wire sleeve questions

joeswm8 · 02-16-2007, 12:32 AM

i am planning to use wire sleeving but i read i need a molex pin remover to remove the plug to fit the wire sleeve on.
http://www.xpcgear.com/molexextract.html

this would work, correct? and how safe is it to remove and then add the pins? are the pins in any order? will this work for all the PSU connections?

lunchboxx · 02-16-2007, 12:41 AM

good luck....

Jet · 02-16-2007, 12:48 AM

That will only work for the molex connectors. For the 4 pin CPU connector and the 24 pin motherboard connector (As well as any PCI-e connector) you'll need a different tool.

Mind that each cable has specific wire placings. The 4 pin molexes are easy, because you just need to remember which side the red or yellow is on. I would recommend with just starting on the 4 pin Molexes. That's what I did, and it worked nicely. Doing the rest of the cables would be quite a chore. Just think about the pain of remembering where all 24 cables go with the motherboard connector

. You don't want to have two switched around and fry your motherboard, or worse.

joeswm8 · 02-16-2007, 12:50 AM

ok after seeing that i am just using ties. or tape. yeah tape sounds good.

got any tape suggestions?

Jet · 02-16-2007, 12:58 AM

I am not discouraging you from doing it

. I did my two molex connectors the prescribed way, and they look great (that was on my old Antec SM2.0 400w PSU). Now, I just take the bigger sizes of sleeving and put it over a few select cables and then ziptie them on. It doesn't look quite as nice, but still gives the effect.

Kornowski · 02-16-2007, 12:59 AM

I just use cable ties, they do the job and you can cut them off if you want to move them around

joeswm8 · 02-16-2007, 01:01 AM

ill use cable ties and then ill see if i really need it. i like the idea of getting the bigger sleeves but i dont know. and when it says a sleeve size, can the sleezes be tightened?

Jet · 02-16-2007, 01:06 AM

Sleeving can be tightend to a certain amount, but not infinitely tightened.

02-16-2007, 12:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
joeswm8 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: IL Age: 16 Posts: 1,541	wire sleeve questions i am planning to use wire sleeving but i read i need a molex pin remover to remove the plug to fit the wire sleeve on. http://www.xpcgear.com/molexextract.html this would work, correct? and how safe is it to remove and then add the pins? are the pins in any order? will this work for all the PSU connections? __________________ www.stompergames.com - simplest gaming site on the web ---New Computer---Server Build --X2 3800+@2.5---E6600@3.4 XFX 7900GS Extreme---eVga 7600GS--- ------2GB G.Skill DDR2-800---4GB Corsair DDR2-800 Biostar TForce 550MCP---eVga 680i-------- ------WD 160GB HDD---2x74GB Raptors -----------------Rosewill 550W---OCZ 700W GameXStream Centurion 5---P180B

02-16-2007, 12:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
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02-16-2007, 12:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,285	That will only work for the molex connectors. For the 4 pin CPU connector and the 24 pin motherboard connector (As well as any PCI-e connector) you'll need a different tool. Mind that each cable has specific wire placings. The 4 pin molexes are easy, because you just need to remember which side the red or yellow is on. I would recommend with just starting on the 4 pin Molexes. That's what I did, and it worked nicely. Doing the rest of the cables would be quite a chore. Just think about the pain of remembering where all 24 cables go with the motherboard connector . You don't want to have two switched around and fry your motherboard, or worse. __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

02-16-2007, 12:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
joeswm8 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: IL Age: 16 Posts: 1,541	ok after seeing that i am just using ties. or tape. yeah tape sounds good. got any tape suggestions? __________________ www.stompergames.com - simplest gaming site on the web ---New Computer---Server Build --X2 3800+@2.5---E6600@3.4 XFX 7900GS Extreme---eVga 7600GS--- ------2GB G.Skill DDR2-800---4GB Corsair DDR2-800 Biostar TForce 550MCP---eVga 680i-------- ------WD 160GB HDD---2x74GB Raptors -----------------Rosewill 550W---OCZ 700W GameXStream Centurion 5---P180B

02-16-2007, 12:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,285	I am not discouraging you from doing it . I did my two molex connectors the prescribed way, and they look great (that was on my old Antec SM2.0 400w PSU). Now, I just take the bigger sizes of sleeving and put it over a few select cables and then ziptie them on. It doesn't look quite as nice, but still gives the effect. __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

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02-16-2007, 01:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
joeswm8 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: IL Age: 16 Posts: 1,541	ill use cable ties and then ill see if i really need it. i like the idea of getting the bigger sleeves but i dont know. and when it says a sleeve size, can the sleezes be tightened? __________________ www.stompergames.com - simplest gaming site on the web ---New Computer---Server Build --X2 3800+@2.5---E6600@3.4 XFX 7900GS Extreme---eVga 7600GS--- ------2GB G.Skill DDR2-800---4GB Corsair DDR2-800 Biostar TForce 550MCP---eVga 680i-------- ------WD 160GB HDD---2x74GB Raptors -----------------Rosewill 550W---OCZ 700W GameXStream Centurion 5---P180B

02-16-2007, 01:06 AM	#8 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,285	Sleeving can be tightend to a certain amount, but not infinitely tightened. __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

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