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Reply 21 of 27, by weedeewee

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I remember wirewrapping being a thing a while ago 😀

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Reply 22 of 27, by Repo Man11

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I happened to be working on a CDROM today that had the same sort of connector that I salvaged (actually a pair of them) from a dead CDROM to use with the USB backplate years ago. The spacing and size are correct, but I had to trim and file down the plastic to make a pair of them fit on the pins.

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Reply 23 of 27, by Demolition-Man

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Thanks.
There are suitable 2.0mm USB brackets. One less problem. The PS/2 mouse connection remains. The pins for this are not on a line and must be connected individually. There are 2.0mm to 2.54mm jumper cables, but only two-pin. Three of those and it should work. Not pretty but doable.

Reply 24 of 27, by Demolition-Man

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So, 2mm 2-port USB bracket arrived.
Bad picture quality as always, sorry.

I`m ordering a bunch of Jumper cables (2,54mm & 2mm) für the PS/2 connection right now.

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Reply 25 of 27, by Repo Man11

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Demolition-Man wrote on Today, 13:01:

So, 2mm 2-port USB bracket arrived.
Bad picture quality as always, sorry.

I`m ordering a bunch of Jumper cables (2,54mm & 2mm) für the PS/2 connection right now.

That looks very nice, I wonder how many other motherboards use this size pin spacing? This Chaintech board is the only one I've seen. I'm reminded of the joke "That's the wonderful thing about standards - there are so many of them!"

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Reply 27 of 27, by PcBytes

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That 2mm header looks pretty familiar to me. I remember the Original XBOX controller ports using the same header.

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