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Games001

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Proper term for PC Wire Connectors
« on: April 13, 2008, 07:52:00 pm »
What would the proper name for these types of plastic connector covers and the actual metallic connectors inside them be?

All these years of building PCs and I have never asked what these were called.  :dizzy:

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Re: Proper term for PC Wire Connectors
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2008, 08:15:41 pm »
not sure what their called, do you need a few, I have a few differen sizes laying around I can mail you if you want. pm me

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Re: Proper term for PC Wire Connectors
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2008, 08:17:08 pm »
Actually I have tons of them, just wanted to know the names for each item so I could put the info into a write-up about my next control panel.

But thank you for the offer.

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Re: Proper term for PC Wire Connectors
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2008, 08:31:35 pm »
I don't think they have a "catchy" name.  I ordered some from Jameco a while ago and had a hell of a time searching for them, so I feel your pain.   I finally found them, and Jameco calls them "Non-Polarized Connector Housings".
http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/catalogs/c282/P76.pdf (third column, halfway down)

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Re: Proper term for PC Wire Connectors
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2008, 08:35:49 pm »
Since these type of cables hookup to header pins on the motherboard, I think they are usually refereed to as header cables. I don't know that that is an official name though.

They have different purposes and they are usually named with their function. For USB it would be "USB header cable". In the picture you attached you have what I would call "PC speaker header cable"and "LED header cable".

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Re: Proper term for PC Wire Connectors
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2008, 08:54:02 pm »
I think you might be right.  'Header' seems to be a rather general term covering the many forms of PC mother board connectors.  I guess that will have to do.

Thanks folks.
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Re: Proper term for PC Wire Connectors
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2008, 08:55:59 pm »
I believe these are still called Molex connectors but I may be wrong.

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Re: Proper term for PC Wire Connectors
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2008, 10:34:57 pm »
I believe these are still called Molex connectors but I may be wrong.

They're universally called molex connectors for PC.  Then like anything PC related they're either gender male or female.
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Re: Proper term for PC Wire Connectors
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2008, 02:16:30 pm »
They are often called Berg Housings:
http://www.houseofconnectors.com/berg-strip.htm

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