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Trying to clean up the stray wires...

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Shaorinor

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Trying to clean up the stray power cords and excess wires in my case...was wondering how everyone else did it. I see these rubber hose-like looking things surrounding the PSU cords.

Also, would ATA 100 cables work on ATA 66 IDE ports?
 
I'll answer the ATA100 question first. Yes. However, it will run at ATA66, but there should be no problem. I have an ATA100 drive running at ATA33! :Q

As for the stray wires, I used electrical tape and wound that around the wires, and routed them underneath the mobo and along sides the edges of the case. The rubber hose type things may be split loom; I dont really like that but a lot of people use it and are content with it.

Just regular zip ties and twist ties work wonders too.
 
electrical tape worx great....i have every wire wrapped in it, then some in looms (thought it looked kewl)
 
MaximumPC hard an article a few months back about how Voodoo computers does theirs. They have the cleanest cases I've ever seen, and they use nothing but careful folding of cabling and strategic placement of wiring. Nothing to hold any cabling in place, just careful planning. I need to find that article, as I plan on using it as the basis for cleaning up my case.

RagManX
 
doesnt look bad, but you should tape the ends...so you dont have a black loom with colored wires hanging out the end...
 
Pic of the office server I built

I used 3M removable clips to tidy everything. Orange SCSI cables are run along the mobo tray, not very clear from the picture orientation. Blue wrapping is Tommy Tape. Very neat stuff, I think everyone should have some in their home 😉 Some of the PS cables tucked behing the mobo tray. I've got some Sonex sound dampening foam on the way.


My Personal Rig #1

My Personal Rig #2

Tidy in the lower portion of the case where it counts, not so tidy upside 🙂 Same thing, 3M clips and tommy tape. Dark blue stuff on the panels is B-quiet sound dampening material. Cable clutter decreased by running fan power to my bay bus, powered by a single molex connector.
 
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