Making Custom PSU Cables: Crimping Molex Mini-Fit Connectors
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- ATX PSU Pinout: www.google.com...
Supplies:
Crimp Tool:
www.icrimptool...
or
www.amazon.com...
pin/contact: www.molex.com/...
24 pin: www.molex.com/...
20 pin: www.molex.com/...
CPU 8 pin: www.molex.com/...
CPU 4 pin: www.molex.com/...
PCIe 8 pin: www.molex.com/...
PCIe 6 pin: www.molex.com/...
Hi..
Do 15awg or 1.5mm cables also fit these pin connectors?
Nice no-nonsense informative video. Thanks. I wish more were like this.
Do you know which pins and housings to use for a female 8pin EPS/CPU power? Because I presume they are both different than the male connectors. (This is for making my own adapter for a server which does not have modular cabling. I need to fit a workstation GPU (single 6 pin PCIe power). The plan is to go from 8pin EPS/CPU Female, create a Y, and have an 8pin EPS male on one end of the Y and a 6pin PCIe male on the other end of the Y.
The motherboard draws nowhere near its 816w max (144w from 24pin ATX, + 2x 336W from 8pin EPS) so I figured it shouldn't be a problem to tap into one of the two 8pin EPS connectors and pull 75W for a workstation GPU powered by a 6pin PCIe connector, but the spacing is weird, so rather than daisy chain adapters and have cables flapping everywhere, I figured I'd make my own.
It's kind of annoying because I need an Nvidia card (because Radeons have a reset glitch when doing VFIO forwards to VM's, wheread Nvidia's workstation cards pretty much work flawlessly in this regard these days) and I only really need the lowest end workstation card which doesn't require a power cable (it draws all the power it needs from the 16x PCIe slot) but they only make that model in a short stubby half height dual slot variety, but I don't have two slots available, so the only option for a single slot is the next one up, but it requires additional power, so I have to use adapters :/
Interesting..
Pretty clean “Y”! I like it.
Larry
I broke down and bought the IWS-1442L recently which is the fancier version of your tool. I can't seem to figure out what notches I need to crimp the pin properly though.
Is it safe to use automotive wire? Not silver plated
As long as it is the correct gauge and makes a solid connection, I think it will work.
Yes it will work.
Can you give details about your pico, also there seems to be a few types of pins such as brass and copper also do they make 16awg pins or do I have to use the 18awg ones?
Sorry about the many questions, I am really new to this.
The PSU is a M2-ATX made by mini-box.
I do not know what the pros and cons are of pins made from different metals. I went with copper; part number 39000038 for 18AWG, 39000077 for 16AWG.
I recommend using the same size crimp terminal for the wire being used.
@@MegaBitmap Thank you very much man, you are a life saver! Cheers!