The backs ones work fine but the front ones when plugging in a device don't do anything nothing COMES up in wondows to say SOMETHING is in.

i opened the computer and made sure that the cable from the front USBS were inserted correctly into the motherboard and they were.

Device manager looks good too.
So what can i do?
Thanks
maybe check your bios???

and/or remove(under device manager)all USB, the re-boot and let all be re-installed...

Good LuckOlder computers often had problems with front USB ports wiring.thanks for the advice i checked bios and under usb settings it said there were 4 (which are the number of usb ports in the back) i changed this number to 6 from a drop down menu and i thought i ad solved the problem, but they are still not orking. i even uninstalled the usb in device manager and when i rebooted they got reinstalled but still nothing.

After choosing 6 i did get an extra controller in device manager.

By the way its not an old computer i just built this.Double check your connections to the front panel header...
If it's not working reverse the polarity on the pins.