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Connecting front case ports
I ordered a Lian-Li PC-V2100B full tower case yesterday, it arrived today.
I spent a good few hours dismantling my venerable Supermicro P4DCE+-based system and re-installing it in the new case. The case, incidentally, is a work of art. So many nice touches, from the tool provided for screwing in the motherboard mounts, the superb hard drive mounting racks and the bling-bling wheels. However, there's a problem when it comes to the ports on the front of the case. Right at the bottom of the case are two USB ports, a Firewire port and green and pink audio sockets. I'm not bothered about the audio, but I would like to be able to hook up the USB and Firewire ports to my PCI Firewire/USB card. The problem is that the cables provided with the case that go to the ports on the front just aren't long enough. They are a good four inches - at least - too short. My question is this: is it possible to buy internal USB and Firewire extension cables? The plugs for the USB and Firewire are not the conventional external style - they are 2x5 (I think) blocks with multi-coloured cables that lead to the case ports. The extension wires would need a 2x5 (or whatever) socket on one end and a plug on the other. I took a photo of one of the plugs - excuse the blur (I was in a rush). See he http://img164.exs.cx/img164/768/cable4gf.jpg I could extend the cables myself but my soldering skills aren't that great and I'd much prefer to spend a little (?) money on some extenders. Any ideas? |
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On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 at 20:32:05, Vincent Vega (Vincent Vega
) wrote: I ordered a Lian-Li PC-V2100B full tower case yesterday, it arrived today. I spent a good few hours dismantling my venerable Supermicro P4DCE+-based system and re-installing it in the new case. The case, incidentally, is a work of art. So many nice touches, from the tool provided for screwing in the motherboard mounts, the superb hard drive mounting racks and the bling-bling wheels. However, there's a problem when it comes to the ports on the front of the case. Right at the bottom of the case are two USB ports, a Firewire port and green and pink audio sockets. I'm not bothered about the audio, but I would like to be able to hook up the USB and Firewire ports to my PCI Firewire/USB card. The problem is that the cables provided with the case that go to the ports on the front just aren't long enough. They are a good four inches - at least - too short. My question is this: is it possible to buy internal USB and Firewire extension cables? The plugs for the USB and Firewire are not the conventional external style - they are 2x5 (I think) blocks with multi-coloured cables that lead to the case ports. The extension wires would need a 2x5 (or whatever) socket on one end and a plug on the other. I took a photo of one of the plugs - excuse the blur (I was in a rush). See he http://img164.exs.cx/img164/768/cable4gf.jpg I could extend the cables myself but my soldering skills aren't that great and I'd much prefer to spend a little (?) money on some extenders. Any ideas? Sorry I can't help, but on a a related note I have a Lian Li PC-60 which has 4 USB ports at the front. Is it easy to get at this card to replace with a card that has firewire. I've Taken the front and the sides off and can't see how to get under there -- Mike |
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