juz got myself a new comp...on the mids of modding...but currently stucked having problems sleeving my psu... need some help on how to sleeve up the biggest power socket (the 1 connecting to mobo) cant seems to squeeze the head in the sleeve....
You'll need to remove the wires from the plug using a special tool (Molex pin removal tool, I think it's called). Remove them one at a time, taking it out of the plug, putting it through the sleeve, and plugging it back into the connector. Doing it this way ensures you won't make a mistake, because if you do, you'll be very lucky not to roast your motherboard.
You can sometimes get the sleeve over the head by twisting the head 90 degrees to the side, and squashing the wires against it. But yeah, a pin remover's the way to go if you can wait to get one. Just as a side note, check each molex afterwards, before you plug it back in. Many people (me included...)have fried hard-drives by wiring PSUs up backwards Just be sure they're all right, and you'll be fine
i do have the molex pin remover...but wont fit into the hole...only able to remove pins off the 4 pin heads...not the bigger 1...seems tat the holes are of different size
then u probably need the ATX pin remover. those are a combination of circles and squares i think. just do what everyone says and CHECK THE PINOUTS many good pc components have been lost due to not checking ur work *glances over at dead SLEEVED PSU in closet*
Yes, you need a special ATX pin remover. You can buy the right one or try and made due with a small screwdriver or a couple staples. I'll tell you, it's worth the money. If you try and do a half-assed job by just using bigger sleeving or forcing it over when it shouldn't go, it shows.
When i've sleeved wires (though I've never had to do the mobo one) I draw a diagram, just a block sketch, to remind me, then I feed a piece of tape under the first layer of wires, stick it back on its self (so the order of the wires is preserved in a strip of tape), then do the same for the second. Then when you remove the plug the order of the wires is preserved for you. Most psu manuals will have a wiring guide in them if you have difficulties.
what you can also do is take a really small needle, stick the eye end in where the tabs need to be pressed in, and work the tabs in by angling the needle and twisting the eye. (it's slightly oval shaped on the eye end so twisting it pushes the tabs in). I know this works, I have sleeved my own PSU using this method - albeit before i knew they made tools for it. if you dont have a spare PSU with the same wire color arrangement or a manual, make your own diagram on a piece of graph paper, and make sure you understand it.
thnkz for the advice....juz 1 more query...been've browsing thru some magazines...notice theres another sleeving form...it look kinda like telephone cords....any idea wad izzit called? or where i can get it?
spiral wrap? If that's what you mean, the effect is very poor compared to a proper sleeve job, but just google it. Most modding stores don't even sell it because it looks so poor compared to sleeving in a windowed case.
I used to sell it, Spiral wrap looks better then an half arsed sleeve job, plus it is quick and easy to wrap the entire case for airflow purposes, and it adds some rigidity to the wire so you can easily shape it round the case (to keep it out of the airstream as far as possible). Oh and may I just third the double checking of your work and making a diagram so you don't mix up any pins *looks across at no fried hardware, only due to the fact I double/triple check anything PSU related*
ElThomsono, I never did sleeve my ATX cables since I did not have the pins remover (or bothered to make one). I tried you tip of twisting the connector 90 degrees sideways and it worked! Thanks for the tip. (Note I wrapped the ATX connector with tape to avoid the sharp edges and the connector key from damaging the sleeve while it was being inserted). ARM
ahhh great idea there...i was pissed having my sleeves all caught in the edges......twist it 90 deg...judgin frm ARM...guess it was ez...hope it did not dmg the wires inside...
