what is this cable called?

[hofan41]

yeah, I recently purchased a combo floppy/compact flash card reader that comes with the shortest cable ever. I need to buy an extension cable but I have no idea what it is called. It has 4 pins (female, so i guess they're holes) surprisingly, as opposed to the usual 7/9 I'm used to seeing on the usb mobo connectors.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage...+card+reader+with+Floppy+Drive+%2D+OEM

there's a picture of the drive I got.

anybody know?

 

[corkyg]

In reviewing this page, I believe that cable is the power cable for the floppy drive. It does not come with a USB cable - you provide that.

Mitsumi

 

[pkrush]

That's a single USB header (you usually see them as 9 pin blocks for 2 ports, but this is a 4 pin block for 1 port).

 

[hofan41]

Originally posted by: pkrush
That's a single USB header (you usually see them as 9 pin blocks for 2 ports, but this is a 4 pin block for 1 port).

awesome, now we're getting somewhere. searching for usb header's on outpost.com, i just see literally the plastic header, not the extension cable i wanted (i'm no electrical engineer), anybody know what the name of the header + cable + opposite header w/ pins is called?

 

[tcsenter]

1x4 motherboard USB header cable (or variation thereof)

Here is a 16-inch 2x5 header cable that can be pulled apart to make two 1x5 cables:

2x5 USB HEADER CABLE 16 inch - $5.00 plus shipping (and tax if applicable)

Obviously, you would just use 4 of the pins/wires, and you may have to rig the cable to the card reader's internal pin header. I've ordered several of these cables and they are very high quality.

Edit: This might be what you're looking for:

24" 1x5 Female to 1x5 Male IDC