Question about front panel audio cable (wires)
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Posted by John Corliss on February 6, 2008, 6:26 pm
Please log in for more thread options works fine, the one problem I ran into was that the 7 wire cable which connects the case's front audio plugs to the motherboard is too short. Both the old board and the new one have AC 97 sound onboard, so I know it's just a matter of plugging the cable in in order to get the front audio sockets to work. These cables are not that easy to find (I looked a long time and could find none) so I got to thinking, maybe I can splice in some wires to extend the cable's reach. What I found laying around to do the job is some old telephone cable wire, it's the smallest thing I can find. It's stiff though, and I don't know if splicing in four inch lengths of this stuff is going to hurt anything. I'm planning to use shrink tube over the soldering, then once all the splices are done, put a twist in the added wire bundle to match the rest of the cable. Does anybody know if adding wire like this will cause any problems? TIA -- John Corliss | |||||||||||||
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Posted by philo on February 6, 2008, 6:59 pm
Please log in for more thread options As long as you are careful...do not short anything out or switch around wires...it will be fine. However, you'd be better off using some small, stranded wire as it's less likely to break... However...it's not going to hurt anything to use that small , solid wire. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by John Corliss on February 6, 2008, 7:58 pm
Please log in for more thread options philo wrote:
>> I've just put a new motherboard in a computer and although everything
>> works fine, the one problem I ran into was that the 7 wire cable which >> connects the case's front audio plugs to the motherboard is too short. >> >> Both the old board and the new one have AC 97 sound onboard, so I know >> it's just a matter of plugging the cable in in order to get the front >> audio sockets to work. >> >> These cables are not that easy to find (I looked a long time and could >> find none) so I got to thinking, maybe I can splice in some wires to >> extend the cable's reach. >> >> What I found laying around to do the job is some old telephone cable >> wire, it's the smallest thing I can find. It's stiff though, and I don't >> know if splicing in four inch lengths of this stuff is going to hurt >> anything. I'm planning to use shrink tube over the soldering, then once >> all the splices are done, put a twist in the added wire bundle to match >> the rest of the cable. >> >> Does anybody know if adding wire like this will cause any problems? >> >> TIA >
> As long as you are careful...do not short anything out or switch around > wires...it will be fine. I will be removing the cable completely to work on it, and since the seven wires in the cable are all color coded, it would be very hard to make a mistake. Especially if I do them one at a time as I had planned. > However, you'd be better off using some small, stranded wire as it's less
> likely to break... I know, but that solid wire is what I have on hand and once it's done, the case will be sealed anyway. > However...it's not going to hurt anything to use that small , solid wire.
Thanks! -- John Corliss | |||||||||||||
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Posted by philo on February 6, 2008, 8:06 pm
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> philo wrote:
> >> I've just put a new motherboard in a computer and although everything
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> >> works fine, the one problem I ran into was that the 7 wire cable which > >> connects the case's front audio plugs to the motherboard is too short. > >> > >> Both the old board and the new one have AC 97 sound onboard, so I know > >> it's just a matter of plugging the cable in in order to get the front > >> audio sockets to work. > >> > >> These cables are not that easy to find (I looked a long time and could > >> find none) so I got to thinking, maybe I can splice in some wires to > >> extend the cable's reach. > >> > >> What I found laying around to do the job is some old telephone cable > >> wire, it's the smallest thing I can find. It's stiff though, and I > >> know if splicing in four inch lengths of this stuff is going to hurt
> >> anything. I'm planning to use shrink tube over the soldering, then once > >> all the splices are done, put a twist in the added wire bundle to match > >> the rest of the cable. > >> > >> Does anybody know if adding wire like this will cause any problems? > >> > >> TIA > >
> > As long as you are careful...do not short anything out or switch around > > wires...it will be fine. >
> I will be removing the cable completely to work on it, and since the > seven wires in the cable are all color coded, it would be very hard to > make a mistake. Especially if I do them one at a time as I had planned. > > > However, you'd be better off using some small, stranded wire as it's
less
> > likely to break...
>
> I know, but that solid wire is what I have on hand and once it's done, > the case will be sealed anyway. > > > However...it's not going to hurt anything to use that small , solid
wire.
>
> Thanks! OK ... | |||||||||||||
> works fine, the one problem I ran into was that the 7 wire cable which
> connects the case's front audio plugs to the motherboard is too short.
>
> Both the old board and the new one have AC 97 sound onboard, so I know
> it's just a matter of plugging the cable in in order to get the front
> audio sockets to work.
>
> These cables are not that easy to find (I looked a long time and could
> find none) so I got to thinking, maybe I can splice in some wires to
> extend the cable's reach.
>
> What I found laying around to do the job is some old telephone cable
> wire, it's the smallest thing I can find. It's stiff though, and I don't
> know if splicing in four inch lengths of this stuff is going to hurt
> anything. I'm planning to use shrink tube over the soldering, then once
> all the splices are done, put a twist in the added wire bundle to match
> the rest of the cable.
>
> Does anybody know if adding wire like this will cause any problems?
>
> TIA
>