Connecting a card reader to the mB

Ashley,

A) There are two USB headers on the motherboard.
They are rectangular in shape, and Blue in color.

One is to the immediate Right of the 3 white PCI slots.
Has 4 pins across the Top row, and 5 pins across the Bottom row.
May have USB56 printed on the motherboard next to it.

The second one is at the Bottom of the motherboard, below the Intel 82801EB southbridge chip; which is to the left of the CMOS battery.
May have USB78 printed next to it

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-P5P800-MX-Socket-775-MotherBoard-NEW-865GV-/221041609289?pt=UK_Computing_LaptopMotherboards_CPUs_CA&hash=item33771b4a49

(Turn motherboard photo 90 degrees to the Left, to be as it sits in your computer case)

EACH USB header supports TWO USB ports.

A Card Reader uses ONE USB header, with it's two cables.

Point?
Front Panel USB ports, are connected to one of those blue USB headers.
This USB header you know to be bad.
If the other USB header is not being used, connect to it.

The front of your computer is the Front Panel.
The USB ports in the Front Panel, should be connected by one common cable, and it ends in a plug on connector.

No? Not feasible?
Then suggest using a USB adapter card, in an open white PCI slot,

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5606148&CatId=511

Product details indicate it has two internal USB headers.
This way you can connect the Front Panel USB ports to it.


http://usa.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5P800MX/#download

Choose ANY O/S, and then download the manual.

Or, here is the direct link to the motherboard manual (PDF file),

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5P800-MX/e2005_P5P800-MX_V2.pdf

For additional questions please post in a Comment.
Regards,
joecoolvette

There are several solutions on the ASUS forum.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20090831230304296&board_id=1&model=M4A78%20PLUS&SLanguage=en-us

You will get all the required stuff as i have viewed and confirmed, from this source.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock754/K8V-MX/E2335_K8V-MX_h.pdf

best of luck!

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I understand the problem but you'll need to follow the disconnected wires and find where within your case the other ends are connected too. It's my guess that the wires that have been disconnected run from your from the MB to your case. (Mostly)
To help you find the correct connections open you’re manual to page 2-3 section 2.2.3. If your network card is a PCI card, (White in color slot on the MB), than there are two PCI slots towards the bottom of the MB. There are plenty of wires at the bottom of the MB including the floppy drive data cable, three USB ports, Front panel connector, front audio connector and SPDIF_OUT connector. I suggest you download your manual from Asus. The reason I want you to download your manual is because you will be able to zoom in on the MB so you can see every little detail.
This will help you to see everything on the MB. Download the Asus manual by clicking on the link provided; http://www.asus.com/Search.aspx?SearchKey=P5n-d
You'll also need, Adobe Reader to view the Asus manual. If you do not have Adobe reader installed you can download it at; http://www.adobe.com/ by using the program Adobe, you will be able to zoom in on the layout page mentioned above. You will be able to see exactly where your disconnected wires need to be.
If you still have trouble you can email me at [email protected]

Cheers!
Mike

Asus mobo are junk, return it and buy something else

The power button on the front panel would definitely need to be hooked up to the motherboard so you can power up the computer.

If you have any usb slots or a media card reader on the front panel, or both, then you would need to hook those up as well, otherwise the main one you need to connect would be the power button.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket939/A8V-VM/e2421-a8v_vm.pdf

Install a PCI usb card to give you the USB connectors.

The manual is here: http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5S800-VM/e2419_p5s800-vm.pdf I don't see an internal Firewire connector, but you can buy a card for one.