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PS/2 port colors help

niczerus

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Feb 20, 2016
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Hi i have a keyboard and the ps2 port is broken i need to change the ps2 connector the colors of my keyboard is : white , black , red , green and try with usb with the same colos and not work , i have other ps2 connector to other keyboard with this colores : white , green , blue , orange , i need the combination of colors of :
WHITE-BLACK-RED-GREEN
TO
WHITE-GREEN-BLUE-ORANGE.

my keyboard is a a4tech g800 x7.
 
Solution
The colors inside the wire is not standardized between manufacturers so You need to open the old ps/2 connector and determine which wire goes to which pin and then make that same pinout happen with the new connector.