USB connector issue

[syedali77]

I have a Vintron motherboard with Intel 810e chipset. There is a USB slot on the mobo for connecting the connector for making the port available at the back of the AT cabinet(which is not there at present).

When I connected the USB connector and turned on the PC a small component(probrbly a resistor) started burning out. I turned off the PC and disconnected the same before anything else could have had happened to my m/b. The connector I used for the purpose was spare from the Gigabyte 845GV motherboard box.

Can anybody explain the reason for the burn out and what type of connector must I use(besides using PCI to USB convertor); to use the USB capability on my m/b. Is is because the mobo is old?

-Ali

[ogden2k]

If I'm understanding your correctly, you wanted to hook up some front USB ports to the front of your case, or wherever, and used the USB cable -> USB head on the mobo, right? It sounds like you had the cable on backwards.

[oracleguy]

You used the USB head from a different motherboard? You can't do that, different manufactuers design the circuitry differently thus most of the time you can't do that.