Jumper-like caps connecting case LEDs/switches to motherboard

[Rhythmdvl]

Would someone help me out with the name of this part? I have an older case with a two-wire power LED heading into a 3-pin jumper-like doohickey that plugs into the motherboard?s ?10-1 pin F_Panel? (along with HDD light, switches, etc.). The problem is the pin block on the board doesn?t have room for a three-pin wide connector. I need to pull the wires out, put them in a two-pin connector, and be done with it.

But since I don?t know what they are actually called, I can?t find them. Shunts? Jumpers? Things like that lead to closed connections, not something I can put wires into.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Rhythm

 

[aigomorla]

You need 2 of these:

http://www.performance-pcs.com...0_190&products_id=1740


Or you can cut the 3 in the middle and shave down to fit 2.

There called header plugs. PPC has a few, but not the 2 your looking for.

 

[Zepper]

x-Pin (where x can be some small number) header connector shells or housings. You can move one contact to be next to the other and the empty location may either hang off or be on a pin that isn't otherwise used - if no room for the extra location, cut it off as it's not worth mail ordering just one 2-pin shell, unless you can find at a local computer repair shop. The method for changing contact locations (pretty simple) is shown on the http://www.frontx.com web site - http://frontx.com/head_con.html . Be sure to have the positive contact where it needs to be. I keep a stock of 10- and 20- or 24-pin dual row shells and consolidate all my front panel wires into a single shell - makes messing around inside easy. Those can be had from action-electronics.com et al. The 10-pin ones I use for USB and or FW front panel cables that still have the single-pin mess (another option with those is to just run a bead of hot glue along the outside of the row to hold them together. The header connector shells and contacts are made by Molex too called the KK 0.10" series.

.bh.

 

[Rhythmdvl]

Thanks -- that's it!

Header plugs
Header plugs
Header plugs

Got it.

My wife (and business partner) just laughed at me -- considering cutting the bit myself. She's a graphic designer and has a host of literal cut-and-paste skills that have long gone untapped. In a couple seconds she had the header plug split in two, and it easily fits on the two pins.

header plug
header plug
header plug


Thanks!!!!