Tim,
I have a similar PCI card and the 5th port is to bring USB to the front of
my machine but not to the front case USB ports. I had to purchase a hub that
goes into a 3.5" or 5" drive bay in order to get the PCI card 5th port to
the front of my machine. These used to be available from newegg, and other
vendors, for around $15. I haven't checked lately; so I'm not sure where
they might be currently available, or how much they cost.
My USB case ports go directly to my mobo using entirely different cabling.
Wayne
"Tim L." <timbuk2@NO_SPAM.cox.net> wrote in message
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>> "Tim L." <timbuk2@NO_SPAM.cox.net> wrote in message
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>>>I was wanting a PCI to USB card to upgrade my Dell to 2.0, and
>>> was recommended this product:
>>> Syba Best Conn NEC Chipset 5 Port (4+1) USB 2.0 PCI Card
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>>> What is the "1" internal port for? I'd rather have 5 out. Is that
>>> possible, can't seem to find one.
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>> To hook up the front USB ports on a case.
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>> William
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> Oh! That makes sense. I wonder how hard that is to figure out? Guess
> I'll look on the Dell Specs on their site, I may not want to tackle this
> after all. Or, I guess you could just leave the two front ones 1.0.
> Actually, everything I have seems to work fine except for my SD Card
> Reader for my camera... slow as the 7 year itch. It could be because it's
> an "Edge". the one before that was a Sandisk Parallel and it worked fine.
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> Tim
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