Antec P180 + Scythe Ninja = Fail

MTS · 28 Jul 2006 at 18:40

The stupid ATX 12V 4-pin connector wont reach. About 3 inches too short.

My poor Conroe rig now just sits there without power.

Woe is me.

Priapus · 28 Jul 2006 at 18:46

Make the cable longer?

I know it's a pain in the rear end. But it'll give you power.

Jimbo · 28 Jul 2006 at 18:47

Nightmare mate, I have a p180 and I was fearing the same thing, I bought a Enermax Liberty 620w and its leads stretch nice and long.

Is there a extension cable available? I would have thought so.

squiffy · 28 Jul 2006 at 18:49

Surely you mean P180 + My PSU = fail?

MTS · 28 Jul 2006 at 18:52

Ice On Fire said:
er?

I know it's a pain in the rear end. But it'll give you power.

How? If I try and stretch it any more its going to snap. o.O

Jimbo said:
Is there a extension cable available? I would have thought so.

Im going to head in to town tomorrow and find out.

squiffy said:
Surely you mean P180 + My PSU = fail?

Maybe. If the heatsink was smaller though it would have fit. Similarly, if the power supply fitted in at the top it would have fit. Its just the mixture of the two that makes it fail.

Justintime · 28 Jul 2006 at 23:03

Good ol connector blocks and wire is how i'd do it

An extension is available at a certain electronics retailer in the uk that has a lot of branches, too bad i can't name it.

verbal · 28 Jul 2006 at 23:19

Take off sidepanel.
Make stack of books next to case.
Put PSU on books.
Plug PSU cables in.
PC works.

This way you'll be up and running until you get your extension.

shimy182 · 28 Jul 2006 at 23:37

verbal said:
Take off sidepanel.
Make stack of booksnext to case.
Put PSU on books.
Plug PSU cables in.
PC works.

This way you'll be up and running until you get your extension.

yeah whats wrong with that idea?

Azza · 29 Jul 2006 at 00:12

theres a extension cable that you can buy but not from OcUK, i carnt remember the full name but its a Silverstone..... something or other.

GoRedwings19 · 29 Jul 2006 at 00:30

I had to buy one of these for my p180. I use a seasonic and even though it just reached there was a lot of strain on the cable.

Yewen · 29 Jul 2006 at 00:31

If you want to do any sort of cable management you need to extend most PSU's cables.

You can get an adapter quite cheapily if you hunt about.

MTS · 29 Jul 2006 at 09:28

Thanks. Ill look into getting a cable. But for now Ive done what a couple of you suggested and just put the PSU outside the case.

Everything seems to be running nicely. Once I do a few more tests Ill start playing.

Count_Zero99uk · 30 Jul 2006 at 10:45

EEK

Im getting the P180 case and a Seasonic psu. So i should look around for cable extenders.

on another note how was the case for building in?

samcat · 30 Jul 2006 at 10:53

Get your soldering iron out. Will take about half an hour to do a tidy job including braiding the cable.

Its what I had to do, but its well worth it for a clean install:

(4 pin is on the very top left of that board!)

Count_Zero99uk said:
Im getting the P180 case and a Seasonic psu. So i should look around for cable extenders.

on another note how was the case for building in?

Its NOT just the case and the psu... Its the mortherboard thats important too.. Some of them have the power connectors located such that extensions are NOT needed. If the power connectors are located where the 24pin one is on my picture above then you should be ok, BUT if your 4 pin is over the other side of the board (like my one is) then you may run into trouble, depending on your psu.

To answer your other question, its a nice easy case to work with. No removable tray, but still nice and easy to work around

Cheers,
Sam C

Count_Zero99uk · 30 Jul 2006 at 10:56

I have no soldering iron

hmm, ill work something out i usualy do, and you never know maybe the 4 pin on my new board (which i havent picked yet) will be in a good location.

samcat · 30 Jul 2006 at 10:58

Count_Zero99uk said:
I have no soldering iron

Pfffft. You can buy one worth having for about a tenner. Get some solder, some heatshrink and a few reels of wire and have a few practice goes before trying it for real.. Its easy and well worth learning to do.

Sam C

Things change I've changed · 30 Jul 2006 at 14:22

samcat said:
....snip....

just stole your pic to demonstrate something, hope thats allright

MTS said:
The stupid ATX 12V 4-pin connector wont reach. About 3 inches too short.

My poor Conroe rig now just sits there without power.

Woe is me.

Have you tried running the cable like so, underneath the pci/apg/pci-e cards etc,

samcat · 30 Jul 2006 at 15:44

Didnt work for me, came just short (1-2 inches), so I extended.

BUT my psu is a Hiper Type-R.

Sam C

Graeme43 · 2 Aug 2006 at 19:41

My Seasonic S12 430W is a little short too

Got extensions coming