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Originally Posted by foglesre
Nalc,
One more question for you. What's the best way to get the three wires into the 28 pin connector? Are these some sort of standard Molex connector pins?
Thanks again for all the advice.
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I couldn't find info on the correct pins, but I found that the pins from a PC motherboard header work fine. If you can get an old computer case, the female pins from the power/reset switch and power/HDD LEDs and the little speaker/buzzer can be used. Just remove them from the black plastic connector they're in. If you don't, I'd pick up a pair of PC internal speakers (the old ~2" paper cone speakers with a 4-pin header that connect to the motherboard and do a beep when you power on your computer) on Ebay and pull the pins from those. USB ports will work, but I've found that the wires in the USB cable are very thin, so I'm concerned about the long-term reliability, and ease of soldering. Again, I'm talking about the pins from the 9-pin connector that goes into the motherboard, not the USB port itself.
For the 28-pin connector, use a very small flathead screwdriver to pry the rectangular insert in the bottom of the connector. Just pop it up a sixteenth of an inch or so , you can't/shouldn't completely remove it. Then you'll be able to slide the pins into the connector from the back, and push the insert back int.