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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: MinaDarsh on Tue, 18 July 2017, 07:10:27

Title: Replacement internal connector new Rapid-i.
Post by: MinaDarsh on Tue, 18 July 2017, 07:10:27

Hello, I've been searching on a few sites but I'm having no luck so far, though I wonder if this might be a thing seeing as USB Mini-B, from what I understand is more popular than Micro-B among mechies. My Rapid-i comes with a Micro-B connector, little while ago a friend gifted me a cable to match with my caps but it was sadly not available with a Micro-B option. So, I found out that the connector inside the Rapid-i is actually very easy to remove, but I wonder if there is a replacement for it.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10009928/Other/IMG_20170718_140640_small.jpg)
"Darn..."

Anyone know a way to solve this? And no, just an adaptor is not a solution, I want it to look neat and tidy.

Title: Re: Replacement internal connector new Rapid-i.
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 18 July 2017, 08:31:31

take some pictures of the connectors on the board you want to change , pcb

Title: Re: Replacement internal connector new Rapid-i.
Post by: Gouty on Tue, 18 July 2017, 08:47:26

I asked Cooler Master a while ago and they don't do mini, only micro.  You could get a replacement micro one from them and modify that, or you could try and make a short JST to miniUSB connector from scratch.