LED strips

[M9shaboi]

DIDNT KNOW WHERE TO PUT THE THREAD but it has some relations wiht PSU i guess

ok i bought some led strips from WISH ( dont question why ) then i got this, was like what? so i open my computer then realise the 2nd molex looking one with no pins sticking out, didnt have any pins so what am i suppose to do? how am i suppose to connect it to the computer?

[LordMastodon]

Just now, M9shaboi said:

DIDNT KNOW WHERE TO PUT THE THREAD but it has some relations wiht PSU i guess

ok i bought some led strips from WISH ( dont question why ) then i got this, was like what? so i open my computer then realise the 2nd molex looking one with no pins sticking out, didnt have any pins so what am i suppose to do? how am i suppose to connect it to the computer?

 

Your pictures aren't showing up, and giving what I assume is some context to your post.

[M9shaboi]

really you dont see them? i can see them?

[LordMastodon]

Just now, M9shaboi said:

really you dont see them? i can see them?

I do not see them.

[M9shaboi]

ok let me repost them quickly i'll try using puush this time

[LordMastodon]

Just now, M9shaboi said:

ok let me repost them quickly i'll try using puush this time

Try using the attachment system this time.

[M9shaboi]

[M9shaboi]

Do you see the pictures?

[LordMastodon]

27 minutes ago, M9shaboi said:

 

 

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Ah, there we go. I see them now.

 

That second picture doesn't really look like Molex to me, is there an instructions manual that came with that? Also, would you happen to know what model they are?

[M9shaboi]

Dont know the model of them as i said i bought from Wish so i just picked out one but in the last picture the one to the left that's the thing i dont understand how i should plug it in to the PC its all i need to know or else i got everything covered up 

[LordMastodon]

Just now, M9shaboi said:

Dont know the model of them as i said i bought from Wish so i just picked out one but in the last picture the one to the left that's the thing i dont understand how i should plug it in to the PC its all i need to know or else i got everything covered up 

 

Is that big white thing to the left of the wheel related? If so, can you take pictures of both ends?

[M9shaboi]

it works but only red and green and nothing else like fade flash etc so i need to connect the other molex with with no pins sticking out but i have no idea how to

[LordMastodon]

10 minutes ago, M9shaboi said:

it works but only red and green and nothing else like fade flash etc so i need to connect the other molex with with no pins sticking out but i have no idea how to

 

Maybe you could find a female to male Molex adapter?

[M9shaboi]

what's that? and btw can't i cut it out and just pit the wires in a molex one in my case? with no pins sitcking out

[LordMastodon]

Just now, M9shaboi said:

what's that? and btw can't i cut it out and just pit the wires in a molex one in my case? with no pins sitcking out

Sorry, I meant to say male to male Molex adapter. It's essentially a wire that has Molex with "pins sitcking out" on both sides. You could look at one of those.

 

Please don't cut it out, that's extremely ghetto and the odds of it working to begin with are low, not to mention the odds of it working for any sort of extended period of time.

[M9shaboi]

1 minute ago, LordMastodon said:

Sorry, I meant to say male to male Molex adapter. It's essentially a wire that has Molex with "pins sitcking out" on both sides. You could look at one of those.

 

Please don't cut it out, that's extremely ghetto and the odds of it working to begin with are low, not to mention the odds of it working for any sort of extended period of time.

so if i get male to male the only thing i have to do is connect the molex to a female molex ( no pins sticking out ) in to my case and get the one iwth pins sticking out to my led strips correct? but aren't there diffrent sizes etc?

[LordMastodon]

Just now, M9shaboi said:

so if i get male to male the only thing i have to do is connect the molex to a female molex ( no pins sticking out ) in to my case and get the one iwth pins sticking out to my led strips correct? but aren't there diffrent sizes etc?

 

Precisely. No, there are not any different sizes to Molex, as far as I know.

[M9shaboi]

but the one i have looks so small and the one in the computer looks so big O,o so there has to be sized as i see it hehe but i'll take a look to nearest computer store

[LordMastodon]

Just now, M9shaboi said:

but the one i have looks so small and the one in the computer looks so big O,o so there has to be sized as i see it hehe but i'll take a look to nearest computer store

 

Yeah, you should probably take the LED strip and a picture of the connection in the computer to the store, just to make sure you buy the wrong thing. The LED strip may be using a slightly different connection, but you should be fine.

[Crunken]

i think those connectors are for a power adapter, i have similar ones on my desk and i have it plugged into a wall adapter thing, not into molex

[W-L]

7 hours ago, LordMastodon said:

Yeah, you should probably take the LED strip and a picture of the connection in the computer to the store, just to make sure you buy the wrong thing. The LED strip may be using a slightly different connection, but you should be fine.

You will require a molex to DC barrel adapter, I have a guide here under Power RGB LED's which goes over making a connector, you can also purcahse theses online:

 

[LordMastodon]

Just now, W-L said:

You will require a molex to DC barrel adapter, I have a guide here under Power RGB LED's which goes over making a connector, you can also purcahse theses online:

 

 

OK, OP, take note of that. He's right. You'll also require a Molex to DC barrel adapter.