ATX 20 Pin Extractor

[Greeny]

Anyone know where I can get an ATX Pin extractor that actually works? I've got one of the X-Mod's Pin Removers and it's about as much use as a chocolate teapot. I've managed to remove 4 pins in total with it, and I've had it over a week now, it's far too fat to fit into the housing without a struggle.

Suggestions would be most appreciated.

Cheers

Greeny:rant:

[Starbuck3733T]

Tools schmools! http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=64632

[mrplow]

ITX Warehouse, 4 quid.

http://www.itx-warehouse.co.uk/Product.aspx?ProductID=209

:)


edit: DOH!!!!!!!!! eye check over here please :o

[Starbuck3733T]

uh dude that's an extender...

[kazuo]

I tried a lot of molex tools. Even the original tools provided by Molex aren't so good. After wasting a lot of money I decided to get some custom made tools. ^_^

http://www.ryoto.com/pub/ac/psu_tools_01.jpg

[Da_Rude_Baboon]

:wub: Every modders dream right there...:wub:

[Starbuck3733T]

How much money to have you make me some of those? now i understand why you're the sleeving god!

[kazuo]

How much money to have you make me some of those? now i understand why you're the sleeving god!
no modding without good tools :lol:

R765: 4-pin molex female 23€
G171: ATX & P4 12V 30€
L004: Floppy 30€
F410: Aux 15€
F596: 3-pin female plug 18€
I also got a 4-pin remover for male plugs and a remover for male atx pins, but can't find them. *shame on me*

The good thing about the R-tools is, that you can change the jacket. So you can use it for all round pins if you got the suitable jackets.
The problem with the L004 and the F410 is that the plugs differ from psu to psu, so the tools don't fit sometimes. :rant:

[mrplow]

uh dude that's an extender...

uhhhhh... duhhhh... crap I can't read.

Sorry! :o :o :o

[Nexxo]

no modding without good tools :lol:

R765: 4-pin molex female 23€
G171: ATX & P4 12V 30€
L004: Floppy 30€
F410: Aux 15€
F596: 3-pin female plug 18€
I also got a 4-pin remover for male plugs and a remover for male atx pins, but can't find them. *shame on me*

The good thing about the R-tools is, that you can change the jacket. So you can use it for all round pins if you got the suitable jackets.
The problem with the L004 and the F410 is that the plugs differ from psu to psu, so the tools don't fit sometimes. :rant:

The whole set for 116 Euros? That is, say, £75,--. Hmmm... can we talk?


@ Greeny: if you have the pin remover that sort of looks like a set of tweezers: you have to push them into the 20-pin molex with quite a bit of force, while tugging at the wire at the other end. There's a knack to it. Practice, and you will get better at it.

[kazuo]

I'll open a thread in trading later, but you can also drop me a private msg or a mail to kazuo(at)ryoto(dot)com

[Starbuck3733T]

Sweet. I'd love to have a full set like you, but can't see dropping that kind of money on it right now, I don't use it enough :)

[Greeny]

I suppose I'll try practising with it, but it's bloody infuriating. The 4 pin molex remover works a charm and saves mucho time compared to how I usually do it (with a needle or pin) but the ATX remover is a bi-atch.

I might shave the tool a bit more with some sandpaper first.

Sweet looking toolkit their kazuo.
;)

Cheers guys.
^_^

[Greeny]

Well I did eventually kind of get the hang of the tool and I got the PSU finished last night and basked in it's UV Green sleeved/UV molex'd beauty.
^_^

Then I fitted the thing today and to my utter annoyance it doesn't bloody work any more. The 5V line is hot 'cos the motherboard lights are lit. On pushing the power button the fans spin for a moment but the computer wont power on. I'm not sure whether it's a short in the PSU or what, my feeling is that one of the ATX wires is probably damaged as I had trouble extracting quite a few of them. I definately put the wires back in the correct order as I labelled them all before I removed them (I'm colourblind) and I did my usual check, check and triple check before firing anything up.
:blink:

The computer is also perfectly healthy and fired up first time after I stuck the other PSU back in (once I had replaced its noisey exhaust fan with a Noiseblocker S1).

In any case I have learnt a valuable lesson not to piss about sleeving the entire thing. This is by no means the first time that I have sleeved a PSU, merely the first time that I have done the ATX 20 pin as well. It will likely be the last it was not worth the time, cost and effort.

£65 PSU, £20 sleeving, £20 on tools -> down the drain.

Oh and I cut my thumb on one of the pins.
<_<

I may have to console myself by buying a new one come payday. I like the look of the modular ones with the removable leads, but the build quality on the inside looks shite tbh. Fortrans are me favourite, but I want something with sleeving. Might just have to console myself by buying a PC P&C TurboCool Deluxe.

Groan...

Greeny:rant:

[Starbuck3733T]

Bummer dude! And i think you meen Forton not Fortran (a programming language). You can always sell the tool. And if the pins are damanged, you can get replacements (have a look around www.molex.com)

[Nexxo]

Greeny: don't freak yet. One of the common problems with 20-pin ATX molexes is that once you have extracted the pins, you may find when you re-insert them, that they do not push fully home and lock without pushing firmly. So you may find that one of the pins is just making bad contact with its respective mobo connector pin. Check that all the pins are pushed fully home again, as far as they will go (you have to push firmly, and make sure they all line up at the other end).

[Greeny]

Thanks for the advice guys I will do.
:)