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Cant think of what Power Button, LED, HDD LED, Reset Connectors are called

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DrB0b

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May 19, 2011
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Hello gentleman,
Nothing earth shattering here but I cannot remember what the little black plastic connectors are are called that are on the end of the HDD LED, Power LED, Reset, and Power switch wires from the case to the motherboard.

These guys:
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Looking to direct a friend to buy some, I know they sell them separately on eBay if I could remember what they are called, because he restores old PCs for fun and sometimes has to replace a motherboard and the case has one giant connector specifically for the old mobo setup.

Any info would be happily accepted as well as nicknames for the little guys.

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I always just called them front panel cables, monoprice, or mouser electronics will probably have the right name for that size and style connector.
 
Yeah, I think we have a winner: motherboard header connector or motherboard header cable
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I call them very difficult to see and very difficult to line up correctly without a magnifying glass and wishing they were all molded into one harness.



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Thank you gentlemen for your responses. That confirms what I ended up finding as well. I knew places sold them so thank you for the links.

I was eventually able to find them at eBay under Dupont 2P Connectors which I found by searching Google for front panel connectors and wormed my way through the maze.

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