PSU Modding tools

[Samuknow]

How many of you have added a sleaving kit and fought with it till the dying end? Well no more. With this tool kit, you can remove the connectors with ease.

Xoxide

[raphael2040]

Very nice find.

I don't mod PSUs, so, bleh :S

[Samuknow]

I have done 2 now. This would have made it much easier...

[cadaveca]

Thanks for the link!

[Gizmo]

Hmmm...........odd.

I've always used a small jeweler's screwdriver and a paper-clip. Guess I'm just too much of a hill-billy.

To be fair though, if I were doing this all the time, that kit or something like it would definitely be the way to go.

[skool h8r]

Lucky for me, my PSU's modular so i can remove what i don't need. It's also presleeved so it's one less mod for me to do. And i've got a proper molex remover tool as it is.

[cadaveca]

I'm with you, Giz, but sometimes it's a bit difficult...like SATA connectors which this set does not help with.

[Samuknow]

I have taken the paperclip, safety pin,(watch it those things bite), and various other "hill billy"tools after my last 2 sleaving mods. Seems well worth it if you have your 150.00 dollar PSU and want to clean it up without wrecking it....

[MONKEYMAN]

Yeah...sleeving mine was a complete pig, used the pokey bit of metal method. As Cadaveca mentioned the SATA connectors make you want to break down in tears.

[raphael2040]

On a side note, XoXide r0x, it's just a shame they don't ship to the UK =(

[ajopz]

Originally Posted by raphael2040

On a side note, XoXide r0x, it's just a shame they don't ship to the UK =(

That is a shame

[booman]

I havn't sleeved a power supply yet, but I used an old paintbrush to pull the molex pins.
I just pulled out the hairs and used the metal sleeve-thing that was left.

[tevildo]

nice kit would be useful if the wires on psus were ever the right length... end up chopping em down anyway. Besides, recrimping is much more fun...

Tev

[Samuknow]

Where did you buy the new contacts?

[tevildo]

various places - the hard disk molex crimps came from rapid, the minifit atx crimps came from rs. Last time, anyway. Tend to get them from wherever is cheapest at the time

Tev

[Ultimate_death]

I never realised you could get new crimps. I guess that means i should probably sort out all the ones i screwed up and snapped the catches off when i did mine... At them moment i just push them back in if they get forced out

[tevildo]

the only slight problem is attaching the crimps - it can be done by hand (with fine tweezers for the minifit or small pliers for the larger molex) but proper crimpers give the best connections (essential for those high current lines). Unfortunately, crimpers can cost upwards of £200 for some types of crimp... hardly worth it for a one off. Course, there are usually cheaper alternatives to the 'official' ones, and they usually work well enough.

Tev

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by tevildo

the only slight problem is attaching the crimps - it can be done by hand (with fine tweezers for the minifit or small pliers for the larger molex) but proper crimpers give the best connections (essential for those high current lines). Unfortunately, crimpers can cost upwards of £200 for some types of crimp... hardly worth it for a one off. Course, there are usually cheaper alternatives to the 'official' ones, and they usually work well enough.

Tev

If it is a connection where reliability is a concern, I always crimp then solder if at all possible. The crimp holds the thing in place long enough for me to be able to solder the connection.

[tevildo]

solder _shouldn't_ be necessary.... not to say it isn't necessary, but in theory, crimps shouldn't need it That is their purpose - if you're going to solder, why use a crimp instead of a pad on the board?

Of course, that's the production POV - soldering gives a much better connection than just pressing a piece of metal into the strands of wire, but it does take a lot longer... and time isn't an issue on a one off mod

Tev