User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Mac Pro (8x)
- Contents
- Basics
- Take Apart
- General Information
- Opening the Computer
- Hard Drives
- Optical Drive Carrier and Optical Drives
- Memory (FB-DIMMs) and Memory Riser Cards
- PCI Express/Graphics Card
- Power Supply
- Power Supply Fan
- AirPort Extreme Card
- Bluetooth Card
- Battery
- Processor Heatsink Cover
- Front Fan Assembly
- Mac Pro RAID Card and Battery
- Memory Cage with Rear Fan
- Processor Heatsinks
- Processors
- Speaker Assembly
- USB Cable
- Logic Board
- Front Panel Board
- Power Button
- AirPort Antenna Board with Cables
- Optical Drive Power Cable
- Optical Drive Data (Ribbon) Cable
- Ambient Board
- Ambient Board Cable
- Bluetooth Antenna Board and Cable
- Hard Drive Cable Harness
- Hard Drive Temperature Sensor Cable
- Hard Drive Temperature Sensor
- Power Cable Harness
- Troubleshooting
- Upgrades
- Views

Mac Pro (8x) Take Apart — Optical Drive Data (Ribbon) Cable 11 2
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 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.










