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help with power switch wire on case

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ericchin90

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i have a three pin plug for the power switch on my case, but my mobo can only support 2 pins? how would i fit it on there? should i just cut wires and put it on there, or go buy an adapter?

Thanks in advance
 
Use a small jewelers screwdriver or a needle and remove the pin and move it over to the middle pin. If you look at the underside of the connector, you will see a small piece of plastic that secures the wire in the connector, if you gently raise that small tab of plastic, the wire will slip out of the connector allowing you to move it to the center. This of course is provided you have the space to let the spare connector now hang over the edge (if you dont have that space, a set of wire cutters can clip that excess plastic off). I hope that make sense. If you still dont get when I get home I can take pictures of what I mean (at work)...
 
I don't get it either. Most other things are standardized in computers. Its a bunch a bullshit, very annoying. :mad:

It's not just the individual plugs. What is so hard about making a standard and all the companies having one big plug that matches the standard. So instead of having to plug all the little (power LED, reset LED, power switch, etc) there can just be one big plug for all. :rolleyes:
 
Well, a lot of older motherboards went with the pin-space-pin pattern. Nowadays pretty much all I see is the 2 pins side by side pattern, and yes, it should be standardized for that.

However, most any case I've run across with the older style 3-pin plug (with the middle empty) has had a 3-pin male to 2-pin female adaptor with it, just so it can handle either style. I have had to do the moving the pin trick, and usually use an exacto knife blade to lift the plastic piece.

It's so easy, the only thing you have to remember is to figure out which pin to move, or you'll get to move one again! ;)
 
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