Tricks of the P180

Fayd · Post by **Fayd** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:34 am

for the life of me, i was never able to get the bottom harddrive bay wiring cleaned up sufficiently that i could feel safe that it wasnt gonna come off the hdd's.

then when i had my computer apart today installing the new motherboard and CPU, i realized:

the power cables need to come from the front.

much cleaner than it was before. and before, when i'd push the hdd cage back into place, the sata power cables would come off the harddrives they were on, breaking the raid array when i turned it back on. no longer.

also.... blue curacao makes a nice substitute for triple-sec in a margarita...ish drink.

Monkeh16 · Post by **Monkeh16** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:51 am

What you need to do is make your own power cable for the lower bay. I'll get pictures of one of mine next time I have it out for cleaning.

They're easy to make, you just need to cut a cable to length and punch it down on four of the right-angle type connectors (like the first and third in your picture).

diver · Post by **diver** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:54 am

Its not margarita-ish, its a blue margarita.

Fayd · Post by **Fayd** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:50 pm

diver wrote:Its not margarita-ish, its a blue margarita.

lacking the salt rim and presentation that makes a margarita, i call it margarita-ish.

besides, there's no sour mix. it's just curacao, tequila, and lemon juice. (most margaritas use sweetened lime juice

protellect · Post by **protellect** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:36 pm

is that a p180 or p182? i didn't know you could put cables behind the mobo tray on p180.

Monkeh16 · Post by **Monkeh16** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:52 pm

It's a P182.

Fayd · Post by **Fayd** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:35 pm

protellect wrote:is that a p180 or p182? i didn't know you could put cables behind the mobo tray on p180.

it's a p182. but the cases are so similar across the board, that i don't really differentiate between the two.

FWIW, the p180B also had the cutouts on the back.

piglover · Post by **piglover** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:40 am

Fayd wrote:
protellect wrote:FWIW, the p180B also had the cutouts on the back.

Only the later versions. For the first year or so the p180B lacked the cutouts. Unfortunately, I have an early one and had to cut them myself.

Fayd · Post by **Fayd** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:31 pm

piglover wrote:
Fayd wrote:FWIW, the p180B also had the cutouts on the back.
Only the later versions. For the first year or so the p180B lacked the cutouts. Unfortunately, I have an early one and had to cut them myself.

heh. well, close enough

picking up the p182 for $90 from frys like 2 years ago is one of the only purchases that i continually regard as having been a good decision.