how to remove 24 pin cable from motherboard? Feels like it's glued!
Posted by shotgunning-your-can@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 67 comments
Posted by shotgunning-your-can@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 67 comments
GotNoMeat@reddit
Do wiggle the connector horizontally, not vertically. I made the mistake of wiggling vertically and it made the connector get more stuck....
Note: By horizontally, I mean across the length of the connector, NOT along the length.
5unkist@reddit
5 years later and it still worked lol, thx m8
radicalblur2000@reddit
Saved my butt!
Get the side with the longest length of the connector facing towards you (horizontal), not the shorter side (vertical), then start by gently pulling it upwards and wiggle up and down...... and it came out!
Like the other people here said, make the connector nod up and down; like how you nod your head for "yes", instead of shaking your head for "no"
Its_eddie777@reddit
You’re a legend
Prosperous2025@reddit
WHAT? "Across the length Not along the length" arent those the same things? do you mean left to right? not forward to backward/front to back, the clip part being the front
Agreeable_Bread_2327@reddit
Agreed it’s not clear
GrimThursday@reddit
Man this is so helpful, it popped right out. For anyone else reading, you have to make the 24 pin nod at you, not shake its head side to side.
m456an@reddit
This worked for me have to get power supply out to put in a new hard drive
Cool_Control7728@reddit
Thanks man, it's funny that I had to acquire knowledge from the whole decade before I could pull out the connector.
Just4info25@reddit
Thanks bro
Due_Ferret1433@reddit
w goat ty for the advice
elusivemelancholy@reddit
5 Years later and still helping people, thanks mate!
Specific-Power9009@reddit
Thank you
hunter_oni_yt@reddit
I love you bro
SquidShadeyWadey@reddit
Yea not along the length guys, go along the length!
DomesticSlasher@reddit
another noob saved by your comment, thank you!
Glaedien@reddit
I join the thankful many o7
Such_Philosopher_236@reddit
Been years but thank you!
AcanthisittaLost4174@reddit
Saved my five years later 😂. I was like damn this thing is stuck as shit. After I read your message a couple wiggles later it pops out o7
Expensive-Pack6999@reddit
I love you
Traditional_Sector38@reddit
You're so frigging goated man thank you
UsedAProxyMail@reddit
You beauty
Cypher_Of_Solace@reddit
Even now this helped me instantly here in 2025, Thank You.
Mattk1512@reddit
4-5 years later and you just saved me bro
Radlyfe@reddit
😭😭😭 thank u so much
Koji_mon@reddit
4 years and still saved my hand, thank you
Own_Help9900@reddit
Bless you
Unlucky_Code7909@reddit
Ur a fucking legendary
Basic-Ambassador-990@reddit
I DID IT!!!! Thank you!
Kubilmoon@reddit
Thank you
RiggyRacks@reddit
Goat
AbedGubiNadir@reddit
Thank you in 2025.
underrenderedbacon@reddit
Four years later my guy coming in huge!
MrZakalwe@reddit
Still a hero, still helping people.
Several-Abalone-8556@reddit
absolute hero 🥲
Ok-Bullfrog8233@reddit
I can’t believe I wanted to do is read this comment . It came out in 2 seconds . Thank you so much I will let my kids know as soon as they are born…
ConnectorMadness@reddit
You sir are a hero. I did it just the way.
Stando_Cat@reddit
"across the length of the wire, not a long the length" I do not understand.
MythicalLxgnds@reddit
4 years later and still works!
miki77miki@reddit
thanks man, much appreciated!
whiteingale@reddit
Man you really make it confusing
Across is horisontal? Shouldnt it be called vertical then?…
kamz87@reddit
Love you so much
Apprehensive-Wash252@reddit
4 years later, and this is still helpful, bro. I just spent 20 minutes wiggling it vertically, and once I did it horizontally, it worked!
GivesCredit@reddit
Thank you!
sA1atji@reddit
Your sir are a hero even 4 years down the road
Former-Car7460@reddit
It's still so hard
zade404@reddit
This worked up until a certain point then I had to use my finger nail to lift one side up then it came out easily
Just4info25@reddit
Thank you so much bro
peterpan_dk@reddit
I just destroyed my finger. Deep brutal wound. So fucking tight. Someone should start making non-tight 24 pin atx cables. I'll stand in line to buy a bunch! On my corsair psus the cables are unpluggable so could easily replace them.
IFarted47@reddit
Put pressure on the hook and keep tugging, be careful about surrounding parts when it comes finally come out, 24pin can be hard as shit keep trying
Calm-Ad-538@reddit
I know this post is old but I did this and it just refuses to budge. I'm terrified of bending the MOB because this is a lot thinner than the ones I ussually work with.
IFarted47@reddit
I would suggest taking out the MB from the case if you can so you have full access to keep trying and slowly push up and wiggle it out. Nothing else you can really do but be extra cautious, gl man!
Calm-Ad-538@reddit
I'm gonna cry XD
Obi_WAu@reddit
Were you able to get it out?
Calm-Ad-538@reddit
With a butter knife. Had to pry it out lmao
SgbAfterDark@reddit
Where’d you put the butter knife? Like in between the mobo and connector?
HairyPoppins-2033@reddit
I just got mine out. Tired of getting hurt by the hook I broke it off with a screwdriver by sliding it under and twisting it. Then shook the connector perpendicular to its length, sometimes parallel, while putting downwards pressure on the board (empty ram slot). And I tugged on the wires as well as grabbing the connector
KonoMankoWaOishii@reddit
p,p
UrDisabled@reddit
Bumped because I cant do it myself smh
gpierson99@reddit
Lmfao also struggling currently
UrDisabled@reddit
use a flathead screwdriver to unhook it then u can pull it out
gpierson99@reddit
I did, it was very stuck though. Took a long time of wiggling it back and forth
hehehahaAAAAAGH@reddit
ur not alone 😭
UrDisabled@reddit
Get a flathead and lift it above the hook
Astro51450@reddit
Obviously, make sure the plastic hook locking the two parts together is disengaged. If you cant pull it by hand or you are afraid to break the motherboard by pulling too hard, try using a flat head screw driver and twist it between the two connector parts. Make only small displacements and go around the connector evenly so that the parts remain parallel to each other. good luck!
Forsaken_Result_8125@reddit
I struggled for 40 minutes and nearly sent my motherboard flying out of a window before reading this. Twist the flat head bros, it worked like a charm
Frosty_Ad_3484@reddit
77n