X2.6CE Power cable Issue

[Bigshoguns]

Watsup guys and gals,

I just bought a 2.6CE from a buddy that lost the power cable for the 1.6 install. and guess what? the person that needs the chip has a 1.6. DOh!

so my question is IF i take a Wire from a old X3 chip i have and solder it to te 2 points on the 2.6ce and then solder the other end to teh alt 5v would it work?

Look at the picture. #5 = Alt 5v wire from x3, and 2.6ce in the backgroud.

I will take the Tinned end of the #5 and solder to the 2 pins on the back. then cut the black end of #5, strip it, and solder it to Alt5v on the mobo.

WILL THIS WORK?

pls let me know.. sorrry for the bad pic.. quick photochop job

 

[Big_Whoopin]

Should work fine, just if you need to remove the chip completely the wire will need to be cut/desoldered. If the back of the alt 5v plug is too difficult to solder to you could see if the plastic could be removed so that you have the full pins that you can attach to. You might want to check that the two pins both mount to the same circuit, since I know only one gets the alt 5v wire attached. If the second pin goes to something else you won't want to solder to it!

-Whoopin'

 

[Bigshoguns]

Should work fine, just if you need to remove the chip completely the wire will need to be cut/desoldered. If the back of the alt 5v plug is too difficult to solder to you could see if the plastic could be removed so that you have the full pins that you can attach to. You might want to check that the two pins both mount to the same circuit, since I know only one gets the alt 5v wire attached. If the second pin goes to something else you won't want to solder to it!

-Whoopin'

Whoopin'

thanks for the quick responce. [not to sould cocky, but i just neede reassurance ]
and yes i will try to dis assemble the red surrounding and check if both pin or only 1 pin goes to alt 5v. is there a way to test? eye are not always 100% correct. maybe mulitmeter, and if so how?

but again thanks i really appreciate it

 

[Big_Whoopin]

Use a multimeter, check for zero resistance between the two pins. If they show up with that then they are on the same circuit.

BTW, I've done direct solder mods like this myself. The original X2.3 chips had an alternate 5v plug that got power from the USB connectors, the 5v pin on the pinheader plug didn't go to anything. You can see how I got around that goofy connector here - http://www.teamxecuter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37012

-Whoopin'