My main rig is going down!!!

Quakindude · November 25th, 2006

I've GOT to take care of this crappy wiring job I did in my main rig. I was going to do the tear down and do the wiring last night, along with pics. However, my son's computer, which has the single Chip set, experienced a fan failure. I heard it start to make a loud whine, then a loud hum, then bam.....BSOD/reboot. Yes, the computer was clean.

To replace it, I had to pull the mobo because the plastic pins with the quick release buttons weren't too quick to release. I was placing undue force on the fan trying to pull it off, so I spent last night replacing a $5 fan. And of course, since you pull the mobo, you undo all the wiring.

So now I'm shutting down and doing the main computer. See you all later today.

Panda Man · November 25th, 2006

NOOO! Oh well, have fun rewiring, and hope to see you back soon!

btw, was that you driving on county road 215 yesterday?

Jokerswild · November 25th, 2006

Cool now we can talk about him and he can't hear.

Quakindude · November 25th, 2006

No, I wasn't on 215 yesterday.

Yeah, yeah...talk all ya want...

Still working on it. Having to be creative about wire placement. I also took all the pictures I needed to take to do a mobo/video card/PSU/Ram review. That takes up a lot of time to do those.

I'm also updating my heat sink lapping and video card disassembly How-To's. So nothing but work today.

screwballl · November 25th, 2006

I would like to see a wiring how to for the "tidy wire challenged" people like me

Quakindude · November 26th, 2006

OK. The wiring job is complete.

Here's the before picture:

And here's the after picture:

I have a few reviews I have to write up and get turned in before I do any How-To's. I did take some pictures while I was doing it. Those pictures should, with some narrative to go with them, give folks a pretty decent idea of how to make their rigs a little less messy. I'm no expert on wiring though, so some one with the skillz of a master wiring guru may need to step up for that one!

Jokerswild · November 26th, 2006

Wow what a difference. The first one looks like Cappers thought process.

**gvblake22** · November 26th, 2006

HOLY CRAP, how long is that SATA data cable?? Or are there two drives (and two data cables) in there? (referring to the first picture)

Nice cable management though, looks much better!

Quakindude · November 26th, 2006

The first picture shows data cables for three drives. With the drives so close to the ports on the mobo, there was a lot of extra cable laying around. Now, I only have one drive installed. I should get my new 250Gb Seagate drive tomorrow. Once I install the new drive that empty drive cage on the lower right hand side of the case will have a drive in it, which will hide those wires in there.

**gvblake22** · November 26th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Quakindude

The first picture shows data cables for three drives. With the drives so close to the ports on the mobo, there was a lot of extra cable laying around. Now, I only have one drive installed. I should get my new 250Gb Seagate drive tomorrow. Once I install the new drive that empty drive cage on the lower right hand side of the case will have a drive in it, which will hide those wires in there.

Aaahhh, gotchya. It just looked like one REALLY long data cable!

November 25th, 2006	#1
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,754 Blog Entries: 7	My main rig is going down!!! I've GOT to take care of this crappy wiring job I did in my main rig. I was going to do the tear down and do the wiring last night, along with pics. However, my son's computer, which has the single Chip set, experienced a fan failure. I heard it start to make a loud whine, then a loud hum, then bam.....BSOD/reboot. Yes, the computer was clean. To replace it, I had to pull the mobo because the plastic pins with the quick release buttons weren't too quick to release. I was placing undue force on the fan trying to pull it off, so I spent last night replacing a $5 fan. And of course, since you pull the mobo, you undo all the wiring. So now I'm shutting down and doing the main computer. See you all later today. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

November 25th, 2006	#2
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	NOOO! Oh well, have fun rewiring, and hope to see you back soon! btw, was that you driving on county road 215 yesterday? Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

November 25th, 2006	#4
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,754 Blog Entries: 7	No, I wasn't on 215 yesterday. Yeah, yeah...talk all ya want... Still working on it. Having to be creative about wire placement. I also took all the pictures I needed to take to do a mobo/video card/PSU/Ram review. That takes up a lot of time to do those. I'm also updating my heat sink lapping and video card disassembly How-To's. So nothing but work today. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU Last edited by Quakindude; November 25th, 2006 at 12:52.

November 25th, 2006	#5
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	I would like to see a wiring how to for the "tidy wire challenged" people like me Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

November 26th, 2006	#6
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,754 Blog Entries: 7	OK. The wiring job is complete. Here's the before picture: And here's the after picture: I have a few reviews I have to write up and get turned in before I do any How-To's. I did take some pictures while I was doing it. Those pictures should, with some narrative to go with them, give folks a pretty decent idea of how to make their rigs a little less messy. I'm no expert on wiring though, so some one with the skillz of a master wiring guru may need to step up for that one! Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

November 25th, 2006	#3
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,117	Cool now we can talk about him and he can't hear.

November 26th, 2006	#8
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,417 Blog Entries: 1	HOLY CRAP, how long is that SATA data cable?? Or are there two drives (and two data cables) in there? (referring to the first picture) Nice cable management though, looks much better!