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- Apr 1, 2002
Well, didn't know where to put this, so it ended up in General Hardware.
I'm throwing together a MP3 playing / picture viewing / living room computer for my parents. I came across a P3B-F not long ago, so it's going to be based on that (running a passively cooled Tualeron - quiet is key).
Unfortunately USB 2.0 didn't exist when the P3B-F was made, so it's only got two USB 1.1 ports on it.
Because my parents will want a card reader in it (and my dad has USB hard drives he whips around) USB 2.0 is really nice, so I decided to pick up a USB 2.0 controller.
After looking hard for a non-VIA controller I picked up a generic five port controller based on the NEC D720101 for CDN$15:
But I want three internal headers, so...
I'm throwing together a MP3 playing / picture viewing / living room computer for my parents. I came across a P3B-F not long ago, so it's going to be based on that (running a passively cooled Tualeron - quiet is key).
Unfortunately USB 2.0 didn't exist when the P3B-F was made, so it's only got two USB 1.1 ports on it.
Because my parents will want a card reader in it (and my dad has USB hard drives he whips around) USB 2.0 is really nice, so I decided to pick up a USB 2.0 controller.
But I want three internal headers, so...