[matada]

Most of my sleeving parts will be here today (waiting on another 100ft to ship still) and I'm trying to pull the molex connectors off, but I can't figure out how. I've read guides, but these just will not come out.

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Thanks!

 

[matada]

Bump. Need to know, want to get this thing sleeved.

 

[Big Elf]

Which pin removal tool are you using?

 

[matada]

This one: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/3836/too-07/FrozenCPU_Dual_Head_ATX_Connector_Removal_Tool_ATX_4-pin_P4_6-pin_PCI-E_8-pin_Xeon_Auxiliary_3-pin_or_4-pin_Fan_Flop.html?id=Nbe2cWDm&mv_pc=153

 

[Big Elf]

That looks like it should work OK. Do the prongs go either side of the pin and fully down to the bottom of the connector?

Sometimes wiggling the cable and/or pushing the wire up with the tool inserted helps.

Sometimes it needs quite a bit of force to pull it out and having the wire perfectly straight.

The worst one I've done is the Seasonic in my main system and that took a hell of a lot of force to get the wires out.

Are you also having problems with the 4 pin molex plug as well bearing in mind that uses a different tool to the ATX pin remover.

Edit: This is how far the prongs on the Molex ATX tool go in:

 

[royalflush5]

Off topic: how tough is it to sleeve that PSU in your opinion? I have the 600w version and I'd like the sleeve it

 

[Big Elf]

Seasonic seem to have used non-standard ATX pins, they're a pain to get out and a pain to reinsert with sleeved cable. Far easier to make up your own cables with proper Molex ATX pins.

Also both the 24 pin and PCI-E cables use double wires which I resolved by splicing.

On my particular one roughly 6-8 of the PCI-E pins weren't properly crimped and detached from the wire relatively easily. They were crimped OK on all the other cables.

On the PSU side Seasonic have used non-standard ATX connectors particularly for the 24 pin which means the wires go all over the place instead of having a 1 to 1 relationship e.g like you'd get with extenders

 

[matada]

If you get the right sleeving + Heatshrink not hard I reckon. I really don't want to have to power my rig down to sleeve it though.

I have 200ft (with another 100 feet locked up due to a HORRIBLE company (SERIOUSLY stay away from www.paracordplanet.com!) Been trying to cancel for a week now, no one replies, their phone number belongs to a bank, and yeah.

I'd file a dispute.. BUT paypal requires you to fax or snail mail them.. With your debit card number on the letter.. NOPE.avi

 

[Big Elf]

Any luck getting the pins out? If you're still having difficulty it's worth asking an expert e.g. Lutro0

 

[matada]

I figured out the molex eventually, but the PCI-E and 24 pin are giving me issues. will try again later.

Managed to remove 3 connectors on the strand I use for my fans. took like 8" of cord out.