Case Front USB 1394

tmpearson · 12-August-04, 10:42 PM

I'm modding a new case with front USB and 1394 jacks...

http://www.chieftec.com/products/Workcolor/Dragon.htm

My motherboard...
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...il.php?UID=496

...has a connecter for the front USB jacks but I can't see a connector for front 1394 jacks. Is there a way to use the rear jacks in the front?

Spectrum · 12-August-04, 10:42 PM

Use a 1394 extension cable.

TekXoID · 12-August-04, 10:56 PM

Here is the correct pin layout, and this will work perfectly, if you can find a place that has it in stock.

Cyno01 · 12-August-04, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by tmpearson


	I'm modding a new case with front USB and 1394 jacks... http://www.chieftec.com/products/Workcolor/Dragon.htm My motherboard... http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...il.php?UID=496 ...has a connecter for the front USB jacks but I can't see a connector for front 1394 jacks. Is there a way to use the rear jacks in the front?

Look harder, check the manual, i really doubt a board like that lacks a pinset for a 1395 header.

TekXoID · 12-August-04, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyno01


	Look harder, check the manual, i really doubt a board like that lacks a pinset for a 1395 header.

It does indeed lack headers, I checked his manual. One of those "fully-featured" "value" boards.

Cyno01 · 12-August-04, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by TekXoID


	It does indeed lack headers, I checked his manual. One of those "fully-featured" "value"* boards.*

Wow, 2 SATA ports, but no firewire header, weirdness...

tmpearson · 12-August-04, 11:07 PM

Thanks for the help!

So the 1394 extetion cable needs to plug into the rear 1394 jack and come back through my case into the front?! If so, is there a PCI card with a 1394 header mount?

TekXoID · 12-August-04, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tmpearson


	Thanks for the help! So the 1394 extetion cable needs to plug into the rear 1394 jack and come back through my case into the front?! If so, is there a PCI card with a 1394 header mount?

Without something like what I linked you to, you are not going to be able
to have firewire up front using your onboard 1394 FireWire controller...

If you could get a firewire port wiring diagram, and find out the correct colors for each wire, then you could make your own custom header-to-port cable for each of the front ports.

Personally I would just buy a PCI card that has onboard headers, then connect your front ports to that.
I am yet to find one with more than one internal header, and One port up front is not worth a $20 PCI card...

Cyno01 · 12-August-04, 11:41 PM

Forget the front port, and buy an awsome hub like this and hook it up in the back.

12-August-04, 10:42 PM		#1 (permalink)
tmpearson Apex Techie Wannabe	Case Front USB 1394 I'm modding a new case with front USB and 1394 jacks... http://www.chieftec.com/products/Workcolor/Dragon.htm My motherboard... http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...il.php?UID=496 ...has a connecter for the front USB jacks but I can't see a connector for front 1394 jacks. Is there a way to use the rear jacks in the front?

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12-August-04, 10:42 PM		#2 (permalink)
Spectrum Former GameApex Editor	Use a 1394 extension cable.

12-August-04, 10:56 PM		#3 (permalink)
TekXoID Banned	Here is the correct pin layout, and this will work perfectly, if you can find a place that has it in stock.

12-August-04, 11:07 PM		#7 (permalink)
tmpearson Apex Techie Wannabe	Thanks for the help! So the 1394 extetion cable needs to plug into the rear 1394 jack and come back through my case into the front?! If so, is there a PCI card with a 1394 header mount?

12-August-04, 11:41 PM		#9 (permalink)
Cyno01 Apex Tech God	Forget the front port, and buy an awsome hub like this and hook it up in the back.