Porto412 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hello, I'm busy modding a Mac G5 to an ATX PC system and have a problem regarding the G5's onboard UTP connector. This is a standard UTP connector which has 8 pins in the plug itself, then connected on the other side of the board with the corresponding 8 soldering islands. Now this is exactly where I'm confused: None of the 8 contacts in the plug corresponds with the soldering islands on the board. In other words: if I use a multimeter to test the continuity, none of the contacts/soldering islands combo's makes the meter go 'BEEEEEEEP!!!!'. So, what's happening here? I want to use this plug to extend to another, external, plug by soldering but if there's no contact with eachother this would be a quite fruitless operation. Is this Apple plug other than the normal standard 1:1 plug of am I doing something wrong here? Please suggestions... Porto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baudouin Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Would you like to upload some pix, please to easier my understanding ? Thanks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porto412 Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hi, thanks for your reply, but I figured it out. It's a plug with a build-in isolator/transformer. I'm still busy with the mod but am making progress pictures. When I'm ready I'll post a log. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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