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Wire sleeves?

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TSx

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I'm looking to get some sort of sleeves that cover the wires coming out of the power supply to allow for more air flow...with all my other wires being round, I'd like to get those neat and as sorted as possible. Does anyone have any recommendations for something like this? I'd rather not buy a new power supply that comes with round wires, as I'm sure there's a solution that will suffice for much less money.
 
I just did this last week to my Antec True550. Most of the molex connectors and floppy power cables are easy to get off, but you run into issues with the serial power cables. The pins are really small and the connectors (from what I saw) were not possible to remove. I ended up using larger sleeving (3/8" I think it was) from www.cableorganizer.com for these. Also, they don't give you enough small heatshrink with the kit and the big stuff is just too big. I ended up finishing a lot of ends with electric tape which worked fine, but wasn't as clean looking.

Get a really small flat-head screwdriver... the smallest you can find. The regular molex connectors have two little barbs that stick out and hold them in the plastic cover. Use the screwdriver to tuck them in and the wire will slide out of the connector. There was a recent article on the [H] front page about this... can't find it right now though.

When you put the molex connectors back on make sure you verify each wire is correctly placed or you'll fry some hardware. Testing with a fan is a good idea because if you screw up you only lose a couple bucks.
 
I totally agree with superjon's word of warning on the testing with a fan beforehand. My brother ended up killing his harddrive cuz he he one misplaced. I guess there was burning plastic smell in his case for a week or so.

Happy sleeving.
 
Someone else linked me to this page:

http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/flexokits.html

which has some kits with more sleeving, but less heatshrink. They had extra heatshrink for like 1.20 or 1.99 depending on width per foot though, so I could get a little extra of it.

Did you use one of those molex pin remover things? Radioshack has one for like $6 or 7, and if it made it much easier than using a screwdriver I might just go pick one up.
 
A molex remover is really easy to use on female molex connectors. Insert, wiggle, and push the plunger. If you need to use force then you probably didn't wiggle enough to get the tabs out of the way. It doesn't work for the 20pin ATX cable, 6pin Aux, or 4pin P4 cable though. You'll need a mini-fit molex tool or thin needles or tiny & thin flat head screw drivers for the ATX or P4. A small flat head or paper clip works for Aux cable.

From looking at a gillette sensor excel refill, it looks like you could take one apart and use the blades on the mini-fit connectors. Heh, but it's really sharp so if you cut yourself don't blame me :D
 
Originally posted by TSx
Someone else linked me to this page:
Did you use one of those molex pin remover things? Radioshack has one for like $6 or 7, and if it made it much easier than using a screwdriver I might just go pick one up.
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I have that radio shack molex remover. it is by far one of the most important and valued computer tools in my collection. the molex comes off in seconds saving you a lot of headache and bruised fingers.
 
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