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What are the female connectors called that connect the on-off switch to the motherboard?

I need a new set of connectors for a new motherboard in an old PC - I know I've seen them on other PCs as either 2-in-a-row or 3-in-a-row little black female connectors with labels on such as PWR, HD, etc, etc, so you know which is which.Now, I've searched good and hard on Google for things like f-panel connector, front-panel connector, PC motherboard connector, minature spade connector, etc, etc, etc But no matter what I try, I *JUST* must be getting that name wrong because I *JUST* can't find them! It is driving me nuts - I know what they are, I know how to use them, but I just down and can't find them because I don't know what they're called.What are they called????!!!!

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The motherboard-mounted connectors are often called headers. Try including that word in your Google searches, along with cable, or socket. Good luck. You may wind up buying pigtails with a connector, and splicing them into your existing switch lines. That will be cheaper than buying the crimping tool required to assemble these connectors.
You can find it in the second hand store selling old case or you can buy new case.

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