Apple mac pro early 2008 User Manual

Mac Pro (Early 2008) Take Apart — Bluetooth Antenna Board and Cable 131
Bluetooth Antenna Board and 
Cable
The Bluetooth antenna cable is part of the Bluetooth antenna board assembly. To remove or 
replace the cable, you must replace the antenna board assembly.
Tools
The only tool required for this procedure is 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, and remove 
the following:
• All hard drives and hard...

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Part Location
Procedure
Using needlenose pliers, gently grasp the Bluetooth antenna board and pull it out of its 1. 
mounting.  

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Remove the tape holding the Bluetooth antenna cable to the enclosure. 2. 
Remove the antenna board and antenna cable from the enclosure.3.  

Mac Pro (Early 2008) Take Apart — Hard Drive Cable Harness 134
Hard Drive Cable Harness
The hard drive cable harness consists of the hard drive data cable and the hard drive power cable 
taped together. The cables are not available as separate service parts.
Tools
The only tools required for this procedure are a long-handled, 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:
H• ard...

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Procedure
Disconnect the hard drive data and power cable connectors from the logic board. 1. 
Using a long-handled, magnetized #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the two screws holding 2.  
the hard drive cable harness connector to the bracket below hard drive bay 1. 
Remove the connector from the bracket.3. 
Repeat for the other three connectors below hard drive bays 2, 3, and 4. 4. 
Remove the hard drive cable harness from the enclosure.5.  

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Hard Drive Temperature Sensor 
Cable
The hard drive temperature sensor cable is a wire harness with four connectors, one for each 
hard drive temperature sensor. Be careful not to catch or damage any of the wires when 
removing the harness from the enclosure.
Tools
No tools are required for this procedure.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, open the computer, lay it on its side with the access side facing up, and remove 
the...

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Procedure
Disconnect the hard drive temperature sensor cable from the logic board.1. 
Disconnect the four connectors on the hard drive temperature sensor cable from the four 2.  
hard drive temperature sensors.  
Remove the hard drive temperature sensor cable from the enclosure.3. 
Replacement Note: The connectors on the hard drive temperature sensor cable are labeled with 
HDD1, HDD2, HDD3, and HDD4 to indicate  the connector...

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Hard Drive Temperature Sensor
There are four hard drive temperature sensors, one for each hard drive. This procedure explains 
how to remove the sensor for the hard drive in drive bay 1. The procedure for removing the 
other three sensors is similar, except that the only part you need to remove before beginning the 
procedure is the hard drive directly over the sensor.
Tools
The only tools required for this procedure are a mirror and a...

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Part Location
Procedure
Disconnect the sensor cable for the hard drive in bay 1 and move the cable out of the way. 1.  

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Using a mirror, locate the two round black nubs on the bottom of the hard drive sensor 2. 
below hard drive bay 1. 
Using a black stick or a flat-blade screwdriver, press up on the nubs and remove the sensor 3. 
from the enclosure.