Power light question

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Puting together a new mother board and case. The power on light from the
case has a two pin connector, where the pins are next to each other. The
mother board has two pins also but is seperated by a blank pin in the
middle. I am thinking a 3 pin connector with a 'blank' or not used pin in
the middle would have been the right choice. Is this normal, common on most
MB and cases. I am replacing a 5 yr old system. TIA
 
MikeG said:
Puting together a new mother board and case. The power on light from the
case has a two pin connector, where the pins are next to each other. The
mother board has two pins also but is seperated by a blank pin in the
middle. I am thinking a 3 pin connector with a 'blank' or not used pin in
the middle would have been the right choice. Is this normal, common on
most MB and cases. I am replacing a 5 yr old system. TIA
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although two adjacent pins are usually the case...
there seems to be no real standard
 
Puting together a new mother board and case. The power on light from the
case has a two pin connector, where the pins are next to each other. The
mother board has two pins also but is seperated by a blank pin in the
middle. I am thinking a 3 pin connector with a 'blank' or not used pin in
the middle would have been the right choice. Is this normal, common on most
MB and cases. I am replacing a 5 yr old system. TIA
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Power LED with a blank pin position is more common but both
are used. Some cases don't accomodate both, unfortunately.
If you have a spare 3-position plastic connector shell you
can use a thin object (like tip of a knife blade or a
needle) to gently pry up the locking tabs or depress tabs
inside the shell (whichever applies) and remove the
connectors to reinsert in the 3-position shell.

If you dont' have a 3 position shell you might look around
for old/abandoned computers as they're commonly used on the
LED or speaker connections... perhaps at a mom-n-pop
computer shop, surely they would be able to cough up a
suitable connector for free or cheap.
 
Was able to scrounge thru my junk pile and 'borrowed' a 3 pin connector from
an old case. Got one of the wife's needles and was pleasantly surprised how
easy it was to remove and reinsert the pins from the 2 pin plug to the 3 pin
plug. My connectors were the pry up plastic type. YEAH!!!! Light is on.
TX Kony
 
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