One of 2 front USB ports not functioning

Kantastic · Nov 26, 2010, 07:48 PM

Alright so I finally got around to using the front USB port and find that one of the ports doesn't read anything. My flash drive gets nothing from the port, and my USB 2.0 external HDD has a solid white light, so I assume some power is being delivered.

How would I go about troubleshooting this to see whether it's a driver issue or a hardware issue? Or should I flat-out RMA the case?

Bo$$ · Nov 26, 2010, 07:51 PM

try the other header on the MOBO, that might be slightly fucked?

Kantastic · Nov 26, 2010, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bo$$

try the other header on the MOBO, that might be slightly fucked?

You're a genius, I just checked the other port and it worked. Went back to the old port and both ports worked as well, I guess it was just loose.

I probably didn't push it in deep enough, fat fingers + SFF case = fail.

Thanks!

Bo$$ · Nov 27, 2010, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kantastic

You're a genius, I just checked the other port and it worked. Went back to the old port and both ports worked as well, I guess it was just loose.

I probably didn't push it in deep enough, fat fingers + SFF case = fail.

Thanks!

no worries, it happens to the best of us

MohawkAngel · Nov 27, 2010, 07:47 AM

Happened before. Mine as saying Would be faster connected on 2.0 port then after a while went out.

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