Hey guys
Few days ago I swapped the guts of my sister's computer into a case I had from another system. Her PC was newer/faster but the case had a broken power button and 20yrs old so only a single 80mm fan.
Swap went fine, except when I went to restore files.
Case had 4 ports on the front. 2xUSB2.x and 2xUSB3.x.
If I plug my external backup drive (Orico 2.5" USB 3.0) into the USB2 slots it powers up and works fine. In the USB3 slots it does nothing. If I plug it into the USB3 slots on my computer it works fine, and if I plug a USB thumb drive into the ports on my sister's system they work fine as well. So basically, all the ports work fine, and the drive works fine on my USB3 port. Drive works on her USB2, not USB3... light won't come on so thinking lack of power.
So, question is... should the board supply enough power for the drive? are the ports on the case not working properly? or is it all working properly, just either the board or case has an under powered USB3 port? Trying to determine if there is an issue or not before I get too much into troubleshooting.
Case: Rosewill Line-M
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS
Few days ago I swapped the guts of my sister's computer into a case I had from another system. Her PC was newer/faster but the case had a broken power button and 20yrs old so only a single 80mm fan.
Swap went fine, except when I went to restore files.
Case had 4 ports on the front. 2xUSB2.x and 2xUSB3.x.
If I plug my external backup drive (Orico 2.5" USB 3.0) into the USB2 slots it powers up and works fine. In the USB3 slots it does nothing. If I plug it into the USB3 slots on my computer it works fine, and if I plug a USB thumb drive into the ports on my sister's system they work fine as well. So basically, all the ports work fine, and the drive works fine on my USB3 port. Drive works on her USB2, not USB3... light won't come on so thinking lack of power.
So, question is... should the board supply enough power for the drive? are the ports on the case not working properly? or is it all working properly, just either the board or case has an under powered USB3 port? Trying to determine if there is an issue or not before I get too much into troubleshooting.
Case: Rosewill Line-M
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS