Sleeve a non-modular psu?

[megadarkwood]

is it possible?

[nsyedhasan]

Yes, but you have to take apart the power supply.

[megadarkwood]

Yes, but you have to take apart the power supply.

Are there any tutorials? What tools would be needed?

[nsyedhasan]

Are there any tutorials? What tools would be needed?

I don't know about tutorials, but there are people on the forums who have done it so you may want to ask them.

[criso8]

Are there any tutorials? What tools would be needed?

From my understanding this is actually a pretty hard thing to do. Not to mention that if you mess up there could be consequences. Like your house burning down.

[megadarkwood]

From my understanding this is actually a pretty hard thing to do. Not to mention that if you mess up there could be consequences. Like your house burning down.

im willing to take the risk

[Wferr]

im willing to take the risk

You can but you will also have to do a little bit of PSU case modding to get all the new cables through

[NinjaStyle013]

Couldn't you just open the case of the psu up, sleeve past the hole in the casing then finish it with heat shrink.

That way you don't actually take the cable apart but you can still be happy cuz you can't see the wire without opening the case up.

[megadarkwood]

Couldn't you just open the case of the psu up, sleeve past the hole in the casing then finish it with heat shrink.

That way you don't actually take the cable apart but you can still be happy cuz you can't see the wire without opening the case up.

That might work. Ill have to try that soon

[Vitalius]

From my understanding this is actually a pretty hard thing to do. Not to mention that if you mess up there could be consequences. Like your house burning down.

Or.. ya know... you could die.

[Art Vandelay]

I think singularity computers, on youtube, showed how he did it in one build log of his.

[Ineko]

Mmm... I wouldn't go poking around in there like that, just my opinion. How much money do you have to spend? because if you aren't going to have a nice case etc. there's really no point, it will still be ugly and you've just wasted a lot of time.

[Vitalius]

... and you've just wasted a lot of time.

I personally would not consider that "wasted" "time" myself. That would be fun.

[mgsstar]

Or.. ya know... you could die.

Yea I wouldn't risk it if I were you. I would just get cable extensions from Bitfenix to save the trouble and hide all the psu cables in the back.

[whatthe_fuzz]

YES THIS CAN BE DONE!

for semi modular at least. Ive donw it and the results are lookin good. if you are still interested ill take some pictures and show you what I mean.

[CJPowell27]

Should just get sleeved extensions to save the time and risk

[TheGreenBean]

is it possible?

I'm sorry i'm new here but i have to jump in on this.

First unplug the power supply from the wall,then hold down the pc power button for 20 or so seconds to drain it.

Hell do it twice because you can  and will die if you touch the cap's inside.

You need to take the top cover off of the PSU and make the hole bigger,at least 10mm all around.

Run your sleeving inside then making sure not to hit or squeeze any components while doing so.

It helps to super glue and shrink wrap each wire inside the PSU to keep it in there permanently.

Done right it can  look nice but a modular will always look better.

Good luck with it

 

PS Lutro0 customs on youtube will tell you all you need to know.

I found him the most helpful when i did my sleeving.

[Liradon]

I sleeved alot of non modular PSU's. It's not that hard You just have to be a bit more careful.

[Quantum]

Singularity Computers did this.  I would probably recommend just getting extensions if you're not comfortable opening up your power supply and possibly using a dremel to make the hole bigger. 
http://youtu.be/aUzcOGvZRN4?t=13m42s

[Pruxis]

You do not have to take the psu apart, you can just simply sleeve it till the end and put a wide heatshrink around the cables that come out of your psu. That is the most effecient and probably safest way to sleeve your non-modular power supply.

[PBaines]

What about sleeving up to just before the PSU?

 

Is very very untidy and would definitely not recommend.

 

If you're going to do such a premium thing of sleeving a power supply do it right, do it once. Do it the best.

 

I LOVE sleeving a non-modular power supply over a modular. You don't have to have your sleeve lengths 100% accurate, you could have it up to 20mm short in some cases and you wouldn't even know. However if you are 20mm short you aren't very intelligent... lol.

 

-Simple take the housing off, 

 

-take all of the pins out (if they are black then do not take them all out cos there's no way to know unless you have a voltage meter) since you can google to where the wires go, as they are colour coordinated. (eg any red wire can go in any hole made for a red wire)

 

-You will find that there will probably be a double Orange, Red and a yellow I think that you will have to snip and reconnect it as other wires are inbetween the double wire meaning it's a pain in the arse to sleeve. Might not make sense, and it's a bit hard to explain but when you get to sleeving a non-modular PSU you'll know what I mean

 

-Sleeve the wire: NOTE if you just stretch the sleeve, and heatshrink the wire inside the PSU as is it has nothing to "hold" itself and the sleeve will just slip down the wire. You MUST use some super glue. 

-Stretch sleeve, find point where sleeve ends. put glue under the sleeve, and where the shrink would be too. heat the heatshrink, hold the sleeve for 15seconds in place while blowing on the heatshrink to cool it down and set the glue.

 

-Since the PSU is only made to have the cables with one big sleeve around it'll be very very hard to put the cover back on the PSU. I usually get my dremel out and cut a big square for the cables to go through. Makes things ten times easier.

 

 

If that sounds hard; know that a fully modular is harder to make perfect than a semi-modular

[megadarkwood]

Is very very untidy and would definitely not recommend.

 

If you're going to do such a premium thing of sleeving a power supply do it right, do it once. Do it the best.

 

I LOVE sleeving a non-modular power supply over a modular. You don't have to have your sleeve lengths 100% accurate, you could have it up to 20mm short in some cases and you wouldn't even know. However if you are 20mm short you aren't very intelligent... lol.

 

-Simple take the housing off, 

 

-take all of the pins out (if they are black then do not take them all out cos there's no way to know unless you have a voltage meter) since you can google to where the wires go, as they are colour coordinated. (eg any red wire can go in any hole made for a red wire)

 

-You will find that there will probably be a double Orange, Red and a yellow I think that you will have to snip and reconnect it as other wires are inbetween the double wire meaning it's a pain in the arse to sleeve. Might not make sense, and it's a bit hard to explain but when you get to sleeving a non-modular PSU you'll know what I mean

 

-Sleeve the wire: NOTE if you just stretch the sleeve, and heatshrink the wire inside the PSU as is it has nothing to "hold" itself and the sleeve will just slip down the wire. You MUST use some super glue. 

-Stretch sleeve, find point where sleeve ends. put glue under the sleeve, and where the shrink would be too. heat the heatshrink, hold the sleeve for 15seconds in place while blowing on the heatshrink to cool it down and set the glue.

 

-Since the PSU is only made to have the cables with one big sleeve around it'll be very very hard to put the cover back on the PSU. I usually get my dremel out and cut a big square for the cables to go through. Makes things ten times easier.

 

 

If that sounds hard; know that a fully modular is harder to make perfect than a semi-modular

I will probably use this! Thanks!

[Missioncode]

Or.. ya know... you could die.

probable didnt take the time and let the capacitors discharge simple as unplug and hit the power button and wait 5 mins. Its like when you hit the switch/unplug the PSU the LED on the board slowly goes off and just not instantly. The capacitors help when "brown outs" happen and keep the power where its supposed to be at.  So OP if you do do this, make sure to discharge it. 

[Moosecoop]

On 8/16/2013 at 8:23 PM, criso8 said:

From my understanding this is actually a pretty hard thing to do. Not to mention that if you mess up there could be consequences. Like your house burning down.

or dying