I have an old motherboard from ASUS, the K7V. I started using a USB mouse/keyboard because after a month or two the system wouldn't respond to a keyboard or mouse being plugged into the PS/2 ports, even after I would vigorously wiggle them around (which sometimes worked). Now, it seems my USB ports on the motherboard do not detect anything either. ASUS was nice enough to send me a little USB connector that fits into a PCI slot but only has 2 USB ports, but I need 3 (I know I could be a USB hub... if thats what thye are called). Do you think there is no detection thru PS/2 or the USB on the motherboard because the ports burned out? The rest of it works fine, but could that be a sign that my motherboard is dying? If so, I think I should get a new one which would lead to an upgrade of a new system heh