Please help identify 5 pin connector

[Steve-007UK]

Nothing else to do today atm so might aswell try and help someone if i can

 

[w00tw00t]

each of the wires either say doowell, 80c (temperature) and 300v. cant pin point which is which on the end of the wire. and on the plastic end it says mx and 13a. all wires are black

 

[Steve-007UK]

I hate it when they use the same color wire for everything, But it does look like the wire going into the pin with MX writen on it is main 12v im guessing this due to the no'1 right neer the end of the connector. The other 2 wires are probably ground wires, The only thing that worries me is that loop wire as im not sure what the use is. Maybe the pump needs more than 12volts so the loop wire could well be for an extra 5 volts but this is where i get stuck. Hopefully someone else can help here.

 

[w00tw00t]

thx 4 all your help. hopefully someone will be able to chime in. imma hit the sack and be back on in 6 hours. 99 =p

 

[Steve-007UK]

If i find out anymore info i will post back to, enjoy ya sleep

 

[MightyMission]

as a guess i would say the mx 1 > end would be the +/live wire
and the one below that,appears to be looped?that would be the ground
adding a 12v onto a 5v wouldn't make 17,it would make a bang!possibly loosen the magic smoke out of the PSU too...
it could have worked that way if the pump was two phase but as the second appears to be looped onto the third it would be a safe guess its a ground.
could you take a pic of the back of the connector block? so we can verify which is looped to what?

 

[Steve-007UK]

as a guess i would say the mx 1 > end would be the +/live wire
and the one below that,appears to be looped?that would be the ground
adding a 12v onto a 5v wouldn't make 17,it would make a bang!possibly loosen the magic smoke out of the PSU too...
it could have worked that way if the pump was two phase but as the second appears to be looped onto the third it would be a safe guess its a ground.
could you take a pic of the back of the connector block? so we can verify which is looped to what?

From the last pic posted you can clearly see there are 3 main wires lets call them pin 1/2/3 then there is a blank then that loop wire. If you look closley the loop wire goes from pin 1 to pin 5. If pin 1 is live surely you wouldent want to ground it from the same pin? To me its still saying 12v is going thru that wire and seems odd if its a ground wire coming of. Or maybe my understanding of how things work is not upto scratch

 

[MightyMission]

yes maybe your eyes are better than mine as i couldnt be sure the loop wire is going from pin1 or pin2,thats why i asked for a reverse pic-so the guy isnt advised wrongly.

 

[Steve-007UK]

If you look at the very first pic posted it defo shows the wire coming from pin 1 to pin 5.

 

[MightyMission]

Right you are!
those pics wouldnt load for me when i first looked in here,crappy interwebnet i suppose.
clearly then 1=ground and 2=live
I know dell have there own sockets/headers on there mobo's but doesnt that socket look like a cd audio type connector?

 

[Steve-007UK]

Right you are!
those pics wouldnt load for me when i first looked in here,crappy interwebnet i suppose.
clearly then 1=ground and 2=live
I know dell have there own sockets/headers on there mobo's but doesnt that socket look like a cd audio type connector?

From what i have been reading today there seems to be 2 types of dell connectors, The 5 pin you see here and also a 7pin, The info sugest this cable usualy connects to the PSU or some custom 5/7 pin crap dell put on there motherboards.

At first glance the connector posted here does look a lot like the old CD Rom cables we used back in the early days.

The problem is the op bought a alienware case and water colling but the rest of the pc is built from parts so the motherboard/PSU dosen't have the required connection needed.

Just noticed something to and my guess is your right about the pins. If we look at pin 2 it does say what looks to be like 13amps on the back of the block so if this was a ground wire why would it needs amps.

 

[MightyMission]

I beleive the water coolers used in those machines are asetek jobbies and they take 12v,the 30a bit is a misnomer,just overspecced cable.
Molex would be fine on this,as long as the OP's motherboard boots ok without the cpu fan header operating,mine was quirky like that so i plugged a 140mm exhaust fan onto the cpu fan header.

 

[Steve-007UK]

I beleive the water coolers used in those machines are asetek jobbies and they take 12v,the 30a bit is a misnomer,just overspecced cable.
Molex would be fine on this,as long as the OP's motherboard boots ok without the cpu fan header operating,mine was quirky like that so i plugged a 140mm exhaust fan onto the cpu fan header.

your correct on who makes it.

 

[w00tw00t]

thanks again. this damn thing is killing me hehe.i posted on the dell site as well as asetek, lets see if they have a response to this. if you guys have more info keep shooting =)

edit: just got an email from Zack from asetek stating it is a special alienware cable. He told me i would have to contact alienware for further assistance. booo =(

 

[w00tw00t]

found an image of what the plug actually goes into on the alienware auroa

now to figure a way to be able to make a conversion.

 

[theJesus]

Right you are!
those pics wouldnt load for me when i first looked in here,crappy interwebnet i suppose.
clearly then 1=ground and 2=live
I know dell have there own sockets/headers on there mobo's but doesnt that socket look like a cd audio type connector?

Since I agree with this, I say just plug +12v from your PSU into pin2 and ground from PSU into pin1 and see what happens. Pin3 is probably just some sort of sensor and not necessary for actually powering it.

 

[w00tw00t]

Since I agree with this, I say just plug +12v from your PSU into pin2 and ground from PSU into pin1 and see what happens. Pin3 is probably just some sort of sensor and not necessary for actually powering it.

Should i leave the pin that is connected to the first slot unplugged (the pin that has a loop to slot 5)?

 

[theJesus]

Should i leave the pin that is connected to the first slot unplugged (the pin that has a loop to slot 5)?

I think so. All you should need are power and ground.

btw, I don't claim to be 100% certain on this, so anything you do is done at your own risk, but I think it should work

 

[w00tw00t]

I think so. All you should need are power and ground.

btw, I don't claim to be 100% certain on this, so anything you do is done at your own risk, but I think it should work

Thanks theJesus. I will give it a shot later today and report back. I believe it takes 12v to power the pump from reading on other forums. Hopefully its correct.

 

[theJesus]

Thanks theJesus. I will give it a shot later today and report back. I believe it takes 12v to power the pump from reading on other forums. Hopefully its correct.

Don't thank just me, I based my post on the information already compiled in this thread

If the pump requires more than 12v, then it will still work, just at a lower speed. Just like a fan. I doubt it needs more than 12v though.

 

[w00tw00t]

Don't thank just me, I based my post on the information already compiled in this thread

If the pump requires more than 12v, then it will still work, just at a lower speed. Just like a fan. I doubt it needs more than 12v though.

Thanked everyone who posted in this thread which helped, basically all of you =). Thanks again and i will report back.

 

[Steve-007UK]

I wounder if we can work out the wires 100% by downloading the motherboard PDF that has that connection on it. It might be worth a look if we can find it.

 

[w00tw00t]

I wounder if we can work out the wires 100% by downloading the motherboard PDF that has that connection on it. It might be worth a look if we can find it.

I believe it's not connected to the motherboard, but a separate board that controls all the fans and works with the command center software looking at the picture.

 

[Steve-007UK]

I believe it's not connected to the motherboard, but a separate board that controls all the fans and works with the command center software looking at the picture.

That could be possible but i would still think the mobo book would have info about it, i might try and find out anyway

 

[w00tw00t]

That could be possible but i would still think the mobo book would have info about it, i might try and find out anyway

thanks thanks. i will give it a look as well.