How am I supposed to remove these motherboard power cables?

[supple gazelle]

Nothing moves. Everything is so stiff and rigid. I can't even undo the DIMM slot clip to remove that temporarily

[quartz rain]

I personaly use pair of pliers.
Grab the locking mechanism release it and the other grippy pliers to pull it out gently when the locking mechanism doesnt lock already and its a bit off than i take both grab it firmly and pull out

I have stupid rog case and had the same issue

[supple gazelle]

I'll see if I can find some pliers. But idk. The top of the clip goes in towards the cable, right?

[quartz rain]

Yes

[supple gazelle]

Why does everything have to be so compact and difficult? This is the exact reason I never open my PC

Especially that first image at the top of my case. Who's hand can fit there?

[quartz rain]

Buy bigger better atx case replace problem solved xD

Only option there rly

I be doing the same

The cooling is shait as well

[supple gazelle]

I looked at other cases and they all seemed to have similar clearance

[quartz rain]

Well, if you have top radiator the top cpu pin will always be problem

[fierce summit]

Why exactly are you removing these?

[supple gazelle]

I have to replace my PSU

[quartz rain]

Is your psu modular by any chance

[supple gazelle]

I freaking wish

It's an old one

[quartz rain]

Would make the 24pin go easier

[supple gazelle]

Yeah this is an old PSU from like 6-8 years ago. so it wasn't as common to have modular

[quartz rain]

Just imagine you are a surgeon pliers and lets go!
I share your pain

[fierce summit]

To answer your question more specifically, you gotta squeeze this tab until it's not hooked onto the motherboard slot anymore

[quartz rain]

Other thing you can do if you cannot do anything else, unscrew motherboard and make some space if you cannot move radiator lmao

[fierce summit]

Personally I wouldn't recommend pliers if you don't know what you're doing, as there's lots of SMDs on the board that you can fuck up if you're not careful

[supple gazelle]

Indeed, I figured. I pushed the top end of the clip as far towards the cable as it can go. But it's just so rigid and stuck in there

[supple gazelle]

I am afraid of just that.

[quartz rain]

I have grippy special pliers with all kinds of tips so i could make it work idk bput your case

[supple gazelle]

Yeah except I genuinely think I'd be more comfortable doing surgery. At least things are pliable and actually move.

[fierce summit]

You can wiggle it lengthwise (up/down from the perspective of that photo) to get it loose

[supple gazelle]

I've tried that a little bit I'll try again.

I'm always ering on the side of caution. of course I could just yank as hard as I can but I'm never doing that

[quartz rain]

Something have to work out, carefully will take time but you will find a way. If hopeless, take a break look at it again try again

[fierce summit]

Give yourself a few years of PC tinkering and that's exactly what you'll be doing

[supple gazelle]

Yeah it doesn't really wiggle. it's like trying to wiggle a plastic cube that's chemically bonded to a plastic table under it

[supple gazelle]

Except I have such anxiety about this that I'd never do that, lol. Even just having to do this PSU swap has been a week-long massive stresser.

Even swapping the GPU in this build took 2 hours. No room for my hands at all whatever

And I was so glad to never have to open it other than for cleaning. Then my PSU fan died

[fierce summit]

I'd never do that
That's what they all say

[supple gazelle]

See that? That's the PCIE clip

That was hell to work with

There's no way this is normal in the industry

[fierce summit]

Yeah, that's quite normal

Flathead screwdriver does the trick

[supple gazelle]

Yeah until you drop it or miss and poke an SMD

[grim crow]

chopsticks

[fierce summit]

Thankfully there aren't usually components around that clip

Yeah chopsticks are solid too

[supple gazelle]

I'd pay 400$+ more for a motherboard + case with plenty of work room

This is the only thing keeping PC building from getting a cake walk

Idk at this point I'm just ranting- sorry. This is just disheartening

You can't pull it by the cables obviously, right?

[grim crow]

yeah generally not a good idea.

[supple gazelle]

Thought probably but it's the only thing I have left

[quartz rain]

I remember my lovely air cooled old Fractal design define S case that was a walk in the park

Top airflow plenty of space will go for something like that again prob

[fierce summit]

If you hold the clip down, and pull by the cables, that should be fine, especially since the PSU is a dud