Turn the computer around.
The USB ports on the back of the Wii are for connecting accessories such as WiiSpeak or a keyboard.
Yes: All USB ports work the same way.
You can attach it to any USB connector on your computer. They are usually found in the back on PCs, but if you have any on the front you can use them. On laptops, the USB ports are usually found on the sides.
Well depending on what usb ports it has usb 3 ports are the best to use.
A Dell Dimension 1100 has two USB 2.0 ports on the front and four USB 2.0 ports on the back. Therefore, you should look for an external hard drive with a USB 2.0 interface. USB 1.1 and 1.0 will work as well, but are much slower, so you probably won't want to use them.
Use the USB ports in the back of the wii.
Yes, you can use the power over ethernet for the USB ports.
If you are refering to a port on a computer. There are usually other ports you can try to use instead. I have this problem on mine and the back ports in the back of the computer work fine. But the front do not. Otherwise you would need to take it and get it serviced.
RS-232 serial ports are far slower than USB ports. With very few exceptions, devices that use USB ports would be impractical to use on a serial port.
There are more than 1 USB ports on the Xbox 360, use another port.
Any of the usb ports or the ones it fits. You should have a couple under your disc drives in front not in use.
Without those ports at the back, you would have no where to plug your monitor, your mouse, your keyboard, your printer, your scanner etc...