Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.soyo (
More info?)
Ken,
Thanx for the info. I haven't bothered fooling around to get the Chieftec
front panel ports working since I don't really need them currently. I do
have a USB 2 PCI card and front bay add-on in another machine that I may
move if all else fails.
Yeah, I got taken by the Soyo rebate scam. It's not a bad board, i.e. it
meets my needs. However, if I was aware of the Soyo rebate problems, I would
have purchased a different board.
I've never had a problem getting rebates before. I've even gotten rebates
from liquor vendors, light bulb manufactures, BestBuy, etc fairly quickly
and sometimes for only a couple of dollars.
Another problem with Soyo is their complete lack of response to emails about
the rebates and technical issues with the board.. I've sent them 2 different
emails on the same subject and haven't received an answer yet (except for
the canned reply that they will get back to me in 24 - 48 hours) and these
emails were sent in early Dec.
Soyo can safely assume that I will not buy any other Soyo products and I
will discourage others from using their products.
Wayne
"Ken Marsh" <kmarsh@fellspt.charm.net> wrote in message
news:HReHd.8$ck3.2808@news.abs.net...
> In article <5s9Fd.134857$Uf.78467@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
> GuessWho <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> #The SY-P4i865PE Plus Dragon2 v1.0 has mobo connectors for an additional 4
> #USB ports. I have a case that has 2 front USB ports but I can't get these
> to
> #work.
>
> Got taken in the rebate scam too, huh? Anyway, I got these to work on my
> SY-P4i865PE Plus Dragon2 v1.0, on a Soyo BayOne 6.1 none the less.
>
> #The cable to the case ports can only be plugged into the mobo connectors
> in
> #one orientation and everything in BIOS is enabled.
>
> There is no guarantee that the "only" orientation is also the "correct"
> orientation. On an older Soyo board, I had to pull the pins out of the
> back of a panel connector and put them back in, in the "Soyo order". I
> can't remember if it was CD-sound or USB, though.
>
> # I've tried both mobo
> #connectors and neither one works on the front case ports. The 4 USB ports
> on
> #the IO panel work using the same device I'm trying to use on the front
> panel
> #ports.
>
> #What am I overlooking?
>
> 1. Your front panel ports may be broken.
>
> 2. Your front panel ports may be pinned-out differently.
>
> 3. Your extra Mobo USB ports may be broken.
>
> Let's hope it's #2. #1 is not so bad since you can buy a 3.5" expansion
> port for $10 from Koutech or somebody else.
>
> Ken.
> --
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mail: kmarsh at charm dot net | Close the VT SVC Ctr boondoggle and
> WWW:
http://www.charm.net/~kmarsh | return services to local CIS offices!
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram