I'm a computer novice and have just tried to install an internal card reader into my pc - the mother board is a Foxconn 945g7md. There were no instructions with the card reader which I bought on ebay. I found what looked to be the correct lead connetion on the board but when I fired her up the card reader was no recognised. Now I've gone and completly screwed things up by removing the ribbon cable from the power on off button on the font panel to get a better look and I now have 3 2 pin plugs and two single pin plugs and no clue which of the four colourd teminals on the board to connect them to. Please help !
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Those wires go into an internal USB extension connector - which your motherboard doesn't have. Get a PCI USB card and connect them to it - this way you will also get USB2.
Most mother boards have an internal USB connector. Have a read through *********** board manual it will describe all the connectors. If you don't have the manual you should be able to find it in the ASUS web site.
Also if you look really close at the Mother board and read the little white writing next to the connectors you may spot it.
I just took the lid of my pc to prove it can be done. Mine is labled USB3 it has a block of 10 pins (male) and one is blank so it is really 9 pins. You mother board will be different to mine but have a look and see what you can find.
If its an internal card reader, you should install it in the PCI slot. If it's an external card reader you should plug the card reader into the USB port. I need to know the brand and model of the reader so that I can give you more precise instructions.
The memory card reader that you have is most likely running on USB,
therefore you will need to plug it in to one of the USB headers on your
motherboard. They usually are made for 2 USB ports so the connector for
USB is 2 rows, but yours is just flat so it will fit anyway.
The USB plug and cable on the motherboard kind of look like this:
The only way is to purchase a USB Board to install in the PCI slot, but that would be overkill since you PC already has 4) 2.0 USB ports. I would exchange that internal reader for an external reader.
If I could be of further assistance, let me know. If this helps or solves the issue, please rate it. Thanks, Joe
You did not have to unplug the onboard USB ports.
Your OS should see the card reader and set it up, unless you are using Win98 or WinME. I would plug the onboard USB ports, then restart with the new internal card installed.
If you are using PATA you'll need to set the jumpers on the drives. One needs to be a master and the other has to be a slave. Normally the Hard drive would be considered the master.
If they are SATA drives go into your bios and make sure the SATA ports are enabled and not in RAID mode.
Are you trying to install the Dell Media Card Reader? If so then the other end of the ?FlexBay USB cable that plugs into the card reader goes into a small rectangular connector towards the back of the motherboard. Specifically orient as follows; place the computer on its side, the power supply to your left and the front of the computer facing towards you. Starting at the back of the motherboard next to the power supply follow the back edge of the motherboard till you come to the approximate center of the board. About an inch towards you there will be a rectangular connector the FlexBay USB cable end should fit into.
If this isn?t the cable from the Dell Media Card Reader let us know and we?ll try to help, otherwise please don?t forget to rate this posting.
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