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New motherboard i/0 sockets
on: June 30, 2009, 10:13:28 AM
the red plugs have four sockets, bottom esata then firewire, whats the top 2.
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Re:New motherboard i/0 sockets
Reply #1 on: June 30, 2009, 10:46:53 AM
It will say in the manual/paperwork that came with it.
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Re:New motherboard i/0 sockets
Reply #2 on: June 30, 2009, 11:30:49 AM
USB 3?
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Re:New motherboard i/0 sockets
Reply #3 on: June 30, 2009, 15:15:15 PM
Would be far easier knowing the motherboard involved. IIRC USB3 are designed to be backwards compatible so a normal USB should fit. yahoos....

http://usb3.com/
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Reply #4 on: June 30, 2009, 17:38:04 PM
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Would be far easier knowing the motherboard involved. IIRC USB3 are designed to be backwards compatible so a normal USB should fit. yahoos....

http://usb3.com/

its the Asus M4A78T Deluxe
its not listed anywhere thats why I asked. a good reviw.

Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x DVI
1 x D-Sub
1 x HDMI
1 x External SATA
1 x S/PDIF Out (Optical)
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x RJ45 port
6 x USB 2.0/1.1
8 Channel Audio I/O
1 x PS/2 Keyboard (Purple)


http://www.cpu3d.com/review/7162-2/asus-m4a78t-e-am3-motherboard/specifications-and-features.html
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Re:New motherboard i/0 sockets
Reply #5 on: June 30, 2009, 18:08:46 PM
I would guess they are just USB ports then.  
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Re:New motherboard i/0 sockets
Reply #6 on: June 30, 2009, 22:51:02 PM
I am taking a punt...but experience and instinct tell me they are usb.

But they are coloured red to indicated they are intended for external drives. (We use a few external drives and the come with twin usb connectors.)
So the red ports are all nice to be co-ordinated.
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Re:New motherboard i/0 sockets
Reply #7 on: June 30, 2009, 23:00:30 PM
Or they could just be red as the ports in the same block are red? one piece of plastic?
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Re:New motherboard i/0 sockets
Reply #8 on: June 30, 2009, 23:14:12 PM
I dont know why they have been coloured Red but they are just USB.
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Re:New motherboard i/0 sockets
Reply #9 on: July 01, 2009, 02:37:51 AM
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Or they could just be red as the ports in the same block are red? one piece of plastic?


This is the most likely reason they are red. If it looks like a USB port then it is a USB port. Looked at a couple of more picks, the odd metal stripes are just conductors for static.
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