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Fredxx wrote:
It's very common for motherboards to power USB ports when the computer
is shutdown, as long as power is going to the PS. The PS would normally
have an output labelled +5VSB or similar.

It looks to be a 'relatively' recent thing. The old MB fitted to that
computer didn't. But luckily there is a way to turn it off.

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