[Cube] Cube DC-VRAM-Board or what else?

[Gilbert Pineau]

Hi Stefan,

Sorry if my english is so-so because I am french.

Yes, you got it, it was indeed the ADC-TFT-Monitor pis which were  
faulty.

And yes, I have never been able to get the replacement part.

As far as the fix my friend did, I could hardly explain in details  
because he fixed it at his home with special tools and told me it had  
been a wild guess because hhimself was far from being sure it would  
work but it did...so far!

Gilbert

Le 07-08-12 à 05:15, Stefan a écrit :

> Hi Gilbert,
>
> you used some english expressions I'm not used to.
>
> So I ask back: As I believe to understand it was the connector of  
> the ADC-TFT-Monitor in your case.
> Is that wright? And you didn't find a solution (does that mean a  
> replacement-Connector?) for your Apple TFT?
>
> Hope I understood it...
>
> Best regards
> Stefan
>
>
>
>
>> Hi Stephan
>>
>> I once had a Cube with a similar problem and finally realized  
>> after investigating everything - inboard cardsand softwares -   
>> that the multipins connector was at fault. Normal wear apparently??
>>
>> I hope this is not your situation because even though I tried to  
>> get the proper replacement part -local, national, continental and  
>> even europe search- , I got nowhere - after alll our Cube units,  
>> as good as they are, are now labelled as a vintage unit???- so  
>> finally I had to buy myself another Cube, believe it or not.
>>
>> Now the good side: a few months later, a friend of mine who is a  
>> certified electronician dealing with hardware fixes and cures has  
>> been able to restaure the old unit connection and it finally  
>> worked - with a special home-made connector -, so my daughter  
>> today uses this unit... with a VGA CRT screen wth no more problem.  
>> The extra piece added wwas unstable when using the beautiful Apple  
>> CLD screen which is collecting dust in my basement...what a pity!
>>
>> After everything failed, sometimes the obvious remains to be  
>> looked after...
>>
>> Gilbert
>>
>>
>> Le 07-08-11 à 03:34, Stefan a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi friends,
>>>
>>>
>>> my second cube makes problems...
>>>
>>> Hope you can give me a hand.
>>>
>>> Some days ago the family watched a DVD and finally the cube shut  
>>> off and wasn't to restart.
>>> I tried everything.
>>>
>>> Finally I could restart it. (First it restarted even with the  
>>> Formac ADC...)
>>> But again it shut down.
>>>
>>> What I've tested:
>>> Other HD (the original 20 GB)
>>> Other ATi (another original like the one in the cube ATi Rage 128)
>>> Other monitor (VGA-CRT)
>>>
>>> And I could find out:
>>>
>>> - With my Formac Gallery ADC 17" TFT the cube won't start up.
>>> - with a VGA-CRT at the VGA it starts and runs without problems.
>>> - it starts without any problems without any monitor.
>>> - when the ADC-TFT is plugged in with the cube running it shuts  
>>> down.
>>> - the Formac is dead all the time (no light, no reaction at all)
>>> - That happens with the intact second graphic card too.
>>>
>>> (My first idea was an overheated graphic card)
>>>
>>>
>>> QUESTION:
>>> Is it the DC/Board or has anyone another idea?
>>>
>>>
>>> By the time: it is the original cube, but has a large HD, max.  
>>> RAM, that's all.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your answers in advance
>>> Stefan
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>>
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>>
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