My motherboard in a HP computer crashed and I just replaced it with an Asrock ALiveNF6P-VSTA motherboard. That allowed me to use the same CPU and memory and hard drive and Microsoft even validated the new install of Vista with the new motherboard.
There are 6 USB ports built into the back of the Asrock board, and one USB header on the board for hooking up the front two USB ports.
This computer case has a built in card reader for SD, Flash, Memory Stick, etc. The cable from the card reader was plugged into a USB header on the old board but I have no extra USB headers on the Asrock board.
I know you can chain USB devices and was wondering if it is possible to use a "splitter" on the header to hook up both the USB cables and the card reader to the board. Do they make such a thing?
I know the header is just a double plug for two USB cables, so I could disable one of the front ports and use it to connect the card reader instead, but was hoping I could make it all work.
Thanks,
David
There are 6 USB ports built into the back of the Asrock board, and one USB header on the board for hooking up the front two USB ports.
This computer case has a built in card reader for SD, Flash, Memory Stick, etc. The cable from the card reader was plugged into a USB header on the old board but I have no extra USB headers on the Asrock board.
I know you can chain USB devices and was wondering if it is possible to use a "splitter" on the header to hook up both the USB cables and the card reader to the board. Do they make such a thing?
I know the header is just a double plug for two USB cables, so I could disable one of the front ports and use it to connect the card reader instead, but was hoping I could make it all work.
Thanks,
David
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