Timeline for Beginner, Confused as to how to solder a "Y Split" Molex Connector to a USB
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| Jul 26, 2017 at 11:52 | comment | added | user59864 | Sorry, I'm not available 24/7 (you know, nights...) «So how would I solder [...]» That brings us to the question before the next step: do you have a soldering iron and do you know how to solder? | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 19:50 | comment | added | Omar Sumadi | Thanks for your response: I will admit, I am a super beginner and I am a little lost. So how would I solder all the black wires together and all the red wires together? I thought we only solder the tips? Anyways, I would like to be able to de-attach the fans after I am done which is why I want to use the molex connectors, so I still don't know what to do with those double wires and how to connect them to the USB. | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 19:17 | comment | added | user59864 | In fact you don't need a Y cable as what you'll do is solder all the black wires together (USB and Molex)and all the red wires together (USB and Molex), leaving the other pin of each wire in its connector. Also protect the soldered areas with some heat shrink tubing. | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 19:09 | comment | added | Omar Sumadi | Thank you so much for your response; however, how would I solder the Molex connector to a USB if the molex connector has 2 wires seperated into 4 sections (as the USB cable only has one wire separated into 4 sections). If you look at my last picture, would I just solder those metal pins directly to the exposed wire on the usb, or would I chop those pins off, solder the two wires on the molex together, then solder the now combined wires to the usb wire? | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 18:47 | history | answered | user59864 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |