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 Front Panel Board Cable
Front Panel Board Cable
Tools
No tools are required for this procedure.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, do the following:
• Open the server and place the bottom housing on a sturdy, flat surface.
• Remove the PCI fan duct.
Part Location 

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 Front Panel Board Cable
Procedure
1. Release the locking levers on the cable connectors and disconnect the front panel 
board cable from the front panel board and the logic board.
2. Remove the cable from the server. 

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 FireWire Cable
FireWire Cable
Tools
No tools are required for this procedure.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, do the following:
• Open the server and place the bottom housing on a sturdy, flat surface.
• Remove the PCI fan duct.
Part Location 

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 FireWire Cable
Procedure
1. Disconnect the FireWire cable from the front panel board.
2. Disconnect the FireWire cable from the logic board and remove the cable from the 
server. 

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 Power Cable
Power Cable
Tools
No tools are required for this procedure.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, do the following:
• Open the server and place the bottom housing on a sturdy, flat surface.
• Remove the power supply fan duct.
Part Location 

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Xserve G5 Take Apart  Power Cable 
Procedure 
1. Disconnect the optical drive cable from the logic board and move the cable connector 
out of the way.
2. Disconnect the power cable from the drive interconnect board.
3. Disconnect the power cable from the logic board and remove the cable from the  server. 

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 Hard Drive Cable 
Hard Drive Cable 
The following procedure explains how to remove a three-headed hard drive cable from the 
Xserve G5 or Xserve G5 (January 2005) server. The procedure is similar for Xserve G5 
(Cluster Node), except that the hard drive cable has just a single connector at each end. 
Tools 
No tools are required for this procedure. 
Preliminary Steps 
Before you begin, do the following:
• Open the server and place the bottom housing on a sturdy, flat...

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Xserve G5 Take Apart  Hard Drive Cable 
Procedure 
1. Disconnect the drive cable from the drive interconnect board.
2. Disconnect the drive cable from the logic board and remove the cable from the server. 

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 RAID Card Cables
RAID Card Cables
Tools
No tools are required for this procedure. You may, however,  find a Phillips screwdriver 
useful in releasing the thumbscrew in step 1 below.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, do the following:
• Open the server and place the bottom housing on a sturdy, flat surface.
• Remove the PCI fan duct.
Part Location 

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 RAID Card Cables
Procedure
1. Release the thumbscrew that secures the PCI/PCI-X card(s) to the back of the server 
and swing the metal cover open.
Note:  The thumbscrew is captive; you cannot remove it.
2. Carefully pull the RAID card back from the connector on the PCI riser. Then tilt the  card so that its port and cables clear the enclosure, and lift the card a short distance 
out of the server.
Warning:  When removing or installing the RAID card, handle it only by the...
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