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Guy's sorry about all the ranting and so forth about this problem.
I've got a new motherboard on order from Christchurch and I should have it within a couple of days.
Should have done this from the start.
BTW, I never realised that motherboards were so cheap, what with them being the heart of the system, I was expecting to pay up to $400!.
So where is all the expense in a computer?.

Profit!! Wellll....That and overseas shipping charges.

Well Guys,
The new Motherboard is in, I'm glad to report!.
USB ports are all working and accounted for.
I now have 4 USB ports at my disposal, lord knows what for, I only have one USB device.
And for some really wierd reason, my PSU fan is a lot quieter(yes it is still spinning!).
Also, the computer is well out of harms way these days!.

Trumpy;

Glad to hear the good news!!! Computers can be very stubborn at times, and getting to the root problem sometimes becomes a quest!
Heck, there's been a few times where I just could not get a certain issue resolved, and after several hours of non productive attempts, just gave up and went to bed. While dreaming, found the solution!
Wierd Science, or what!

Now your next task is to get the Digital Camera to speak successfully to the corn-puter ,which should be the fun filled excitement you already have witnessed!

If you have an archived copy of the drivers used before, that's great! otherwise it's back to the download site.

Wishing you good luck.
Scott35

p.s. did you ever find out the maker of the original motherboard? maybe we can use it for an "inside" term for Frustration here at ECN

Hey Scott,
I've just found out what type that old motherboard was.
It was an FIC AZ-11E.
I'm now using an ASRock K7VM4 and it's not too bad either, although I had to buy some new RAM
While I got around to fixing up my system I thought I'd get a new case as well.
And today I just realised that it has 2 USB ports and a headphone and a microphone socket on the side of it at the front, until now I never knew existed! (the wires were inside the front panel).
I've now got 6 USB ports at my disposal and 1 device to connect to them all.
This power supply is also a lot quiter than my old one too.

[This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 12-26-2003).]