OWC Mercury G4 Cube Installation Instructions Manual

OWC Mercury G4 Cube Optical Drive

Installation Instructions

For the Power Macintosh

G4 Cube 450MHz/500MHz

Thank you for purchasing an OWC Mercury G4 Cube Optical Drive

from Other World Computing!

Please use this reference guide to install your OWC Mercury G4 Cube Combo Drive into
your Power Macintosh G4 Cube 450MHz/500MHz.

Before getting started, you will need the following:

• A well lit clean work space approximately 4’x3’

• A soft cloth or rubber mat to place the Cube on while working on it

• A #1 Phillips Screwdriver

• A Torx T-10 Screwdriver

• A Torx T-8 Screwdriver

• A blank CD-R disc

You will need to observe static safe precautions while performing this installation, just
like you would for installing memory into your computer. Refer to your original Power
Macintosh G4 Cube manual for those steps.

Take a few moments and align all of the components and tools you will need to perform
this upgrade so that you don’t have to move around much while doing the installation.
You will find that if you don’t have to reach very far for an item, it will allow you to
concentrate on the task at hand.

Begin by turning your G4 Cube over on it’s top. You will want to place the computer
on a soft cloth or a rubber mat to keep it from sliding around while you perform this
upgrade. A mouse pad works well, just be sure to not scratch the top of your Cube.

Press inward on the core retaining handle and release the locking mechanism as shown.

Remove the core from the outer shell and place the shell in a safe location so it will not
be in the way or get scratched. Press the core retaining handle back in, locking it in
place and turn the core over so the heatsink is facing up as shown.

Remove the 8 Torx T-10 screws as shown, note that screw #5 and #6 are longer than
the others and extend all the way into the latching mechanism. You will need to replace
them back into the same holes when completed.

Gently remove the top cover, lifting it from the side that the optical drive is on. You will
notice a cable coming off of the sleep/power switch, which plugs into position S1 on the
logic board. Gently remove that cable from the logic board and set the top cover aside in
a safe location. The sleep switch plastic cover can fall out of it’s housing, if it does, put it
back in place.

There is a metal cover over the top of the optical drive that you need to remove to gain
access to it. Remove the metal cover by gently lifting up on it, releasing it from it’s slide
in tabs that you will see once it slides free. It slip fits into the bottom of the Cube core
and will easily come free once the tabs have been released. Set the cover aside.