I am working on a project for a friend. His motherboard does not have enough slots to hook up the front panel components. These components are the front panel usb ports and media slots such as, SmartMedia/SD/MultiMedia Card/Floppy
The MoBo only has one slot for the front panel which has been utilized for the power on/off button. The two remaining connections are two cables that plug into 9 pin slots. Is there a way to solve this problem? I tried to look for a Y cable that would split the two cables to fit them into the mobo but, I can't find such a thing for a cable that plugs into 9 pins instead of 10 pins. Also a Y splitter would not work because the front panel power on/off cable would no longer be placed into the mobo front panel pin slot if the splitter took its place.
If I could find some type of Y adapter cable would this overload the mobo?
Do you have any cable suggestions?
He's building this computer to function as a gaming computer that requires such media, especially the floppy. In other words he's going backwards in time. I suggested buying a new MoBo but he really wants to stick with this one due to money problems.
The MoBo only has one slot for the front panel which has been utilized for the power on/off button. The two remaining connections are two cables that plug into 9 pin slots. Is there a way to solve this problem? I tried to look for a Y cable that would split the two cables to fit them into the mobo but, I can't find such a thing for a cable that plugs into 9 pins instead of 10 pins. Also a Y splitter would not work because the front panel power on/off cable would no longer be placed into the mobo front panel pin slot if the splitter took its place.
If I could find some type of Y adapter cable would this overload the mobo?
Do you have any cable suggestions?
He's building this computer to function as a gaming computer that requires such media, especially the floppy. In other words he's going backwards in time. I suggested buying a new MoBo but he really wants to stick with this one due to money problems.