ok I have made a great media centre pc and have housed it in a great looking box with plenty of usb ports integrated neatly. The problem i have is the board i use for the media centre pc doesnt have enough usb headers on it to cater for the feature of the box. I need an additional header, thus allowing for the 2 spare usb ports currently on the box. I know that usb hubs are available and require an external power source in most situations so with that in mind, i thought that i could wire up the additional ports to an internal heade but instead of including the 5v power and ground, bypass that to a fan header on the motherboard thus catering for the what would be an external power supply for an external usb hub. Anyone know if this is possible? I present a diagram but it is basically a general idea, i still am unsure if it will work.
Have a look below, again i am unsure if i this will work or if i need to include some other components or anything. Any help would be great!!!
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3950/usb111.png
Have a look below, again i am unsure if i this will work or if i need to include some other components or anything. Any help would be great!!!
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3950/usb111.png