PowerLogix PowerCube Enclosure User manual

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PowerCube Enclosure
Installation Instructions
Hint: watching the video is much easier than reading this.
Thank you for purchasing the PowerLogix PowerCube Enclosure for your Apple
Power Mac G4 Cube computer.
Although this manual provides all the information you need to assemble
your PowerCube, we highly recommend viewing the installation video that
came with your PowerCube. It will greatly clarify and speed up the
installation.
The video can be played on most computers (Mac or PC) or most DVD players. Use
the pause button at each step.
Product Registration: visit www.powerlogix.com/support2/registration to register
your purchase for warranty purposes.
Warning! As with any hardware upgrade, back up your hard drive prior to
installation.
Your Cube is a static-sensitive device. It is susceptible to damage if proper
procedures are not followed during installation.
Although these instructions should provide enough detail for almost anyone to
install the PowerCube, if you are not comfortable opening your Mac, please have
your authorized service provider install it.
System Requirements: Apple Power Mac G4 Cube.
Prior to Installation
Before installation, please refer to the illustrations in this manual to familiarize
yourself with the PowerCube as well as procedures in opening the case of your
PowerMac G4 Cube. Also, make sure to watch the installation video that came with
your PowerCube on the CD.

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Parts Included with the PowerCube
1- Torx screwdriver
1 - Acrylic power button
2 - Velcro™ adhesive pads
4 - Torx head machine screws
1- DC/DC Mounting Bracket
1- DC/DC Relocation Cable
2 each - Machine screws, plastic spacers, and nuts
1- Aluminum or Chrome perforated grille
1- PowerCube Enclosure
1- VideoCD (Installation movie for use in DVD player)
1- CD-ROM Disk (QuickTime installation movie and manual on disk)
Remove the Cube Core
Refer to your original Cube owners manual. If you don’t have one, it is available for
download here:
http://www.cubeowner.com/manuals/user_manual.pdf
Shut down your Cube and wait five minutes for it to cool.

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Turn the Cube upside down and place onto a soft surface.
Unplug all the peripherals except the power cord.
Verify the power cord is plugged into a grounded socket.
Touch the bare metal of the AGP graphics card to dissipate any static charges. Then
unplug the power cord from the Cube.
Press onto the core release handle. The handle will rise; grasp the handle firmly and
separate the core from the acrylic Cube enclosure.

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After the core is removed, turn the core on its side until the DC/DC card is visible.
The DC/DC Card is next to the video card, and on the opposite side of the memory
sockets. Refer to the photo below. The 4 wire connector plugs into the DC/DC card.

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Unplug the cable from the 4 pin connector on the DC/DC card.
Release the latch holding the DC/DC card into the socket on the motherboard, and
unplug the DC/DC card. (Refer to the video for more detail.)
Release latch – press down
with torx driver
Remove all eight screws from the top plate of the Cube. The top plate is the metal
piece in which the power button is located. It is on the opposite side of the Cube
from the core release latch.

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There are four screws securing the top, and two screws on either side of the top
plate. Make a note as two of the screws are longer than the rest. The two longer
screws mount in the center post of the core.
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Note the long screw mounts
in the center post of the core
Remove the Airport antenna wire from the Airport Card (if you have an Airport
Card installed.)

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Next to the Airport Card, or Airport Slot if there is no card installed, is one of the
Airport antennas. Grip the antenna and slide it towards the Airport slot to remove
it.
Remove the aluminum side cover on the side of the cube next to the CD-ROM slot.

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Route the Airport antenna around the corner post and through the ribbon cable as
shown. You may have to remove the two corner posts. Remove the second Airport
antenna in a similar manner as the first antenna. The Airport antennas and wire will
then be completely separated from the Cube core.
Replace the corner posts and aluminum side cover.

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Mount the DC/DC card onto the mounting bracket as shown using the screws,
spacers, and nuts.
Remove the center post screw on the side of the Cube with the Airport card or slot.

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Mount the DC/DC card and bracket onto that side of the Cube. The center post
screws hold the bracket in place. Remember the longer screw goes into the top
plate.