Where to buy front panel connectors?

[JonathanYoung]

I'm replacing the motherboard in a microATX Acer box but the front panel connectors are non-standard, i.e. the power led, hdd led, and power switch are all part of a single 2x8 pin connector.

My plan is to cut this block off and procure some standard 2 pin and 3 pin connectors to connect the wires to, but I'm having a hard time finding a place that sells these. I tried googling "case headers", "front panel connectors", and some other attempts but failed miserably.

Does anyone know what these plastic "jumperlike" pieces are called? Or better yet, know where I can find some?

Thanks a bunch!

Update: I found the motherlode: Pololu

 

[bloodugly]

http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l...tch_Cabling-Page1.html

 

[WoodButcher]

Here I use different size blocks to fit the mobo pinout like most cases provide. 2, 3 and 4x 1 are common, you can buy the 1x 5 or 2x 5 and cut them down to the size you need or even glue them together to make a single unit for the whole mess. Asus makes a single unit that I have soldered the wires to but this limits you to an Asus board.

 

[JonathanYoung]

Thanks for the links, guys. I ended up getting these.

 

[zagood]

Haven't seen that site, what's the shipping price like?

 

[Ksyder]

you could also just remove the wires from the connnector block, put some tiny heatshrink around the brass ends and just use them without the connector block if you had to. Obviously this is better than nothing.

 

[Zepper]

You can also rearrange the contacts within the shell - pretty easy to do. See instructions- http://www.frontx.com/head_con.html -on the http://www.frontx.com site which also sells front panel cabling parts and customizable panels.

You can also get connector shells and contact pins from http://www.action-electronics.com, but generally not in singles. Have to buy in quantities. Pololu has good prices, but do they sell REAL Molex/Waldom parts or some Asian knockoffs?

.bh.

 

[JonathanYoung]

Thanks for the additional info, Ksyder and Zepper.

zagood, the shipping price ended up being more than the cost of the item itself. I forget the price of shipping, but at the time I thought it wasn't bad, and sometimes with these small items shipping ends up being more costly than the actual product.