Subj : usb 2.0 VIA. To : Jean Parrot From : Tom Walker Date : Tue Nov 16 2004 12:22 pm -> GM> The cable going to the front panel ports has eight wires: -> GM> blue D2+ -> GM> yellow D2- -> GM> purple D3+ -> GM> green D3- -> GM> brown power -> GM> red power -> GM> orange ground -> GM> white ground -> GM> How can I determine what colored power and what colored ground wires -> GM> should be grouped with each D# set? -> "Normally", these wires are grouped as: Power-D2+,D2-,Grd and -> the same for D3. I do not have my reference here so you will have to -> ask somebody else. This information I found on a MoBo data sheet. And since there is NO MB standard some pins, Typicaly there are 10 pins but only 8 active, are i ntwo rows of 5 each. the tricky part and the reason you need the Exact MB bookles is that some have the pin 1 next to each other in the two rows and others have the Pin 1 on opposite corners of the Two rows. Once you have located the Pin 1's the order is: VCC USBP0- USBP0+ Gnd NC or Gnd --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5 * Origin: Shakey Jake's *ALL FREE BBS* Santee, CA (1:202/1324) .