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i was wondering if anyone knows where i can get a molex adapter that has a female end on both sides. i need the female to female molex adapter to extend my psu cable. i dont want the molex y adapters just a female to female. just to be clear or if any of you might be confused as to what im talking about, it is the power connecters for the ide dvd/cd drives and hard drives. im trying to connect both males ends together to extend my psu cable. i have an ultra x3 1000w psu with an antec twelve hundred case. when i use my cable to connect the dvd/cd drives it wont reach to the bottom of the case where my psu sits at.
SoulsCollective
11-12-2008, 08:02 AM
Um...what? What do you want a female to female connector for? What possible use will that be? All HDDs and optical drives have a female molex socket - not a male. Female sockets accept power, male connectors give it (thus the terminology). If you want to extend your molex cables, you're going to need a female to male extension fitting.
Sparky
11-12-2008, 09:20 AM
Actually, DVD/CD drives have male plugs on them. The connector on the PSU is female.
Female: http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:3StU8IFLIUso2M:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Molex_female_connector.jpg/800px-Molex_female_connector.jpg
Male: http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:rupJJJjxKYxXsM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Molex_male_connector.jpg
As far as the OP's request, I don't know if they make something like that. Why not just get a standard male-female extension? That would be easier to come by and serve the same purpose, just hook onto the end of the PSU cable and the optical drive instead of between the PSU cable and PSU itself.
SoulsCollective
11-12-2008, 02:11 PM
Heh, we have differing definitions of male and female then. I've always referred to the bottom one as female and the top as male :p: In any case, point as written still stands - going from "female" to "female" is still not going to be useful in any way I can understand :confused: - you need at least one "male" connector to be able to plug it into your PSU.
RADCOM
11-12-2008, 02:23 PM
Heh, we have differing definitions of male and female then. I've always referred to the bottom one as female and the top as male :p: In any case, point as written still stands - going from "female" to "female" is still not going to be useful in any way I can understand :confused: - you need at least one "male" connector to be able to plug it into your PSU.
You're scaring me, how long have you been making that mistake lol Does the OP mean something like this?
http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/product.php?productid=5477&cat=0&page=2