[Cube] smoking Cube

[Frederick Manter]

Let us know if that's what it is, sounds like you might have spotted 
the problem. There will probably be more members chiming in tomorrow, 
Saturday night and all that.

Good luck

Frederick

>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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