Apple mac pro User Manual

							Mac Pro Take Apart — AirPort Antenna Board with Cables 111
Part Location
Procedure
Place the computer so that the bottom panel is facing you. 1. 
Using a jeweler’s flat-blade screwdriver, pry open the two latches on the antenna wire ferrite 2.  
bead and remove the bead from the wires.  
						

							Mac Pro Take Apart — AirPort Antenna Board with Cables 11 2
Using the jeweler’s flat-blade screwdriver, carefully pry up the rectangular plastic plate on 3. 
the bottom panel. 
Using a jeweler’s #0 Phillips screwdriver, remove the four antenna board mounting screws. 4.  
						

							Mac Pro Take Apart — AirPort Antenna Board with Cables 113
Tilt the antenna board away from the back panel a short distance.5. 
Feed each antenna wire separately out through the small opening in the bottom panel. 6. 
Remove the antenna board and cables from the enclosure.7.  
						

							Mac Pro Take Apart — Optical Drive Power Cable 11 4
Optical Drive Power Cable
Tools
The only tool required for this procedure is a magnetized #1 Phillips screwdriver.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, open the computer, lay it on its side with the access side facing up, and remove 
the following:
Optical drive carrier and optical drive• s
Hard drives and hard drive carriers in drive bays 1 and • 2
PCI Express card installed in slot • 1
Any 12-inch PCI Express card• s
Top and bottom memory card• s
Processor heatsink cove• r
Front fan assembl• y
Part Location 
						

							Mac Pro Take Apart — Optical Drive Power Cable 11 5
Procedure
Using a magnetized #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the two mounting screws on the hard 1. 
drive connector for drive bay 1 and move the connector out of the way. 
Unwind the tape that holds the optical drive data cable to the optical drive power cable.2.  
Disconnect the optical drive power cable from the logic board.3. 
Insert the logic board end of the power cable into the opening in the media shelf at hard 4. 
drive bay 1 and remove the cable from the enclosure. 
						

							Mac Pro Take Apart — Optical Drive Power Cable 11 6 
						

							Mac Pro Take Apart — Optical Drive Data (Ribbon) Cable 11 7
Optical Drive Data (Ribbon) 
Cable
Tools
The only tool required for this procedure is a magnetized #1 Phillips screwdriver.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, open the computer, lay it on its side with the access side facing up, and remove 
the following:
Optical drive carrier and optical drive• s
Hard drives and hard drive carriers in drive bays 1 and • 2
PCI Express card installed in slot • 1
Any 12-inch PCI Express card• s
Top and bottom memory card• s
Processor heatsink cove• r
Front fan assembl• y 
						

							Mac Pro Take Apart — Optical Drive Data (Ribbon) Cable 11 8
Part Location
Procedure
Using a magnetized #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the two mounting screws on the hard 1. 
drive connector for drive bay 1 and move the connector out of the way.  
						

							Mac Pro Take Apart — Optical Drive Data (Ribbon) Cable 11 9
Unwind the tape that holds the optical drive data cable to the optical drive power cable.2. 
Disconnect the optical drive data cable from the logic board.3. 
Insert the cable into the opening in the media shelf at hard drive bay 1 and remove the 4. 
cable from the enclosure. 
						

							Mac Pro Take Apart — Ambient Board 120
Ambient Board
Note: The ambient board is attached to the enclosure with adhesive. Once you remove the 
ambient board, you may have to apply new adhesive before reattaching the same ambient 
board. Replacement ambient boards come with adhesive already in place. 
Tools
The only tools required for this procedure are a jeweler’s flat-blade screwdriver.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, open the computer, lay it on its side with the access side facing up, and remove 
the optical drive carrier and optical drives. 
Part Location