Cable Sleeving Guide

WAJeff · Post by **WAJeff** » 06 Feb 2007, 22:26

The motivation came from Do0bs with his spray painting guide. I battled to get my cable sleeving done so Im hoping that this guide is going to come in handy..

What you need:

Molex Remover Tool (Comes with Molex Connector Package)
and
A small screw driver

Hairdryer

Vantec EZ-Grip Molex Connector Kit

Vantec Cable Sleeving Kit

Other colours here

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Lets get started:

First, remove all the standard (white) molex connectors

Sorry about the low quality pic, it just basically shows what the remover tool does. There are small pins on the wires that are bent back and you have to bend them back later on

Some PSU's come with cables that are cable tied together. Take them off. They might get caught on the sleeving kit and make holes

I dont have that much sleeving kit left so either use this size (the biggest) or medium seems to be a perfect fit for most of the cables

Take it one step at a time. Start right on the end of the cable and work your way up moving the wires (where the molex connectors where)

And so on...

To push the wires through, you need to push the begining of the sleeve towards the PSU so the sleeve stretches out and the wires can pass through smoothly

First bit done. All the wires have been pulled through

You can use 2 sizes of heatshrink. Large (Right) and Medium (Left). The medium worked the best for me. They onlt shrink to a certain size to make sure that the heatshrink shrinks tightly around the sleeve

This is where the heatshrinks are going to go

Push the heatshrinks over the original cable just like you did with the sleeve

Use the Hairdryer to shrink the heatshrink around the sleeve. Dont stop until it doesnt shrink any more!

Your final product. This is what the heatshrink is supposed to look like. You can put a cable tie around the sleeve to stop it from moving around. Its up to you though...

This is where you need to put the molex connectors back. FIRST you have to bend the small pins (I dont know if you can see 100% on the pic) If you dont do this, the molex cons will fall out

Final step: Put the wires back into your molex con. Make sure the molex con is facing you (as if you where the drive it was going to be plugged into). From your left to right: yellow, black, black and red

PSU Sleeving Guide for more info

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 06 Feb 2007, 22:33

Nice guide

There are a few things that i would have done differently, but good guide nonetheless

WAJeff · Post by **WAJeff** » 06 Feb 2007, 22:42

Can you maybe add them? I sleeved my cables according to this and it worked out okay...

I'll try add your steps into the guide

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 06 Feb 2007, 23:04

Well, you see, the way i do it, i have the sleeving size just a bit bigger than all the cables that are getting sleeved. This is an expensive way of doing it but in my opinion, it yields better results.

A also try to make sure that the heatshrink i use is only slightly larger than the cable so that it's very tight and there's no need for cable ties, giving an all round clean look. But that's the way I do it, and it's my personal preference that i have developed, i don't expect anyone to adhere to it

Your sleeving still looks good though, so forget about my steps

Off-The-Chart · Post by **Off-The-Chart** » 07 Feb 2007, 05:51

The heatshrink can also stretch a bit right?

If so, can one first put the piece of heatshrink and then the sleeve?
(this referring to the part closest to PSU of course)

Nice and simple guide, thanx...

qace · Post by **qace** » 07 Feb 2007, 08:37

Thanks for the guide.

Post by **KillerByte** » 07 Feb 2007, 10:35

Does it matter in which order the black wire go???

viceroy · Post by **viceroy** » 07 Feb 2007, 11:08

Off-The-Chart wrote:The heatshrink can also stretch a bit right?

If so, can one first put the piece of heatshrink and then the sleeve?
(this referring to the part closest to PSU of course)

Nice and simple guide, thanx...

it stretches very very slightly (read this as no it doesn't and you'll be safe)

Samaya · Post by **Samaya** » 07 Feb 2007, 11:16

KillerByte wrote:Does it matter in which order the black wire go???

Yes the black wire closest to the red wire has a slight red tinge to it and the one closer to the yellow has a slight yellow look to it...

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 07 Feb 2007, 11:43

Samaya wrote:
KillerByte wrote:Does it matter in which order the black wire go???
Yes the black wire closest to the red wire has a slight red tinge to it and the one closer to the yellow has a slight yellow look to it...

