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Can a usb 3.0 rear panel plug into a usb 2.0 plug on motherboard and work as a usb 2.0 connector? I am asking as i have a spare usb 3.0 panel connector i may purchase as a bundle and don’t want to waste.

I have installed a second front panel with two usb 2.0 sockets and audio plugs. My computers old duplicate front panel is still installed but had faulty audio so have unplugged just the audio from the motherboard left the USB 2.0 sockets to still use though. I have 4 USB 2.0 sockets now...

Hi, I have a maxtor m3 3tb usb 3 portable hard drive that was formatted for gamesa and apps on an xbox one s. I am repurposing the hard disk for my windows pro 10 pc. I have run into a problem reformatting with Disk Management. When I open Disk Management it asks me to initialise the...

hi, thank you for the reply @popatim - i have tried what you have suggested but it did not work. i checked the card again after but it does not say it has unallocated space. The card is behaving like it is write protected and i can not make any changes to this. i have tried taking write...

Hi all, I have an issue with micro sd 64gb memory card. I had 2 cards with same issues but managed to fix one. The card is not detected in windows 10 but can see it in partition software and disk management. It says it is using gpt and one of my issues is making it mbr as this seemed to fix...

I have had 2 systems with amd boards using an amd fx8350 CPU. The first board that the blank screen arose on is a ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 that ran for a year or so and I moved all components to a second motherboard the same problem arose with after about 8 months using a ASUS M5A78L-M PLUS USB 3...

hi all, been having trouble with my motherboard ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3, had pc bios repair 12 months ago and suspect the issue has returned. At the moment there isn’t any error bleeps when switching on, fans running and motherboard has power but black screen no boot messages at all. I think i...

can anyone let me know what the difference is between these two motherboards and which is best as the first of the two seems to be more expensive - ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 ASUS M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 thanks in advance for any info and why one has the PLUS in its name!

thanks for the info. will i be able to convert the second drive to a logical drive while preserving data?

how do i change a windows drive to a data drive without losing the data on the disk? i am trying to use a ssd to be boot dive with windows 10 on it and another sata drive that has windows on it as a data drive. I just want the data on the sata drive and not boot from it. somehow the bios...

thanks, it works.

I am putting a motherboard inside a case and am not sure about the reset button on the case. The power button is working ok, but i am wondering if i have the reset button connectors the wrong way around on the motherboard. My question really is can i do any damage if i experiment which way...

is this a good choice of water cooler, Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 CPU Liquid Cooler. the stock fan cooler is running too high over the recommended 61c limit. Would this be good on a asus m5a78l usb 3 motherboard? i am trying to save space over something like an evo fan cooler, would...

Hi, can anyone guide me on how to connect the system motherboard speaker to m5a78-lm usb 3 motherboard. Not sure which way it goes round, there are black and red wires on the four pin plug, dont want to damage it, thanks in advance.

can installing a (compatible) previously working cpu into my pc cause bios to display slower (after 5 or 10 minutes) and my pc to not recognise my keyboard to select delete to enter settings in bios?