(Brian Campbell) wrote in message news:<bcrvde$374$>...
> I hope those pinouts are correct, though they probably are because I know
> the k7sem pinouts are really screwed up. do not connect anything to the
> OC lead, because all you need for usb is +5v, data+, data-, and ground
Thanks -- no the pinouts on the card reader were all wrong so I had to
take them out of the plug and rearrange them .... thanks JA
>
> John Armstrong () wrote:
> : I just bought a 6 in 1 cardreader made by ECS and (googlegear.com
> : $9.99) and need to connect it to the internal USB header in my K7SEM
> : MB.
>
>
> : However the reader has only four leads and the header has 5..
>
> : the terminology for the pin layout (see below) is baffling to me.
>
> : http://www.ecsusa.com/support/p_k7sem.html
>
> : Pin 1 = VCC (I assume this is the power lead)
> : Pin 2 = OC ( I don't know what the hell this is for - best I can
> : figure it is to activate an LED during data transfer - does anybody
> : know if this is correct?)
> : Pin 3 = Data -
> : Pin 4 = Data +
> : Pin 5 = Ground
>
>
> : My confusion surrounds Pin2 - almost no other manfg uses 5 pins and
> : does anybody know what the extra pin is for and why ECS includes it on
> : many MBs?