Modifying front panel connectors

!GasAxe! · 16 Oct 2009 at 11:19

Hi all I'm sure someone can help............

I'm replacing a motherboard on a Packard Bell PC which has a block connector for the Power Switch,Hdd Led,Pled etc this does not marry up with the replacement motherboard headers.

Is there something you can get to modify the wiring in any way or is it a DIY job

Cheers

Gas

Coldzero · 16 Oct 2009 at 11:23

Probz have to cut the block off and rewire into individual connectors salvaged from an old case.

!GasAxe! · 16 Oct 2009 at 11:26

thats whatI 've done in the past, just thought there might be a tidier solution

J.B · 16 Oct 2009 at 11:44

Cutting the block is the only way I think.

What I normally do if someone needs an upgrade on a system like a PB is just splash out 30/40 quid for a new case.

Coldzero · 16 Oct 2009 at 11:53

!GasAxe! said:
thats whatI 've done in the past, just thought there might be a tidier solution

Hmmm yeah, there might be an adapter but can't say iv ever seen/heard of one.

Anseur · 16 Oct 2009 at 19:17

My day job is for PC World where those machines come from, I can assure you, for the older ones, even WE can't get those front panels anymore. It's going to have to be a DIY job.

s1lversurfer · 16 Oct 2009 at 20:44

I use a Double-Row IDC Cable Connector for a ribbon cable relative to the number of header pins on the board.

With a multimeter I just stuck a pin in each of the female slots of the connector to determine which wire in the ribbon cable was right and then just soldered to the correct position on the case buttons.

Sure its a bit time consuming but its as clean a look as you can get.