🚀 go-pugleaf

I bought a USB port, but I can't figure out where to plug it in.  There were
two types, one with two 5-pin USB plugs and the other with one plug of two
rows, I forget how many pins, but more than 5.  I bought the one with two
sets of 5 pins because I had a spare connector like that on my motherboard.
It turns out that it was the wrong one, however, because the computer won't
power up when I plug the USB port in there.  I also tried plugging it into a
set of pins labeled com2, just for shits and giggles.  Didn't work.

I have a motherboard of unknown make.  The CMOS setup has an option to
disable/enable USB, and windows 98 detects both an Intel USB controler and a
USB root hub.  I have been told that this means my motherboard definatly has
built in USB support, still however, no USB.

Actually, Win 98 originally didn't detect USB, but when installing a
scanner, the software said I had and should use USB, but it needed to be
enabled, which the software did for me.  Now Win98 detects USB even if I
disable it in the bios.

So, am I just blind, or does there have to be a set of pins to plug this
thing into?  Might the BIOS and Windows 98 say I have a USB controller when
I really don't?

TIA
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Adam