I think I've seen both eg the more typical 5 pin on most Cameras MP3 players etc and then the 4 pin that comes on the Pentax Optio S4 for example.

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What he's got is a connector for a single USB port, not the double port that the motherboard connectors are built for.<BR><BR>The MB connector looks like this (poor ASCII drawing):<BR><BR>@@@@@<BR>@@@ ...

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