Thx for this guide. I could have used this a week ago before I hacked up two of my connectors!
Fortunately I got one of them to work.
I was not sure at first if I could just sever the connection the to the mother board or if I should tap into and preserve the connection. I ended up not connecting the power to the motherboard, as I see you did not.
I also tried desoldering the joint at the connector too. That was pretty easy.
One issue I had was stripping the thin wires. My autostrippers didnt work on that thin gauge. I used a razor, but would like to look for a proper stripper. Would the cheaper plastic autostrippers work on a ribbon? Any idea what gauge the ribbon is exactly?
(Also, I did mine on PCIe x1 - PCIe x16 adapters, seemed to work just fine. )