Asus Rog PG279Q - USB

[Mr.C]

Hello,

I am a newbie by nature so excuse me for what might be a silly question.

I am running out of USB ports on my desktop, and I noticed that the monitor has to USB 3.0 ports but whenever I plug something into them, doesn't work, I am thinking camera (Logitech c920 or mic blue snowball) or mouse or anything else, any ideas? I have plugged in both HDMI and DisplayPort, had only DP until today.

Have a Nvidia 980 and a Antec something case with 3 USB 3.0 ports on the front, only 1 works for some strange reason(in device manager i have no yellow warning on any of the usb) and on the back another 4 USB 3.0 and 2 USB 2.0 ports.

Is is a software issue?what i am missing? 

thank you

[AverageHardware]

There is a USB B to A that you need to hookup between your PC/Monitor in order for the monitor ports to work.

[Mr.C]

the square one is USB B?

[xnoobftw]

1 minute ago, Mr.C said:

the square one is USB B?

Yes

[Mr.C]

OMG< saved my life :)))) thank you....

anything i can do about the front UBS ports or should i open another topic in a relevant thread?

[Verrierr]

5 minutes ago, Mr.C said:

OMG< saved my life :)))) thank you....

anything i can do about the front UBS ports or should i open another topic in a relevant thread?

YOu might want to see if the internal header from your front panel is plugged into correct slot on your mobo.

[OddsCrazyStuff]

Check your closet (or where ever you store parts), the cable you need is in the stuff that came with the monitor.

[ALwin]

7 minutes ago, Mr.C said:

OMG< saved my life :)))) thank you....

anything i can do about the front UBS ports or should i open another topic in a relevant thread?

You have to treat the USB ports on the monitor like ports on a USB hub.  The HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI cables do not carry USB data signals.  Hence you need a USB cable from the PC to the monitor (the USB B) to act as the cable that connects the computer to the hub.

 

Same thing with USB ports on a PC case's front panels, for this you should have a cable in the case that connects the front panel to the USB header on the logic board.

[Mr.C]

Just now, Verrierr said:

YOu might want to see if the internal header from your front panel is plugged into correct slot on your mobo.

well that's beyond my skill level so I will let it be, it worked until a few months ago. Didn't install new windows or anything, just out of the blue 2 of them stop working,

[ALwin]

2 minutes ago, Mr.C said:

well that's beyond my skill level so I will let it be, it worked until a few months ago. Didn't install new windows or anything, just out of the blue 2 of them stop working,

Perhaps the cable somehow became disconnected, did you build the PC yourself or was it pre-built?  Perhaps referring to the manuals that came with the logic board or PC when you bought it would help you trouble shoot the connection issues.

 

This is a photo of a USB 2.0 header

 

This is a photo of a USB 3.0 header

[AverageHardware]

2 minutes ago, Mr.C said:

well that's beyond my skill level so I will let it be, it worked until a few months ago. Didn't install new windows or anything, just out of the blue 2 of them stop working,

It is extremely simple. Just watch a Linus video on how to build a PC. You won't break anything.

[ALwin]

These are USB 2 and USB 3 cables that go into their respective headers

[Mr.C]

1 hour ago, ALwin said:

These are USB 2 and USB 3 cables that go into their respective headers

 

This forum is EPIC!....:)) that's exactly the cable that was just a bit loose, when i looked inside it looked hooked but saw the picture and decided to look again, pulled a bit and it was to easy to remove, push back good and works!!

thank you all

[Porknz]

Wondering if I can ask about this topic again?  I just started using some arctis 7's tonight and I'm finding that with my keyboard, mouse, camera, heaphones, wireless device for my headphones, wireless device for my madden controller and my a2+'s I'm one short on usb's.  If I could use my monitor, I think I'd have just enough to not have to crawl around and swap cables.  I have the cable that seems to be mentioned above connect between my monitor and my gpu, but I don't seem to have usb connection on the monitor.  I initially connected my arctis 7's and the wireless device to the monitor and got nothing.  Connected them both to the pc instead and they worked instantly.

 

Thanks for any further help.

[Porknz]

Okay.  Stupid here.  The photo is referencing the cable that is NOT there correct?