Hey guys,
I'm thinking about doing some heat sleeving on all of my components, maybe tidying them up a bit more. I have a few questions, I've seen some answers here and there in tidbits around the forums, but I was looking to have a centralized post to get these answered to the fullest extent.
1) Removing the Wires
One of the thing that really worries me is removing the wires from the molex connectors... and worse yet, getting them back on. I have seen some pin extractors online, are they really necessary, or are there other ways to do it? Hell, my current tool kit I think already has a pin extractor... how exactly do you do it, just poke it in, hit the button and remove the pin, thus freeing the wire? How do you get it back on?
2) Heating up the sleeve
I do not have a heat dryer, would a hair dryer work? Or would any other components work, such as holding a lighter or something [I would use a candle instead of wasting someone's lighter] a few inches away careful not to burn it?
3) Is it flexible?
Well, since I can't build a new computer on the current funds I am running on, I can sure as hell make mine work nicer and look nicer too, so that's always a plus. One of the things I was thinking of doing was what someone did with their case, basically cut a bunch of holes in the back of their mother board try and ran wires through there... would heat sleeved wires still be able to manuveur their way around?
I think that's about it so far, I may have some more questions though...
I'm thinking about doing some heat sleeving on all of my components, maybe tidying them up a bit more. I have a few questions, I've seen some answers here and there in tidbits around the forums, but I was looking to have a centralized post to get these answered to the fullest extent.
1) Removing the Wires
One of the thing that really worries me is removing the wires from the molex connectors... and worse yet, getting them back on. I have seen some pin extractors online, are they really necessary, or are there other ways to do it? Hell, my current tool kit I think already has a pin extractor... how exactly do you do it, just poke it in, hit the button and remove the pin, thus freeing the wire? How do you get it back on?
2) Heating up the sleeve
I do not have a heat dryer, would a hair dryer work? Or would any other components work, such as holding a lighter or something [I would use a candle instead of wasting someone's lighter] a few inches away careful not to burn it?
3) Is it flexible?
Well, since I can't build a new computer on the current funds I am running on, I can sure as hell make mine work nicer and look nicer too, so that's always a plus. One of the things I was thinking of doing was what someone did with their case, basically cut a bunch of holes in the back of their mother board try and ran wires through there... would heat sleeved wires still be able to manuveur their way around?
I think that's about it so far, I may have some more questions though...