when the connectors from the case don't fit the mobo?

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Just bought an antec sonata II case, and an asus P5PE-VM mobo.

Several connectors from the Antec case don't fit the pins on the mobo:

speaker
power-ON LED
possibly some more

I thought these are standard connectors.
What is the solution? The only thing I can think of is to buy connectors
that fit the mobo, then cut the wires from the case and solder on the new
connectors. A lot of work for 4 little wires.
 
peter said:
Just bought an antec sonata II case, and an asus P5PE-VM mobo.

Several connectors from the Antec case don't fit the pins on the mobo:

speaker
power-ON LED
possibly some more

I thought these are standard connectors.
What is the solution? The only thing I can think of is to buy connectors that fit the
mobo, then cut the wires from the case and solder on the new connectors. A lot of work
for 4 little wires.
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when you say don't fit do you mean that the connector pinouts do not match or that the
connectors is completely wrong? If its the latter I go to the local hobby shop that deal
with RC cars, The connectors are of the same configuration and sizes of the pigtails of
many cases/mainboards.

If its a pinout situation you can remove the wires/connector guts from one hole and move
it to the next.
 
peter said:
Just bought an antec sonata II case, and an asus P5PE-VM mobo.

Several connectors from the Antec case don't fit the pins on the mobo:

speaker
power-ON LED
possibly some more

I thought these are standard connectors.
What is the solution? The only thing I can think of is to buy connectors
that fit the mobo, then cut the wires from the case and solder on the new
connectors. A lot of work for 4 little wires.
Click to expand...
This happens.
Sometimes it`s possible, with a pin or needle, to
remove the connector from the plastic housing.
Tape them together as you do so, (In the correct pairs)
And label them.
 
you can also try using a sharp knife to cut the plastics into single
connectors, and plug them.
 
peter said:
Just bought an antec sonata II case, and an asus P5PE-VM mobo.

Several connectors from the Antec case don't fit the pins on the mobo:

speaker
power-ON LED
possibly some more

I thought these are standard connectors.
What is the solution? The only thing I can think of is to buy connectors
that fit the mobo, then cut the wires from the case and solder on the new
connectors. A lot of work for 4 little wires.
Click to expand...


The power-on led connectors on my Lian LI cases don't fit on tyan
motherboards but they did fit on Gigabyte boards. The case connector has two
wires that run to the far sides of a three pin connector. The middle pin of
the connector has no wire. The Motherboard only has 2 pins side-by-side. I
just simply used a dremel tool to cut the case connector in half through the
empty connector leaving the connectors on either end intact. ...turned them
sideways and they fit just fine. ...took about 30 seconds.

Perhaps your power-on LED connector is similar?

Jeff
 
peter said:
Just bought an antec sonata II case, and an asus P5PE-VM mobo.

Several connectors from the Antec case don't fit the pins on the mobo:

speaker
power-ON LED
possibly some more

I thought these are standard connectors.
What is the solution? The only thing I can think of is to buy connectors
that fit the mobo, then cut the wires from the case and solder on the new
connectors. A lot of work for 4 little wires.
Click to expand...

Looking at the Asus manual, it looks like Asus decided to do something
non standard.

You may be able to build adapters with the parts here. Or take
the wires and pins, out of the plastic shells that Antec provides,
and use the 1x2 plastic shells here.

http://www.frontx.com/order_c.html

This page tells you how to pull the wire+pin, out of the
plastic shell.

http://www.frontx.com/head_con.html

Paul
 
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