Replacement parts for an old Sidewinder case?

[mcvickj]

Does anyone know of a place where I might be able to find a new front audio / USB board for an old Sidewinder case? The audio ports still work fine but both of the USB ports have been mangled. I tried searching Google using the number on the board but came up empty.

The case is pretty old so I'm not holding out much hope for finding a new board. Is it possible to repair the USB ports? Where might I find a new connecter that I could solider onto the board?

 

[Unheard]

You will probably just need to transfer some new ports onto that board. It isn't that hard of a process.

 

[lsv]

You could buy the connector and re-solder what you need...

 

[mcvickj]

Do you know of a place that sells the connector?

 

[dawp]

do you have any experience with a soldering iron? If not you could end up destroying the card you're trying to repair.

what about a bay device with usb ports? if you have any unused external bays you might think about that route instead. Here's a 3.5 bay device for usb/firewire/audio ports.
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...product_info&cPath=52_88_253&products_id=3607


you should be able to find what you're looking for if you want to replace the connector:
http://www.mouser.com/