What is this thing called and how could i wire it to my motherboard?

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I think it's a neon, it glows in Violet so maybe it's and UV. For sure i know it's diode. Here it is:
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So i want to wire it somehow to my pc, can someone explain me or recommend me how to do it? Here is my Mobo:
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It's not neon. That is a CCFL (i.e. Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp). If that lamp has an inverter built into the end with the wires coming out of it you need to connect it to a +12V source. The wires should be color coded to indicate polarity.
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It's not neon. That is a CCFL (i.e. Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp). If that lamp has an inverter built into the end with the wires coming out of it you need to connect it to a +12V source. The wires should be color coded to indicate polarity.
 
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Yea you are probably right, it has a UV violet light and makes all white things glow. And it has a higher end where the wires are, so i think it is an inverter. And also one wire is black and the other has a black stripe on it so yes it marks which ones are positive and negative, although i don't know which ones are which ones xD. So where you should recommend me to wire it? My friend mentioned something that you can attach it to the fan pin connectors somehow :D
 
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The white wire with a black stripe is usually connected to a +12V source (i.e. any of the yellow wires from a color coded wiring PSU are +12V). The solid black wire is connected to chassis ground (i.e. any of the solid black wires from a PSU with color coded cabling).
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With the cable pictured above, you would cut off the connector on the right and discard it. You would then splice the white cable with black stripe from the CCFL to the yellow wire coming from the Molex peripheral power connector shown on the left. The solid black wire from the CCFL would be connected to one of the black wires from the Molex peripheral power connector shown on the left.
 
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So you mean i have to cut off that little connector on the right and then, the wire with the stripe (Btw, sorry, it was a black wire with a white stripe xD) connect with the yellow wire and solid black wire with a solid black wire on the right? Or is it another way around? Im sorry, im just learning these things for now.. I think you meant that everything has to be connected to that molex bigger connector, because im getting confused of why i need to cut off the connector on the right.
 
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All you need is that bigger Molex connector on the left with a yellow +12V wire and black ground wire. The little connector on the right in that image is a fan header and is useless for your CCFL.
 
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