[Cube] smoking Cube

[Jan Georgen]

Thanks for the response! It is basically stock, was a 450mHz that now  
has a 500mHz processor. The 3 memory slots are full, though I I don't  
know off-hand what the sizes are. The power brick is good. I have 2  
of them (one is powering an ADC LCD for my Sawtooth) and tried both.  
My son's cat apparently knocked the cube over/off the desk and the  
drive acquired the Click of Death. I had pulled the old one and  
replaced with another, was installing a new OS (10.4) but the CD  
drive was making a funny noise, to me anyway. So I was in the process  
of putting the Cube back in it's shell when it hung up. In the  
interest of speed, I had not fastened the top plate (with the power  
button) completely and the cable from the power button pulled out of  
the J1 (?) receptacle. I am thinking that connector is attached to  
the vrm card and that is the source of my problem. And I am hoping,  
if that is the case, that the damage has not burned out the motherboard.

I will do further investigating re: source of the burning smell.

Thanks.

Jan Georgen

On Jan 27, 2007, at 9:30 PM, Frederick Manter wrote:

> Can you tell us if the cube is a stock one or has it been upgraded,  
> either the cpu or the video card. The upgraded one's are far more  
> prone to problems, could be something like a dead fan or an  
> installation goof. Is the smell coming from inside the cube's  
> plastic case or is it from the power supply brick? It's very easy  
> to take the computer out of it's case and you might be able to spot  
> something that's amiss by using a flashlight or smell where it's  
> coming from, could be as simple as something falling in there. If  
> it's in the power supply it probably means it's going as they are  
> usually the first big problem and they can't be repaired, you will  
> have to find one on eBay as Apple doesn't do them anymore. If we  
> had more information maybe someone on the list can come up with  
> something that will help you.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Frederick
>
>
>> Okay, something bad has happened to my son's cube. Long story  
>> short: when I plug the power into the back of the cube, the green  
>> power light glows as well as the red lcd. I can hit the power  
>> button and it glows but immediately turns off, all the while the  
>> green and red lcd lights are glowing. I then catch that horrible  
>> scent of electrical problems and pluu the power plug from the  
>> back. I traded power button + cable and had the same result and  
>> when I return the test items to my cube, all worked well.
>>
>> so where shall I begin? DC-DC board? Oh brother, I hate that smell...
>>
>> Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jan Georgen
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