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Power LED connector..

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For some reason on most motherboard the power LED connector has 2 pins... however, on the Lanbox Lite, the head for the power LED is 3 pins??

Is there a converter to make the 3 pins -> 2 pins?

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O O O (the header on the LED.)


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I I (the motherboard)
 
i had to same problem.

i had to break the led connector (if you look there is only 2 wires on the 3 pins) and i made a new plug out of an old boards plugs
 
That's a fairly common problem. As the above poster says, you'll have to break the connector. The center hole shouldn't have a wire in it, so just take a pair of wire cutters, snap it in the middle, and cut off the excess plastic. You should then be able to fit the individual connectors next to each other on the mobo header.
 
Thats really common, I think its happened to me like every time. You don't need to cut anything, though. Just pull the wires out and swap them so they will fit on the mobo. You need a knife to lift the plastic safety, then you can just pull the wire out with your finger. The power LED is usually on the edge of the mobo pins, so you can just leave the extra piece of plastic, it won't hurt anything.
 
I use to have a Mb that had both headers so I know its a common problem.

If you dont want to cut the header apart, you can simply move one wire from the outside to the middle if you got room for it to hang over a bit. i dont think theres any adapters but you can probably make your own, I am sure digikey has the stuff you will need to make one.
http://www.asrock.com/support/qa/TSDQA-17.pdf found this for you to explain better scrool down to Q #3
 
why do have people to break everything ??? Just move the wires like diablo2k said, im doing that all the time.Never had the need to break any connector.
 
game14 said:
why do have people to break everything ??? Just move the wires like diablo2k said, im doing that all the time.Never had the need to break any connector.
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Just use a razor blade or xacto knife to lift the plastic tab which holds the metal contact in the connector. You can then slide the contact out of the connector body, and slide it back into the middle slot. As mods go, this one is pretty easy ;)

While you have the wires out of the connector, sleeve them :D
 
You don't have to break the connector. There are adapters. I bought one at Fry's for like $2.

Before I got the adapter, I just ran a piece of wire from one hole ot the next and plugged it in to the 2-pin connector.
 
Some of us like to reuse an/or sell our hardware after initial use - broken hardware generally doesn't sell as well.
 
That's perfectly understandable and I agree, I'd rather buy something used but in like-new condition, than something working but semi broken lol. But the mod I'm referring to is 100% completely reversible and does no damage to anything. You just lift a the plastic tab and slide the pin out and into the other slot. Ghetto modding it though..... I definitely won't recommend:D
 
Down8 said:
Some of us like to reuse an/or sell our hardware after initial use - broken hardware generally doesn't sell as well.
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It's not broken, you're just modifying the connector to work in all motherboards. It can be very clean if done properly.
 
Zero82z said:
That's a fairly common problem. As the above poster says, you'll have to break the connector. The center hole shouldn't have a wire in it, so just take a pair of wire cutters, snap it in the middle, and cut off the excess plastic. You should then be able to fit the individual connectors next to each other on the mobo header.
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The past tense of break is still broken, right?
 
Down8 said:
The past tense of break is still broken, right?
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Broken implies damaged to a point where operation is impaired. Technically you're breaking the plastic, yes, however, it's not actually damaged per se. In fact, you're actually making it work better. I wouldn't consider that broken, although technically speaking I suppose it would be.
 
Let's not argue about stupid things please.

Everyone can do what they want, and everyone has their reasons. Let's leave it at that.
 
Discussion != arguing.

Your Original Question said:
Is there a converter to make the 3 pins -> 2 pins?
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The answer was yes, as I provided above.
 
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