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Giving power to frontal USB ports?

the_syco · 2008-08-06 23:44:53

Have a Cooler Master Cosmos 1000, which has 6 USB drives at the front, and I''ve a USB powered portable HDD, so I'm wondering does anyone know is it possible to give power to these ports? I ask, as when I plug it in now, the HDD is not detected :(

06-08-2008 11:44pm

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the_syco

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Have a Cooler Master Cosmos 1000, which has 6 USB drives at the front, and I''ve a USB powered portable HDD, so I'm wondering does anyone know is it possible to give power to these ports? I ask, as when I plug it in now, the HDD is not detected

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#2 06-08-2008 11:55pm

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do any devices get detected when plugged into the front? They may be USB 1.1 ports: only the 2.0 standard transmits power: if thats the case a USB Y cable should be able to draw power from the regular data busses on a secondary port. No idea if it will be enough to power your HDD though.

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#3 07-08-2008 12:49am

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Also check that the USB front panel connectors are plugged into the mobo ...

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