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From: tmort on 2 Sep 2006 02:25 Things are pretty tight and hard to see, but I think my new motherboard requires different connectors than those that are on my IBM Netvista case. I have a Biostare system board. I find that the: Audio in from the CD ROM connector has four holes but the connector is thicker than the motherboard will accept The connectors going to the front USB ports are different on the motherboard and the IBM case The distance between the rows of holes on the front panel On/Off switch are different than the pins on the motherboard. Do I just need smaller hands and better glasses or could this be the case. If so are there adapters? Thanks
From: Rod Speed on 2 Sep 2006 02:31 tmort(a)ci.grand-rapids.mi.us wrote: > Things are pretty tight and hard to see, but I think > my new motherboard requires different connectors > than those that are on my IBM Netvista case. > I have a Biostare system board. I find that the: > Audio in from the CD ROM connector has four holes but > the connector is thicker than the motherboard will accept You dont need that at all anymore. > The connectors going to the front USB ports are > different on the motherboard and the IBM case Very likely, the better ones have individual wires with individual sockets on each wire. > The distance between the rows of holes on the front panel > On/Off switch are different than the pins on the motherboard. Again, same as with the front USB ports. > Do I just need smaller hands and better glasses Nope. > or could this be the case. Yes, its very likely with a branded system like the Netvista. > If so are there adapters? Nope. You could just get a new case.
From: Rod Speed on 2 Sep 2006 02:31 tmort(a)ci.grand-rapids.mi.us wrote: > Things are pretty tight and hard to see, but I think > my new motherboard requires different connectors > than those that are on my IBM Netvista case. > I have a Biostare system board. I find that the: > Audio in from the CD ROM connector has four holes but > the connector is thicker than the motherboard will accept You dont need that at all anymore. > The connectors going to the front USB ports are > different on the motherboard and the IBM case Very likely, the better ones have individual wires with individual sockets on each wire. > The distance between the rows of holes on the front panel > On/Off switch are different than the pins on the motherboard. Again, same as with the front USB ports. > Do I just need smaller hands and better glasses Nope. > or could this be the case. Yes, its very likely with a branded system like the Netvista. > If so are there adapters? Nope. You could just get a new case.
From: visions of effty on 2 Sep 2006 02:53 <tmort(a)ci.grand-rapids.mi.us> wrote in message news:1157178319.183359.140220(a)i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > Things are pretty tight and hard to see, but I think my new motherboard > requires different connectors than those that are on my IBM Netvista > case. > > I have a Biostare system board. I find that the: > > Audio in from the CD ROM connector has four holes but the connector is > thicker than the motherboard will accept > > The connectors going to the front USB ports are different on the > motherboard and the IBM case > > The distance between the rows of holes on the front panel On/Off switch > are different than the pins on the motherboard. > > Do I just need smaller hands and better glasses or could this be the > case. If so are there adapters? > > Thanks > This isn't probably what you want to hear. If I'm in a fix, I usually use a razor blade! There really aren't many standards to those front panel connectors. A lot of cases nowadays ship with each seperate wire in it's own little black "nub" for that reason. So you can mix them into the appropriate block of four (or whatever) for your motherboard. Its usually not a problem for the power switches and such. Those are pretty standard. Where you run into problems is (like you said) the USB headers and the audio headers. What I do is carefully cut the black plastic into pieces with a very sharp razor (not all at once, a few cuts), get the pieces to spec (like flat, and square, wires in the right order), then "reassemble" it with scotch tape. FWIW, you probably won't need the audio out on your CD-ROM. That's kind of an outdated thing on those. If you have old cases or computers, save those wires! If you have the right end piece you can just splice the wires! I hope this helps. I know it sounds ghetto. Good luck! ~e.
From: Paul on 2 Sep 2006 10:35
In article <1157178319.183359.140220(a)i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, tmort(a)ci.grand-rapids.mi.us wrote: > Things are pretty tight and hard to see, but I think my new motherboard > requires different connectors than those that are on my IBM Netvista > case. > > I have a Biostare system board. I find that the: > > Audio in from the CD ROM connector has four holes but the connector is > thicker than the motherboard will accept > > The connectors going to the front USB ports are different on the > motherboard and the IBM case > > The distance between the rows of holes on the front panel On/Off switch > are different than the pins on the motherboard. > > Do I just need smaller hands and better glasses or could this be the > case. If so are there adapters? > > Thanks If a connector pin spacing is different, sometimes it is possible to pull the wire and pin out of one hole, and place it back into another hole. This page shows how to pry up the tab on the connector shell, so that the wire and pin can be extracted. If the shell is still too wide to fit, you can always trim it down, being careful not to damage the "cells" where the wire+pin lives. http://frontx.com/head_con.html The frontx site also has replacement plastic shells and crimpable pins, and you can get enough stuff from them, to "reterminate" at least some of your wire assemblies. Electronics stores are another source of materials, and I only have one store in town that actually carries enough variety to solve a problem like this. http://frontx.com/order_c.html Paul |