[Cube] Power-up the Cube?

[Donald Schwab]

Forget your pets sleeping on the power brick.  Keep them off the Cube  
itself.  My big (12.5 pound) cat thought the Cube the best place to  
sleep, warmth constantly exuding from the grill, but would turn the  
Cube off at times.  He learned to get off, and on again, and would  
usually restore the warmth source.

Eventually, I knew, this had to stop, or the poor Cube would expire  
from too many off-on cycles.

Luckily, for those who have similar pet management/Cube management  
problems, The Container Store sells a nice little three shelve grey  
painted cast iron shelf unit, and either the high or low shelf holds  
and displays a Cube handsomely.  (One must place it hanging out a  
little, to allow access to the DVD-ROM slot, but this has proved no  
problem)

And shelf unit can also be fit, as it is in my home, with a nice  
cushion on the top shelf, on which the persistent cat can sit; the  
Cube's warmth has more than adequate room to diffuse, and warms the  
cushion.  The puss likes it, and can sit at close hand watch me at  
the keyboard.  The only disadvantage is the occasional transit over  
the keyboard to the cushion.

Don Schwab


On Sep 27, 2005, at 11:43, Melvetta Overturf wrote:

> I have tried these and there is Profound silence! I miss my Cube! Mel
> On Sep 27, 2005, at 10:29 AM, David Lambourn wrote:
>
>
>> Melvetta,
>>
>> I seem to have missed your earlier message. Can you try, or have  
>> your tried:
>>
>> (a) Touching the switch on the Cube?
>> (b) Touching the switch on your Apple Studio Screen?
>> (c) Power-up button on the Keyboard (but you might not have one)?
>> (d) with power off, disconnecting and re-connecting everything a  
>> few times (with a view to cleaning the connections)?
>> (e) preventing your pets sleeping on the power brick?
>> (f) checking the power supply at the wall socket?
>>
>> Do you get any response at all?  Pulsing white LED? "Boing" sound?  
>> Hard disk scufflings? Profound silence? Red light seen inside the  
>> Cube - visible from underneath?
>>
>> Sorry to ask silly questions, but you might be surprised!
>>
>> Answers to some of these questions could well elicit suggestions  
>> from some of the very knowledgeable subscribers to his list.
>>
>> David.
>>
>>
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