Quick mobo question!

harrisonjr98 · March 12, 2021

Hey all! Working with an older motherboard, Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H. It has two headers for front panel (non-USB-3.0) usb connections labeled FPUSB1 and FPUSB2. My question is, are they labeled like this because one of them supports USB 2 and one of them supports only USB 1? Or just because there’s two headers total, so... 1 and 2. Can’t find it in the mobo manual or online.

Dutch_Master · March 12, 2021

It has nothing to do with the USB version, just the amount.

harrisonjr98 · March 13, 2021

On 3/12/2021 at 1:38 AM, Dutch_Master said:

It has nothing to do with the USB version, just the amount.

Thanks! So there are some cases that require two FP connectors? Why would that be?

Dutch_Master · March 13, 2021

Lots and lots of front USB 1/2 connectors?

Anyway, questions you could have pretty obviously answered by actually reading the manual of your mainboard, right? And if you don't have that (anymore), look it up on the web.

harrisonjr98 · March 13, 2021

2 hours ago, Dutch_Master said:

Lots and lots of front USB 1/2 connectors?

Anyway, questions you could have pretty obviously answered by actually reading the manual of your mainboard, right? And if you don't have that (anymore), look it up on the web.

I'm not that daft, I promise! I actually did read the manual and believe it or not, it kinda didn't specify. Well, okay, it said "2.0/1.1 headers" but it didn't answer my question as to whether F_USB 2 was the 2.0 and F_USB 1 was the 1.1, or if they both supported 2.0.

HQi88 · March 13, 2021

40 minutes ago, harrisonjr98 said:

I'm not that daft, I promise! I actually did read the manual and believe it or not, it kinda didn't specify. Well, okay, it said "2.0/1.1 headers" but it didn't answer my question as to whether F_USB 2 was the 2.0 and F_USB 1 was the 1.1, or if they both supported 2.0.