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  1. 05-09-2003, 02:54 PM #1
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    New motherboard won't power up? README.

    I recently had a new build (Epox 8RDA+) try to make me throw it out the window. Everything was grand, except the power switch did nothing. I triple-checked everything.

    As many of you know, I'm sort of a USB specialist. I've always known that those motherboard USB "headers" have redundant ground (also called "shield" or "overcurrent") pins that are not needed. You only need to connect 4 per bank. Well, I don't like wires hanging, so I figured that I'd connect the fifth wire on this build.

    After removing and testing the motherboard twice and finally moving to another case (from a Lian-Li ) with no luck, I looked over at that 5th pin and decided that it was worth a try - I removed it and shazzam the PC fired up.

    Remember - only use the first 4 pins on the USB header!
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  2. 05-09-2003, 05:11 PM #2
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    Thanks for the Tip Bill

    will keep that in mind

    i'm just glad i never bother using those Front panel USB holes

    I always stay as far away as possible from USB items.

    SCSI, Parallel, Serial, PS/2 and FireWire are my favorite connectors
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  3. 05-16-2003, 11:58 AM #3
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    4 wires is not always the case, I use my front USB panel (cam with the case) often and I have a setup with 4 and 5 wires. There's only one ground...
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  4. 05-16-2003, 12:21 PM #4
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    Correction - the Shield and OC (overcurrent) pins are grounds. The only ones needed are Vcc(5V), D-, D+ and GND. They are usually red, white, green and black - in that order.
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  5. 06-05-2003, 01:08 AM #5
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    Thanks for the info in advance Bill, I'm getting one of those
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  6. 09-11-2003, 03:54 AM #6
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    thanks bro!!!!more power.
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  7. 09-23-2003, 10:34 PM #7
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    thats a nice tip, seems every time I try them front USB ports i end up with problems, now I think i know why, good man bill.
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  8. 09-28-2003, 11:37 PM #8
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    Wow! Thx BpB for the tip, I couldn't figure why I couldn't get some to work!

    Now I know!
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  9. 10-14-2003, 05:29 PM #9
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    I gots me a case and two frontal USB ports were on it. I pluged them in with all five wires and it boots just fine. I think my last ground wire has NC (no contact) on both hookups. But you never can tell because HP REFUSES TO GRANT ME ANY DOCUMENTATION ON MY MOTHERBOARD NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I ASK THEM!!!!!!!!

    That aside, my PC boots but I've been to lasy to check and see if they work. If the grounds truly have NC then then it wouldn't matter if I left them to sit on my board. And if they do have contact (it's pathetic that I can't know ) then how is that benefiting me... if at all?
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  10. 10-14-2003, 06:39 PM #10
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    If the PC works with them connected, fine. If not, you know now that you don't need them.
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  11. 11-06-2003, 12:29 AM #11
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    I've always wondered about that 5th pin. A lot of cases come with the extra wire, a lot don't.
    A quick look in the mobo manual usually only shows 4 pins so thats how many I normally use.
    While I haven't had your particular problem, I certanly now will never have it.

    Thanks.
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  12. 12-18-2003, 07:14 PM #12
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    I don't want to hijack your thread but what about a system that out of the blue doesn't come on after working fine for months . I had no reason to believe mobo was in jepordy and was operating at default settings not overclocked(as far as I know). I did have a sm bus controller problem but that was fixed thanks to info that I found on this site. My device manager had also shown that I had a PCI problem. So I registered was trying to find info to fix it. I guess I found this site too late. Also it was your posting that enabled me to fix my other problem and I wanted to say Thanks.
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    I had a power problem on a brand new PcChips M811Lu and after a few hours of ripping my hair out I found out that the CMOS Erase Jumper was set from the factory. I switched it over and the mbo been GREAT ever since!

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  14. 12-28-2003, 04:19 PM #14
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    Sometimes something really simple can drive you crazy. I replaced an older mobo with a new Chaintech. I thought I could reuse the existing
    brass standoffs and simply put an insulator on the end and screw it in. NOT. The board would not power up. Where the screws go through on the board the board has metal reinforcing. Something must have been touching grounding the board out.
    As soon as I replaced the brass standoffs with nylon ones the board worked fine.
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  15. 12-29-2003, 01:56 AM #15
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    Originally posted by mossman
    I thought I could reuse the existing brass standoffs and simply put an insulator on the end and screw it in. NOT. The board would not power up. Where the screws go through on the board the board has metal reinforcing. Something must have been touching grounding the board out. As soon as I replaced the brass standoffs with nylon ones the board worked fine.

    hmmm..i didnt even put standoffs in on my last board...bad idea?
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