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Flagg

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* edit,*

Phew, looks like everything went fine!*knock on wood* New PSU and GFX card on, all fans running. Maybe I didnt completely destroy my motherboard afterall, hehe. Such a relief to be able to type here using a keyboard, not a dumb smart phone.

Thank you very much for all who helped.

From POV of a first timer, removing old PSU was far more annoying and scary than inserting the new one. Pulling anything off Motherboard seems to require very unsettling amounts of force.

Hopefully my last question on the matter. Is off-topic but figured I've made enogh threads of late:

Besides issues relating to cooling and fans, can one " mess up" with how wires of new PSU are arranged? My jungle is far from pretty. Far as I can tell, it is completely out of the way of airflow, so to speak. Is it a bad or dangerous thing that who knows which wire is touching god knows what? As long as we don't speak of moving them getting on the way of fans or other moving parts ofc!

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No matter how hard i try, cpu wire of old psu just doesnt come off. I'm not sure from where to pull and how much force i can use. Doesnt matter which way I bend the small clipper as I pull. Any advice or tips appreciated,never done this before.

Is the entire "plug" visible on pic part of psu wire or is there a bottom half that is attached to and part of motherboard?

My motherboard is asus P7P55D



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Http://M.imgur.com/oQh84uP

 
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The plug in the picture is attached to a header, so no, it is not attached to the motherboard. The tab (part facing the case fan) needs to be pushed inwards, toward the motherboard, until it disengages, then lift. Most likely problem is that you are not managing to disengage that tab. Maybe squezze it with needle nose pliers and then pull with pliers, just don't break anything in process :)
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there is a small tab on the side facing the fan that must be pressed down on to release the latch. if you cannot reach the latch, grab a pair of pliers and make sure the latch is pressed on and wiggle in side to side motion to see if you can remove it.
 
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Hello Flagg,

While squeezing the clipper to unlock, pull with force but steadly, it will come off, don't be afraid to use a bit of force with computers, if you've ever mounted memory RAM sticks, you know how scary it can be to put on of these in and hear that loud crack :p

What you see of the plug, is all the plug, there's nothing under it keeping it in place.
 
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The plug in the picture is attached to a header, so no, it is not attached to the motherboard. The tab (part facing the case fan) needs to be pushed inwards, toward the motherboard, until it disengages, then lift. Most likely problem is that you are not managing to disengage that tab. Maybe squezze it with needle nose pliers and then pull with pliers, just don't break anything in process :)
 
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Thank you all!

Explaining my mistake and solution in tedious detail in case this shows up in Google search of somebody who has the same problem:

Finally got it. Even with pliers it felt like such a tight fit. Problem was space and me not realzing it was 2 small clips, not 1 bigger. Still couldn't fit pliers to clip. Used pliers to pull from side and used fan holes to go in and press edge of clip with small screwdriver.
 
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Flagg

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Phew, looks like everything went fine!*knock on wood* New PSU and GFX card on, all fans running. Maybe I didnt completely destroy my motherboard afterall, hehe. Such a relief to be able to type here using a keyboard, not a dumb smart phone. Thanks for all who helped.

From POV of a first timer, removing old PSU was far more annoying and scary than inserting the new one. Pulling anything off Motherboard seems to require very unsettling amounts of force.

Hopefully my last question on the matter. Is off-topic but figured I've made enogh threads of late:

Besides issues relating to cooling and fans, can one " mess up" with how wires of new PSU are arranged? My jungle is far from pretty. Far as I can tell, it is completely out of the way of airflow, so to speak. Is it a bad or dangerous thing that who knows which fire is touching god knows what? As long as we don't speak of moving parts.

 
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Good to know that you've managed to switch PSU!

No, there's no problem to have wires touching the motherboard, or other inanimate parts, the wires are covered in rubber, so there's no short circuit :)
 
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