Hey, Currently sleeving my power supply ive come across a problem after sleeving all my molex's theres the atx and the 4pin, dont worry about those im buying a tool for them. But WHATS THIS i believe its a floppy cable, anyway what it is dosnt matter but how do you sleeve it? i cant work out how to get the ******* off? Instructions please anyone. Heres some pics
im pretty sure that for older pentium 4 boards if you can get it off and/or dont need it i'd cut the son of a gun off
Herring is right for the most part, it is an old plug that isn't seen on the newer PSUs. I have a ton of them from ancient PCs in the garage though ;p They're handy for building cheap boxes out of old computer parts, but if you wanna make it clean, open up the psu (warning: it hurts when you touch the wrong parts of the inside ) and do a clean chop of the wires. Don't forget to wrap those buggers up like a gimpy leg, otherwise you could bleed current somewhere it shouldnt and start a fire. Or something like that.
Hmm... I just brought this case a few months back, its completley new, it even has a P4 sticker on the psu What tools giving me an old supply. I have a P3 supply sitting on the floor without that plug! im not too keen on chopping anthing off so if no one knows how to sleeve it ill hide it behind the mobo i suppose.
Provided the PSU has enough open space inside, you could simply fold, tie and tuck the cable away just in case you need it for future use. It's also less likely to void a warrenty. Some PSUs have warrenties without the sticker tab, so opening them up is okay.
Rather not open it and kill myself Its a fairly standard size psu it dosnt look like theres much room in there.
I've heard it mentioned around here somewhere (not sure where) that if you unplug your 'puter from the wall, then try to turn it on (like you normally would) this bleeds all of the stored current out of the PSU and makes it safe to handle the internals. Any comments anyone?
still... I'd rather stay away from opening my dam psu i dont care if its safe or not ill only put it in there if i have to. its a small psu i doubt theres even room in there so if anyone knows how to sleeve this bugger please tell me insted of suggesting i put it in the psu, and my last resort is cutting it as i dont want open wires hanging around the place.
oh it's removable. just get something really thin, and shove it in the tiny hole above each of the bigger holes - all the way (even a staple should do it) then pull hte wire out.
You're right as long as you leave something plugged into it. OK it goes like this,assuming the ps is running leave a fan or something plugged into a 4pin molex, then unplug the ps from the wall outlet, the fan will run for half a second or so after the unplug and will drain the caps. I'm not just saying that, i work with PC'S everyday and i do this all the time, you can even touch any part inside no worries there's no juice left. This pic was taken after the time it took to unscrew the 4 cover screws, no juice
