OK have some time to post more details on the moding subject now. The subject is a Silverstone ST405 PSU which is about 3 years old. It has about 7 cables. I only sleeved the ATX and P4 cables for the PSU and the entire hole where the wires exit is already overcrowded. Sheesh, sleeving a non-modular PSU is a real headache. It took me about 5 minutes to sleeve the P4 cable.

The problem came when I decided to sleeve the ATX cables. The cable numbering and wire removal itself took me about 1 hour to do. Then I took about 2 weeks to sleeve 18 cables (5 hours total) only to realise that it was not the "PERFECT" result that I wanted to achieve.

Hence I resleeved the entire ATX cable on another day which took me about 5 hours to achieve the perfect sleeving. Below is a snippet of the work done on the PSU. This can also serve as a tutorial for those who want to achieve the same result as I did as I have included all the work I did to achieve the result.

First, removal of the pins from the ATX socket. I used the MOLEX Original Pin Remover from MDPC-X. It fits in perfectly, but the pins seem to be very stubborn to remove on the first try. It required a bit of strength to pull it out. Once the "virginity" has been broken, it becomes very easy to remove on subsequent attempts


To achieve the perfect sleeving, I started by cutting the sleeves to length. I used a nail clipper and a electronics "playar kacip" to snip the cables to get a nice cut. If you use a scissors to cut, you will not be able to achieve a uniform cut. Then I seared the end with a "jet flame lighter" to achieve a good melt.


Then I sleeved the cables by using the "caterpillar technique". I push the cable in on one end and then you push the sleeve in with one hand while the other is firmly gripping the sleeved cable. Then I gripped the wire with the other hand and release the one gripping the sleeved cable causing the sleeving to go in.


I measured all heatshrink to 2cm length and cut them using a blade on a cutting board. I used a 2100W Philips hairdryer to shrink it. To achieve a good hold, the seared sleeving should have some hard outer ridges due to the searing procedure. Then the heathshrink should be covering a portion of the pin. This gives it a very good hold.


Stretch the cable as tight as possible (to get a good result on macro photography) and then heatshrink it. The result is as below. Repeated the process for all other cables.


Finished Pictures





This post has been edited by jetyap: Dec 21 2009, 04:27 PM

is the psu modular or non modular =O?

Non modular PSU.

woah...sexxxxy....if only got enuff money to sleeve to mdpc sleeves...

Can you do this for me? The PSU sleeving is really time consuming but anyhow, great work there!

Took me 4 hours just to finish the ATX cables (actually to redo it). The previous one didn't look the way I wanted it to look so I redo the whole thing.

You really have the patience and yes, I've done my 24-pin ATX before and it easily took more than an hour

I wanted all the heatshrink/sleeve length to be perfectly aligned. LOL.

4 hours is considered fast if that's the case Can you do it for me too? I don't mind the length to be perfectly align, like +/- 0.01mm will do, LOL.

I'd like to but unfortunately I don't have the time to do it. Maybe next year in June I might be able to do.

woah...if next year in june u can do it...can u do for me too?hahahaha...by that time im sure id have some money saved to get some murdermod sleevings...

This post has been edited by Susaiput: Dec 26 2009, 09:37 PM

Sure, if time permits

so bro when the next order will take part?