Cable Sleeving Guide

[DragoonXX]

that's probably the -5V which hasn't been part of the standard for quite some time

[Zorlac]

Oh damn...guess I just havent noticed in the past.

This looks like it might be more difficult than I thought. On the same 24pin molex, I noticed that one of the pins has two cables (a normal sized and a really small cable). Anyone noticed this before?

On top of that, the X750 divides the PSU side of the 24pin connector into two cables. One is a 16pin and the other is a 10pin. VERY strange. Why is there 2 extra pins on the PSU side and only 23 pins out of 24 pins being used on the motherboard side???

EDIT: Okay, I confirmed on Wiki that I am actually talking about pin 20 and it is indeed -5V which is obsolete. Sorry for my confusion (should have looked there first). I am still confused about the 26pins used on the PSU side though.

[shazza]

That's fairly normal - I wouldn't worry about it.

[illidan]

hope to see pics of that seasonic x

[Nem]

Well I ordered my braiding and heatshrink from ChilledPC which came this morning, but the colour is nothing like I was expecting. The heatshrink is a lot lighter than the pics, and the braiding is very dark, so the two together look dreadful.

So I've finally found the MDPC site and ordered some Aqua stuff, if only I'd found that site before ordering on Monday. I found the MDPC case gallery site, but couldn't for the life of me find the shop.

This is the last part before I can start my build anyway, so big thanks for this amazing thread!

[ridney]

the color of the heatshrink will change (darker) once you heat it up and shrink it

[fhantastic]

[Nem]

the color of the heatshrink will change (darker) once you heat it up and shrink it

Right, thats good to know.

But the stuff I've got already is like night and day different. The Heatshrink is very similar to the Aqua colour from MDPC if not a little bit lighter, and the braid is a dark royal blue.

It was also 4mm braid and I'm thinking that a 24pin plug all done individually with 4mm might look a little 'big', so the MDPC stuff should look a lot better, well from the pics in this thread it certainly does anyway

[dualbrain]

lol Ferhan - an honor!!! Hang it on the wall - and keep some sleeving if you ever want to hang yourself Looks so cool in your framed version! Thank you for showing, because these are one-of's

@nem: Sleeving that is similar is still different - there is more than "just" density that makes good sleeve

[Nem]

@nem: Sleeving that is similar is still different - there is more than "just" density that makes good sleeve

Indeed Shame my first lot of sleeving hasn't worked out, decided to order from within the UK mainly as it's the last part of my new build which I was needing and didn't want to wait any longer than I had to. A mistake I won't make again

Just read my dispatch note from yourself, the personal touch is very much appreciated.

I'll get some pictures up as soon as I get going with the build, both the sleeving and the full build.

Thanks.

[dualbrain]

There's nothing better than creativity and sleeving makes people creative

[Nem]

Just as a comparison with the stuff from Chilled PC:

Pics from their shop website:







and then a photo from the parts I have here:



If it was the colour of the heatshrink in the top pic and the colour of the braid in the sata cabel pic I'd have been happy. Even the two braid pics are different colours of the same product.

Nick

[illidan]

There's nothing better than creativity and sleeving makes people creative

what's diameter of those pipes

[dualbrain]

*brrrrr*


Back to beauty



diameter: Just a fraction (0.02mm - 0.03mm) bigger than the outer diameter of molex-pin-specification for the 4-pin (male/female). Normal tubes that you buy in model-stores or architecture places don't work perfectly, as they are too big and the hook can get f***ed during pull-out.

[theToX]

*brrrrr*


Back to beauty



diameter: Just a fraction (0.02mm - 0.03mm) bigger than the outer diameter of molex-pin-specification for the 4-pin (male/female). Normal tubes that you buy in model-stores or architecture places don't work perfectly, as they are too big and the hook can get f***ed during pull-out.

awesome pic.

i thought the pull-out method was the only 100% positive way to prevent "problems".........oh wait.....

[dualbrain]

Take a big shrink to prevent that problem^^ ...

[aka_GK]

BRUCE LEE MEMORIAL EDITION

There's nothing better than creativity and sleeving makes people creative

haha, Nils, it is gorgeous, I want one

[dualbrain]

Send me a small chain and it becomes the real thing^^



I am searching my whole apartment but can't find one. Love to play around with it

[canadiantire]

Hope my wife's DC(sony T77) works



















2 LED lights with pci slot switch

[Zorlac]

Here is my Seasonic X-750. Finally finished recabling what I will need for my new P55 build. No making fun of my n00bish skills (both recabling and taking photos).

Thanks fellow Xtreme friends for all the help in this thread and thanks to murderMod for their awesome psychopack (I may just buy another).

By the way, these Seasonic cables were not easy at all... Mainly the very weird 23 pin (motherboard side) to 26 pin (PSU side) cable was a beotch! I had never heard of such a cable until getting this new badass PSU.

Oh, and yes that is a Monster AC cable sitting there (gasp!)...I got it for half of MSRP so dont worry.

[mcp]

[Nem]

Well my sleeving arrived this morning, and it's stunning. Thanks Nils!

BUT

I've not spent 2 hours and have already wasted a load of heatshrink and cannot do it. I'm giving up!

After an hour trying I can get the pins out finally, but they will not stay back in the plug. The two fins which hold the pin back in the plug always go back flat after I try and push them back in though the plug so the wire will just pull out of the plug again.

I can see no way of doing this at all.

[Equinediver]

Get hold of an old crappy PSU and practice getting the pins out, take somethng like a craft knife and gently pull the little flaps back out, then they will hold when you put the pin back in.

[dualbrain]

Hey Nem Very nice to hear that it stuns you more than "the other sources"

Which pin-remover are you using btw? Sounds like you are using "alternative methods" like needles or small screwdrivers. There it happens that the "hooks" are permanently bent inwards. They lose flexibility as you have noticed. With a good pin-remover this won't happen. The flexibility is kept up 100% then.

Don't give up because of wrong tools. Get a good tool and enjoy the excitement of sleeve-addiction. Don't give up

@mcp: How about changing the red-GPU color to a matching color?

[Nem]

Get hold of an old crappy PSU and practice getting the pins out, take somethng like a craft knife and gently pull the little flaps back out, then they will hold when you put the pin back in.

It's not getting them out now which is the problem, it's the flaps not holding when going back in

Hey Nem Very nice to hear that it stuns you more than "the other sources"

Which pin-remover are you using btw? Sounds like you are using "alternative methods" like needles or small screwdrivers. There it happens that the "hooks" are permanently bent inwards. They lose flexibility as you have noticed. With a good pin-remover this won't happen. The flexibility is kept up 100% then.

Don't give up because of wrong tools. Get a good tool and enjoy the excitement of sleeve-addiction. Don't give up

@mcp: How about changing the red-GPU color to a matching color?

Jus been using a tiny flat blade screwdriver, so I can see what you mean about the flaps not springing back.

Just tried with a staple and can't even get any of them out, so still getting no further.