will connect into an existing port.. not sure if the others tap directly into the USB header on the board.. and if they support more than 2 ports per header .. maybe with the aid of some circuitry?

Check out newegg and others (tigerdirect.com usually has a wide assortment of accessoris like this)

I have a Soyo BayOne Extreme that connects directly to the motherboard headers, so that's one possibility.