old dell dimension L866r question

[SoM]

i've got an old Dell L866r sitting here, but cant find out what type of mobo it uses, i know its a P3 but thats about it. Dont see name on mobo itself and google didnt help.

the problem, there was a fire so firefighters sprayed some or alot of water on it and now only 1 USB port works and both PS/2 ports are dead, i wanna find out if the mobo supports an USB addon card since this would solve the problem, or maybe point me to the mobo manual.

[creep]

Dell makes their own motherboards... or has someone make them, whatever.

If it has a PCI slot, it's sure to 'support' a USB card.

[creep]

Although if 1 of the built-in ports works then you could get by with a hub.

[SoM]

Dell makes their own motherboards... or has someone make them, whatever.

If it has a PCI slot, it's sure to 'support' a USB card.

ya it does have PCI, i'll look at it again and see if i see an extra connector for USB

[SoM]

Although if 1 of the built-in ports works then you could get by with a hub.

i'd have to buy it then, but dont want too since i have an addon USB card with 4 USB's

[Foo]

Are you talking about a PCI addon card or simply a USB header bracket like this:

[SoM]

yeah foo thats it, but after looking at the mobo closely theres nowhere to connect it to the mobo. fucking dell

guess i'll have to get a hub

[creep]

Ahh... that's just a header. The "USB Controller" for those exists on the motherboard.

You said "card", so I assumed you meant an add-in USB Controller/Port card, which is different.

A hub still makes more sense... both are meager investments but you'll be more likely to reuse the hub sumeday.

[+JuggerNaut+]

SoM you cheap fucking bastard.