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Written by Anthony King
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Wednesday, 02 June 2004 |
| I got this cold cathod tube
from PcMods.com 4" blue kit. |
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| | Remove cube from enclosure & place as shown, remove 4 corner screws(Torx10). |
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| | Turn cube as shown, remove side screws on both sides. |
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| Remove top cover and
disconnect the connector. |
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| | Note the orientation of connector when putting back together. |
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| | Remove side posts by pulling up, do the same for optical drive cover. |
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| Here's what you get when
cover is removed. |
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| | Remove both optical drive screws from both sides. Then carefully remove drive. |
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| | Here's with optical drive removed. Hold drive by the corners ONLY. |
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| | Wiring time, cut both ends off the spade connectors, in order to bypass switch. |
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| | Butt connect together 2 ends.Or you could twist them together and tape them up |
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| | Reroute optical drive power connector under Airport card as shown. |
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| | Position the tube as shown with included velcro, avoid touching the fan bracket. |
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| | I didn't like these bare wires showing so I taped them up to avoid short cir... |
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| | Plug optical drive power connector into tube power supply connector. |
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| Here's the mess of wires,
note wire routing. |
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| | Install optical drive carefully, note the cable routing. |
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| | Position excess cable as shown and resecure the optical drive screws. |
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| | Pull excess out and fold up against the optical drive, see next picture. |
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| | Like so, then carefully reintstall the optical drive cover. |
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| | Avoid pinching the cables when putting cover on,should look like this. |
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| | Position power cables back into cube chassis. |
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| | Here's what the mess looks like from above. |
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| | Position power supply box as shown snug fit against the drive. Velcro not needed |
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| | Put it all back together and hopefully you'll have this. And not smoke! :) |
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| | Only so much text is allowed under the pics, so here's some more info. |
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| | There is a hint of purple. Pictures are very hard to take with digital camera. |
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| | I bypassed the on/off switch but one can be used. It would have to run outside.. |
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| | ..and hang somewhere outside. The light does go out when put to sleep.. |
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| | ..or turned off. Looks MUCH better in person, camera makes it look kinda harsh. |
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