Project AMD Skeleton

AH, the Skeleton club. :) Hopefully this will be acceptable to allow my passage into such hallowed grounds!

I have had a worry in the back of my mind since I fitted those coolers, be interesting when the thing gets put back together I reckon. I must admit i've been struggling to get the hours in on this. As my paint booth is standing out in the back garden, i've been thwarted most evenings recently by typical english rainfall. :(

Really don't get these guys that try to spread hate, particularly when it's only a PC case!
 
A quick question; any of you guys with a Corsair Modular PSU? You'll notice from assembled pictures the Power cables to the first card. Any of you managed to braid these or make them look better? Due to the rubber things near the top, it doesn't look like you can, unless i'm mistaken?
 
Is that all it is? Just a wrap holding the wires together at the business end? Presume you can then split the individual wires apart? I have plenty of the spare ones, so it won't be the end of the world if I damage one of them.
 
Indeed we will fix it!! Will give this a go when my braiding turns up, will post some pictures when I do.

The weather has unfortunately hampered my painting efforts again, got the main cowl touched up from the screw ups, got nearly all the main body pieces finished. Have masked the fans shown earlier up ready to paint. More to follow.
 
I'm getting there! All black parts of the case are now complete, I will re-assemble and take some pictures soon. As far as painting goes, I just need to finish the 2 small fans shown earlier.

I have ordered some braiding which hopefully will arrive sooner than later, and then it's a case of cracking on with fitting it all back together!
 
This isn't going well at all. I'm totally bogged down in the Braiding of my PSU, and am not going to get anywhere fast. Having major trouble getting the pins out of the connectors, to the point where I can't get most of them out.

Help!?
 
I have one of the tools, managed not to break it yet despite my raging heavy-handedness. Some of them just seem to pull out with very litle force required, and others just will not budge.

Might have to try the staple method and see if that works, but i'm very much open to suggestions! Really starting to want it back together now, as all the painting and fan work is done.
 
Bah, I'm not winning still. The stubborn ones still won't shift, even using a staple plus the tool. It's going to be done in white for everything PSU related, and green for everything else. Should look great if I can ever get THE PINS OUT!
 
A new plan, from an idea that i'd had already. Just ordered a full suite of replacement connectors in UV Green, plus more than enough replacement ATX pins. Any that won't budge are going to get the chop and a new pin. Going to replace the ones i've knackered as well when I tried forcing them with a screwdriver.

We'll get there!
 
Quick update; i'm just waiting for some additional LEDs to arrive to replace those found in the Front Panel for the Power and HDD lights.

I will also be fitting one to the Reset switch as there is a recepticle there to hold one and clear plastic on the button for it to shine through. I'll be hooking this up to the same line as the Power button with some first class soldering. :)

As far as the case stands, I just need to attach the small UV Tubes to the bottom of the big fan, arrange the wires a bit better, re-attach the buttons on the front and jobs a good 'un! Don't want to show any pictures until it's in it's final beautiful form. :D
 
Not sure how I managed it, but I had got an Orange and a Black wire (a 5V and an earth I seem to remember) the wrong way round. Praise be to my PSU for being good enough to not to attempt to power up in that state!
 
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