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Motherboard cables & optional accessories

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Dad, 31 Aug 2005.

  1. Dad

    Dad You talkin to me?

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    Okay, I'm building a new computer with a fresh new socket 939 ECS mobo. The board has pinouts for many optional accessories such as a tv-out header, com2, aux-in and things like that. I looked on the ecs website and they didn't have any of these available for sale and am wondering if anyone knows where I can buy some of these cables..
     
  2. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Haha! Wrong forum! :p

    As far as complex/rare/specialist cables go, your best chance is googling or looking in one of those web retailers which stocks rare-ish items. A la kustompc's in the UK.
     
  3. Dad

    Dad You talkin to me?

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    Oops.. Not paying attention to where I'm posting... Moved ;)

    I've been trying to find a place to find cables, but have only been able to find com port adapters like we used to find with the old AT mobo's.
     
  4. Guest-16

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    That's the problem with a LOT of mobo manuf. They list them as optional extras, but you just cant buy them anywhere. Might be worth emailing ECS direct or something to find out.
     
  5. Gascan1888

    Gascan1888 What's a Dremel?

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    have you tried e-bay ?? e-bay is your friend :thumb: :thumb:
     
  6. Dad

    Dad You talkin to me?

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    Yea, I was thinking of emailing ECS directly. I was able to find a com port adapter though. I dug through a box of old parts and found a com port cable from an AT mobo and a blanking plate with a hd15 in it. I took the hd15 out, put the db9 in and voila! :) Now, I did have a blanking plate thing which has dual rca jacks for 2 spdif connections. I was able to take off the mobo plug and use a plug from a 4-pin cdrom audio cabe to get it to work as a L/R aux-in. Now, as far as a regular spdif and svga, I'm lost. I did try eBay, but have NO idea what to search for!
     

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