[CUBE] Cube Anomolies

[Phil Mitchell]

Bob,

Call AppleCare (NOT Customer Relations, etc...) 800 number and ask them 
to send you a replacement gasket. It's a freebie and yes, you can 
change it yourself! No, your Cube does NOT have to be covered under 
AppleCare...

pm
On Mar 4, 2004, at 9:00 PM, Bob Hasselbrink wrote:

> Hello,
> Suddenly yesterday, my cube (stock 450) decided to shut down while I
> accessing the internet.
> It would shut down without warning and then try to restart.
> Both of the "pilot lights" (on the cube and the monitor) would flash 
> very
> quickly maybe five or six times, try to start, and then shut down 
> again.
> This continued until I shut it off using the power button on the UPS.
> After work last night, I got the same result.
> I remembered something about a problem with the power button gasket,
> so I pulled the core and placed a small portion of a "sticky note" on 
> the inside
> of the case over the button.
> This seemed to fix the problem until this evening when it acted up 
> again, but
> only once.
> Am I on the right track here but need a different "gasket material"?
> I have been in contact with the closest authorized dealer, but of 
> course,
> they want me to bring bring it in so that they can diagnose the problem
> at a considerable cost.
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bob
>
>
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