Yeah, and if you listen carefully, the one closest to the red wire will actually be saying "red, red, red, red" the whole time and the one closest to the yellow will be saying "yellow yellow yellow" the whole time...

Quite interesting really

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 07 Feb 2007, 11:49

Good guide...

**now why didn't I think of using a hairdryer... whould have 'bypassed' burning my fingers with a lighter**

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » 07 Feb 2007, 14:16

Anyone want to post pics or a guide on how to remove and replace the ATX plug?

Molean · Post by **Molean** » 07 Feb 2007, 14:18

Gromit wrote:Anyone want to post pics or a guide on how to remove and replace the ATX plug?

I 2nd that.

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 07 Feb 2007, 15:51

Molean wrote:
Gromit wrote:Anyone want to post pics or a guide on how to remove and replace the ATX plug?
I 2nd that.

DAE, would you do te honours?? I'll borrow you my PSU so you can show them!!

Lithe_Joint · Post by **Lithe_Joint** » 07 Feb 2007, 16:00

Cool guide, dude.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 07 Feb 2007, 16:17

DarkRanger wrote:
Molean wrote:
Gromit wrote:Anyone want to post pics or a guide on how to remove and replace the ATX plug?
I 2nd that.
DAE, would you do te honours?? I'll borrow you my PSU so you can show them!!

I certainly can. but the problem is that i do it with a tool that i imported from the US, so most guys STILL wont be able to do it

Samaya · Post by **Samaya** » 07 Feb 2007, 17:21

Well I had a look at that ATX connector just now. If you take a close look at the pins you will see that it has 2 edged that stick out from its sides like so: \||/. Just take a thinish piece of wire and make a u-shape out of it. Then push it down between the plastic and the pin from the front of the connector. If you push it deep enough it will close those edges and you can pull the wire out. This is not rocket science people...

WAJeff · Post by **WAJeff** » 07 Feb 2007, 17:36

Thanks for all the repsonses guys! I didnt think it was going to be that popular!!!!
With regards to sleeving the ATX 24-pin cables...Well...I cheated. It came pre-sleeved with a black sleeving so I didnt have to do it. The only option I can recommend for removing the ATX cable is asking DAE for his remover tool.... I dunno how else to do it otherwise

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 07 Feb 2007, 19:28

silv3rback wrote:The only option I can recommend for removing the ATX cable is asking DAE for his remover tool.... I dunno how else to do it otherwise

Just remember that DAE isn't gonna lend his pin remover tool to every Tom, willy, and Harry that asks him

Moses · Post by **Moses** » 07 Feb 2007, 20:09

I like sleeving my cable.

WAJeff · Post by **WAJeff** » 07 Feb 2007, 20:44

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Just remember that DAE isn't gonna lend his pin remover tool to every Tom, willy, and Harry that asks him

I know dude, I was just stuck on answering the ATX sleeving....

Moses wrote:I like sleeving my cable.

Mmmmkkkk....Whatever boils your kettle dude

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 08 Feb 2007, 07:58

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:
silv3rback wrote:The only option I can recommend for removing the ATX cable is asking DAE for his remover tool.... I dunno how else to do it otherwise
Just remember that DAE isn't gonna lend his pin remover tool to every Tom, willy, and Harry that asks him

OK, so whoevers name is not Tom, Willy or Harry, can borrow the tool then??

Post by **KillerByte** » 08 Feb 2007, 09:48

i'm still afraid of sleeving my cables.

EvilCow · Post by **EvilCow** » 08 Feb 2007, 15:33

Nice Guide, which it was out when i sleeved my cables would have help out alot........ Sleeving makes cables so neat and tidy it is definetly a must.......

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » 08 Feb 2007, 16:23

DarkRanger wrote:
DAE_JA_VOO wrote:
silv3rback wrote:The only option I can recommend for removing the ATX cable is asking DAE for his remover tool.... I dunno how else to do it otherwise
Just remember that DAE isn't gonna lend his pin remover tool to every Tom, willy, and Harry that asks him
OK, so whoevers name is not Tom, Willy or Harry, can borrow the tool then??

The pin remover tool is available at any good comp store, they cost around R20.00