do you have a mess of cables under your desk?

[stev0]

i do and i've only had my stuff set up for about a week.

for those of you that dont, how do you keep it neat and tidy?

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

did for a while...then got tired of the dust collecting and me not being able to clean b/c of the cable mess. so I found a bunch of ties and went to work.

 

[Hossenfeffer]

I bought some plastic flexible conduit to run the wires together. Just run a slit up the side and it's easy to put cables in and out. Easy to affix to desks, along the floor, etc. And cheap.

I haven't actually "done" anything with it yet. Still got the mess of cables.

 

[Encryptic]

At home, it's not so bad, but at work, my desk is right next to a huge mass of network cables laying on the floor and I've got about 50 power/network cables under the desk itself.

 

[iamme]

yep. when i first connected everything it was nice and tidy. as soon as i added more stuff and moved some other stuff around....it became a mess

 

[moonshinemadness]

I gave up using cable ties because i always had to move one wire and so remove all the cable ties and redo them when i was done...and im lazy

 

[GroundZero]

you have no idea!
keyboard cable, trackball cable, 9 track tape drive cables, dat40 drive cables, dat80 drive cables,external zip drive cables, scanner cables, ups power cord(and powerstrip running to another pc), pc power cord, barcode scanwand, monitor cables and cord, phone line, network line.
of course this is at work, home is routed through conduit and wireless.

 

[Nocturnal]

I have a fat mess. I even have pics to prove it!

 

[fs5]

get bluetooth/wireless everything.

 

[Vonkhan]

hell yeh ... looks like the deep forests of the congo basin under there!

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

No, they're neatly put away in nice and neat sections or separations. One section for audio, one section for mouse/keyboard, one section for monitor/power, etc.






















































GET REAL.

HELL YES THERE'S A SH|TLOAD OF CABLES UNDER MY DESK. AND THEY'RE ALL A MESS!!

 

[stev0]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
get bluetooth/wireless everything.

thats a good idea...

 

[ElFenix]

yes. big time.

 

[Dedpuhl]

yep

 

[stev0]

Originally posted by: Hossenfeffer
I bought some plastic flexible conduit to run the wires together. Just run a slit up the side and it's easy to put cables in and out. Easy to affix to desks, along the floor, etc. And cheap.

I haven't actually "done" anything with it yet. Still got the mess of cables.

yea if have some of this as well.. maybe i'll go pick up some fancy colored stuff and get it all color coded and whatnot.

orr... maybe i'll just leave it a mess and get to work on the case of beer in the fridge

 

[psianime]

I have a 100ft cat5 under my desk but the router is only 6 ft. away. =P

 

[vi edit]

Nope. Just an intern.

 

[Trygve]

Yep. Every once in a while, I'll get all the cables organized and tidy

...and every time I do that, something promptly breaks down or for some other reason needs to be replaced in a way that requires messing up whatever organization I've done with the cables.

 

[rh71]

It's more toward the side of my desk ...

 

[clutz123]

YES! i was just contemplating what to do with all the crap underneath my desk....

Everyone should post a pic of their cable mess Mine is downloading from my camera now...

 

[clutz123]

oops forgot to post this :camera:

(and this was AFTER i cleaned up some wires... there is a whole other power strip that is not in the picture...)

 

[HiTek21]

Yup, I tried to clean it up some but its just not worth it because when I take my PC apart it all gets messed up again