Sapphire 9800 - Can't Remove Molex Power Splitter?

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Wayne Youngman

Greetings,

I am having problems removing the power cable from my Sapphire Atlantis
9800. I don't want the splitter lead that's in my card, but its so hard to
wiggle out, seems stuck. . .are they glued?

I have done a new build with all the cables wrapped, so I don't want this
ugly cable, instead I want to use a nice wrapped cable direct from the PSU.
.. .

Any ideas? I'm scared to rip-off the Molex power socket :(
 
Wayne said:
Greetings,

I am having problems removing the power cable from my Sapphire
Atlantis 9800. I don't want the splitter lead that's in my card, but
its so hard to wiggle out, seems stuck. . .are they glued?

I have done a new build with all the cables wrapped, so I don't want
this ugly cable, instead I want to use a nice wrapped cable direct
from the PSU. . .

Any ideas? I'm scared to rip-off the Molex power socket :(
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If you're doing this just for looks why bother? Do you really think its
worth ripping off? Get some cable wrap and wrap it up if it concerns you
that much...
 
Greetings,

I am having problems removing the power cable from my Sapphire Atlantis
9800. I don't want the splitter lead that's in my card, but its so hard to
wiggle out, seems stuck. . .are they glued?

I have done a new build with all the cables wrapped, so I don't want this
ugly cable, instead I want to use a nice wrapped cable direct from the PSU.
. .

Any ideas? I'm scared to rip-off the Molex power socket :(
Click to expand...
The splitter on my Crucial 9800 Pro is also like this, I wanted to
replace it with a shorter one but no way can I get that thing to budge.
:(

No obvious signs of glue or mechanical fixing, but I just gave up and
left it there, didnt want to rip the socket off the board!
 
The splitter on my Crucial 9800 Pro is also like this, I wanted to
replace it with a shorter one but no way can I get that thing to budge.
:(

No obvious signs of glue or mechanical fixing, but I just gave up and
left it there, didnt want to rip the socket off the board!
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Hi,
Oh dear, I really don't want that average power-splitter in my
windowed-case. Think I may ask Sapphire for help in removing it.
 
Give it a squirt of WD40 and leave for a few minutes. A bit of corrosion by
the sounds of it especially with BIG amps flowing.

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Hi,

just a quick note to say I sorted it. All I needed to go was shove a
flathead screwdriver down the side and *lever* it a bit. . . just popped
out!
 
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