My new budget box: some USB problems, and CPU multiplier question

hey, just put together my "new" pc for $130! had some old stuff to put in it, specs are:
msi k7n2 delta2-lsr
athlon xp 2800+ 333mhz barton
(the rest here is old stuff that's still running fine)
crucial ram: 1x 512, 1x256, both 266mhzl
160gb maxtor hd
radeon all-in-wonder 7500
sound blaster audigy
case (2 fans plus an air duct leading to the processor)w/350w power supply,
it's mainly for an entertainment center, going in/out to/from a 5.1 reciever, tv, dvd player, the works.
maybe some light gaming too, nothing harder to run than halo.
i had to reuse the d-bracket from my old k7n266 board, the new one didn't come with one. :(
and for some reason its usb ports do not work: neither do my two front usb ports that are built
into the case. the onboard ports all seem to work, andwindows shows in device manager:
standard enhanced pci to usb controller (x1),
standard openhcd usb host controller (x2),
and usb root hub (x3). pretty sure that means they all should work? i've swapped the plugs
around with no luck anyway. i was mainly wondering if there's some bios setting i've overlooked
to get these working, if not, anyone have any other ideas?
also wondering where i should set my cpu multiplier, i generally understand that it's 166mhz *12.5 with
this processor, does that sound about right? i haven't set the muliplier yet in the bios, i just left it at
"cpu default". i'm waiting to get a new cpu fan before i mess with that. i was wondering if my admittedly
slow ram is at risk with either of these settings, i'm not looking to buy more anytime soon (my laptop
is my "real" computer anyway, handles doom3 pretty well). actually i'm kind of confused on the
motherboard's fsb: it's supposed to be 400mhz, but it only goes up to 200 settable in bios? or is that
400mhz calculated only in windows, when you get the nforce2 drivers going?

CPU multipliers on the bartons are locked. You need to do a mod to be able to change it.
With your memory being 266MHz that will hold you back. You may be able to overclock it so it is running the 333MHz but your system may become unstable. You may want to consider getting PC2700 memory or better.
As far as the USB, make sure you do not have pin 10 plugged in (there is no connector for pin 9). There are some topics talking about this. Just do a quick search. Or as phextor mentioned there are some stickys about it. Read through them and try the suggestions, if that doesn't work post back and we will try to get it taken care of. As far as bios settings on some I know there is an option on how many USB ports are in the system. This is usually under integrated peripherals. Make sure it is at 8 ports or all.
Good Luck
Jeremy

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