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Removing these connectors?

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strossos

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Hey, I just finished sleeving my PS today. ( Annoying, but surprisingly easy... nice for a first time mod I guess :)) Now I'm onto sleeving everything else in my case, since I have 4 3-pin fans and adapters to match, there is a unsightly mess for wiring of those things. I have figured out how to remove the connector of the basic 3 pin thingies, but this one right here leaves me stumped, any ideas on how to remove this so I can get the accidental extra small sleeving and heatshrink over it?

http://www.cincygeeks.com/forums/uploads/post-2-1086147626.jpg

Anouther pic:

http://www.cincygeeks.com/forums/uploads/post-2-1086147640.jpg


There seems to be some little flaps off of those connecting pins, but I can't get anything to move on them! GRrr...






Secondly the 3 pin power adapters have these wierd types of 4 pin connectors that just arn't coming off! Pic:

http://www.cincygeeks.com/forums/uploads/post-2-1086147613.jpg

If you know how to get these damn things off... either of them, it would be very very nice to hear about it. :)
 
with the fan connectors you might try one of those tiny jewlers screwdrivers, a flat head, just stick it in there and pull it out...

the passthroughs i have no clue
 
Ahh, sweet, I figured out the 4 pin thingie.

There is actually a little latch (believe it or not) that opens up to make it nice and easy. All you have to do is take some tweezers to the male pins to push the little metal tabs in so the can slide, then pry up the tab on top of the plastic connector with a small screw driver or whatever and its open!

http://www.cincygeeks.com/forums/uploads/post-2-1086150543.jpg


Still looking for a way to pull the pins on that 3 prong I showed earlier, messing around with a jewlers screwdriver didn't work either. :(
 
if you can't figure it out just cut and splice the wires somewhere before the connector. you're going to sleeve 'em anyway, no one will ever have to know. ;)
 
Yea yea, I think I'm going to have to do that... now I just need to find the sodering stuff and hope I don't screw it up. :p
 
don't worry about soldering wires too much...it's not like it's a $500 video card right? :p
 
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