Apple mac pro early 2008 User Manual

Mac Pro (Early 2008) Take Apart — AirPort Antenna Board with Cables 121
Tilt the antenna board away from the back panel a short distance.6. 
Feed each antenna cable separately out through the small opening in the bottom panel. 7. 
Remove the antenna board and cables from the enclosure.8.   

Mac Pro (Early 2008) Take Apart — Optical Drive Power Cable 12 2
Optical Drive Power Cable
Tools
The only tool required for this procedure is a magnetized #1 Phillips screwdriver.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, open the computer, lay it on its side with the access side facing up, and remove 
the following:
Optical drive carrier and optical drive• s
H• ard drives and hard drive carriers in drive bays 1 and 2
Any 12-inch • PCI Express cards
Processor heatsink cove• r
Front fan assembl• y
Part Location 

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Procedure
Using a magnetized #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the two mounting screws on the hard 1. 
drive connector for drive bay 1 and move the connector out of the way. 
Unwind the tape that holds the optical drive data cable to the optical drive power cable.2.  
Disconnect the optical drive power cable from the logic board.3. 
Insert the logic board end of the power cable into the opening in the media shelf at hard 4. 
drive bay 1 and...

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Mac Pro (Early 2008) Take Apart — Optical Drive Data (Ribbon) Cable 12 5
Optical Drive Data (Ribbon) 
Cable
Tools
The only tool required for this procedure is a magnetized #1 Phillips screwdriver.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, open the computer, lay it on its side with the access side facing up, and remove 
the following:
Optical drive carrier and optical drive• s
H• ard drives and hard drive carriers in drive bays 1 and 2
Any 12-inch • PCI Express cards
Processor heatsink cove• r
Front fan...

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Procedure
Using a magnetized #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the two mounting screws on the hard 1. 
drive connector for drive bay 1 and move the connector out of the way. 
Unwind the tape that holds the optical drive data cable to the optical drive power cable.2.  
Disconnect the optical drive data cable from the logic board.3. 
Insert the cable into the opening in the media shelf at hard drive bay 1 and remove the 4. 
cable from...

Mac Pro (Early 2008) Take Apart — Ambient Board 12 7
Ambient Board
Note: The ambient board is attached to the enclosure with adhesive. Once you remove the 
ambient board, you may have to apply new adhesive before reattaching the same ambient 
board. Replacement ambient boards come with adhesive already in place. 
Tools
The only tools required for this procedure are a jeweler’s flat-blade screwdriver.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, open the computer, lay it on its side with the access side facing up,...

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Procedure
Locate the ambient board on the inside left corner of the top panel, above the optical drive 1. 
carrier. 
Disconnect the ambient board cable from the ambient board.2.  
Using a jeweler’s flat-blade screwdriver, carefully pry the board from the enclosure. 3. 
Important: After you replace the ambient board, you must reset the System Management 
Controller. Refer to “Resetting the Logic Board” in the Troubleshooting chapter. 

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Ambient Board Cable
Tools
The only tool required for this procedure is a magnetized #1 Phillips screwdriver.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, open the computer, lay it on its side with the access side facing up, and remove 
the following:
Optical drive carrier and optical drive• s
H• ard drives and hard drive carriers in drive bays 1 and 2
Any 12-inch • PCI Express cards
Processor heatsink cove• r
Front fan assembl• y
Part Location 

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Procedure
Remove any tape holding the ambient board cable to the enclosure.1. 
Disconnect the ambient board cable from the ambient board and logic board. 2.  
Using a magnetized #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the two mounting screws on the hard 3. 
drive connector for drive bay 1 and move the connector out of the way. 
Route the ambient board cable out through the opening in the media shelf and remove the 4. 
cable from the enclosure.
Important:...