the green plastic clip goes on the agp slot for the video card it does nothing and can be left without, as far as I know the later cubes did not even have it. Richard On May 2, 2007, at 3:18 AM, gladys pérez-almiroty wrote: > hi: > my cube 450 mgz, 1.25 gb ram and 120 hd has been showing problems. > it boots, but then turns itself off at different lengths of time. a > while back i was told to check and see if the video card was > lose. i am having eye problems, insert long, sad story here- and > today finally i was able to open the cube. > > i am broken hearted: a green plastic part fell off. i believe it > is the connector on the video riser card. i was looking at the > service manual, but have been unable to find a better way to > explain what it is. in the service manual, on page 40, second > illustration, the plastic cover that surrounds the video riser card > looks brown. mine is green. > > my question is this: besides the video riser card, should i look > into something else, considering what happened? > thanks for all and any help, > gladys