interesting. I found that the huge ic on the board is a MC68HC908BD48 Microcontroller Unit that has usb data outputs, it connects directly to DM3 and DP3 so it would seem I am on the right track, this also means that even though the brightness control board and the power board are the same part numbers, it would appear that (since I know the power button on the monitor does not use usb) it does not turn into a usb device until it reached the MC68HC908BD48 chip. Now I am almost certain I could wire up a hub to the data +/- of the brightness/usb ports but I am not sure if I could use the same 5v or if I would have to find a new way to get power in there. I would have to leave some things connected I could always make a adc/usb adapter to test it on another computer before I install it and kill the display