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We recently received a new batch of G5's in the office. While installing RAM in one of the systems, we heard a rattle when we opened the case door.
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was resting at the bottom of the case. Anyone have a clue where it goes or came from? I guess it's possible someone dropped their dental work or something when the computer was being assembled. Just curious.
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I'm not talking about the quarter. That's mine. I don't care if you are missing one.
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If you turn on the computer without that part attached the computer will blow up to smithereens.
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If you want I can get you a service manual and you can hunt the part down.
Just PM me if you want one.
Jason
PS: I'd offer to look but I am heading to bed right after I finish this post. Apparently moving 3000 pounds of concrete pieces will tend to make ou tired!
Originally posted by pooka:
We recently received a new batch of G5's in the office. While installing RAM in one of the systems, we heard a rattle when we opened the case door.
This part:
was resting at the bottom of the case. Anyone have a clue where it goes or came from? I guess it's possible someone dropped their dental work or something when the computer was being assembled. Just curious.
edit:
I'm not talking about the quarter. That's mine. I don't care if you are missing one.
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What happened to the good ol' days where you would disassemble another machine to figure out where this piece goes.....
(and I have no idea  )
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looks like a anti-rattle spring thingy. Probably came off the sidepanel?
Definitely some sort of spring or retainer. Doesn't look important...which means it's likely critical to proper operation. Heh.
I'm betting there's more than one of those thingies. Look around for others that haven't become detached.
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Hey that's mine give it back.
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It's one of the latches that helped to hold Darth Vader's helmet in place so it wouldn't lose it's vacuum seal. I would have been fairly certain that something like that didn't make it off the Death Star until now. I guess an independent contractor picked it up before evacuating. You might fetch at least $20 bucks for it on eBay.
Seriously though...
I agree with Spliffdaddy. It looks like it could be some sort of washer to keep two components from rubbing against each other.
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Originally posted by macaddict0001:
Hey that's mine give it back.
Hold on now. I distincly recall putting that there. It's mine. Please return it to me.
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It's a leaf-spring. Newer models have a fully independent suspension.
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I don't have a G5 for comparison. However, it's obviously a spring retaining clip. Look over the heat sinks on the CPUs and the graphics card. It's either an extra left in during manufacture, or it belongs. You need to be sure which answer it is.
It will be associated with something removable and tensioned, which suggests a heat sink. Probably not the HDs or optical drive, but it would not hurt to snoop around those also.
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Originally posted by reader50:
I don't have a G5 for comparison. However, it's obviously a spring retaining clip. Look over the heat sinks on the CPUs and the graphics card. It's either an extra left in during manufacture, or it belongs. You need to be sure which answer it is.
It will be associated with something removable and tensioned, which suggests a heat sink. Probably not the HDs or optical drive, but it would not hurt to snoop around those also.
Edit: I don't know, heat sinks are usually a little bigger than that.
Oops, GPU it could be, but not CPU.
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Originally posted by pooka:
We recently received a new batch of G5's in the office. While installing RAM in one of the systems, we heard a rattle when we opened the case door.
This part:
was resting at the bottom of the case. Anyone have a clue where it goes or came from? I guess it's possible someone dropped their dental work or something when the computer was being assembled. Just curious.
edit:
I'm not talking about the quarter. That's mine. I don't care if you are missing one.
Easy. It's a quarter retaining clip.
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