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Weird Industrial PC Mobo USB Header?

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First post, by Tumerboy

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I picked up an Advantech Industrial PC to play with. I've got the manual, which shows that there is a 9 Pin USB Header on the Mobo, but when I went to plug in the front ports, the key pin was on the wrong side.

Looking again at the manual and the pinout is almost the same, except that they're numbered differently, and 10 pin is key instead of the 9 pin.

Anyone seen something like this? I could run some jumper wires between them, but is there a more sturdy adapter out there?

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Reply 1 of 4, by dionb

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Use a hot needle to make an extra hole in the connector to fit the pin on the 'wrong' side.

Reply 2 of 4, by Shponglefan

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Rather than a hot needle, I'd just use a pin vise and tiny drill bit. I've done that with other connectors to drill out holes.

Another option would be to replace/rewire the connector with a different one that matches the keying on the USB pins on the board.

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Reply 3 of 4, by Repo Man11

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I have a very, very early ATX motherboard that is exactly the same. I had a two five pin USB plate, so I used that rather than a standard nine pin one.

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Reply 4 of 4, by Tumerboy

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Good tips, all. Thanks. I'll see if I can drill it out. I've got a pin vise and some pin drills already.

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