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REAR COVER

SCREW SECURING
BOTTOM OF REAR COVER

REAR DOOR OPENED

LATCH SECURING
REAR COVER

REAR DOOR

SCREW SECURING
BOTTOM OF
REAR COVER

REAR COVER

LATCH SECURING
REAR COVER

Aurora USB Cable Replacement

 

 
CONTENTS:

 

QTY PART 

# 

DESCRIPTION 

1 

EC0150-03  16” USB CABLE 

3 HW8810 

TIE 

WRAPS 

 

1.  Turn off and unplug the game. 

2.  Unlock the rear door and open if it is hinged (see Figure 1a), or remove if it is detachable (see Figure 1b). 

3.  Reach under the center of the top of the cover to locate the rotary draw latch (see Figure 1). 

4.  Turn the wing on the latch counterclockwise to disengage, and then unscrew the screw located in the 

center of the bottom of the cover (see Figure 1). 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

(a) hinged rear door   

 

 

 

 

(b) detachable rear door 

 

FIGURE 1 – AURORA FROM THE REAR WITH THE REAR DOOR OPENED/REMOVED 

 
 

5.  Slowly lift the cover and disconnect the ground wire attached to it. 

6.  Disconnect the power cord from the power supply.  Remove the wing nut securing the OSD board and 

detach the board from the Velcro on the power supply bracket.  See Figure 2.  Carefully set the OSD board 
aside. 

THUMBSCREW
SECURING

ELECTRONICS

TRAY

SCREW AND NUT
SECURING
OSD BOARD

POWER

SUPPLY CORD

 

FIGURE 2 – AURORA FROM THE REAR WITH REAR COVER REMOVED 

 

 

 

 

 

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CONNECTOR-SIDE VIEW OF MOTHERBOARD

TOP VIEW OF MOTHERBOARD

TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLLER

VGA VIDEO

USB78 

7.  To remove the electronics tray, unscrew the thumbscrew located in the middle rear of the tray (see Figure 

2), disconnect the VGA and touchscreen connectors from the motherboard (see Figure 3), and slide the 
tray back.

 

8.  Disconnect the EC0150-03 USB cable from “USB78” on the motherboard (see Figure 3) and J5 on the I/O 

board (see Figure 4), removing tie wraps as necessary.  This USB cable will not be reused.

 

9.  Connect the 10-pin connector on the provided EC0150-03 USB cable to “USB78” on the motherboard (see 

Figure 3).  Connect the 4-pin connector on the USB cable to J5 on the I/O board (see Figure 4), routing the 
cable under the power supply and up through the gap between the I/O mounting bracket and the I/O board.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

FIGURE 3 –MOTHERBOARD CONNECTIONS 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

FIGURE 4 – AURORA ELECTRONICS TRAY 

 

I/O MOUNTING 

BRACKET

J5 ON I/O 

BOARD

I/O BOARD

 

 

 

 

 

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10.  Tie-wrap the EC0150-03 USB cable to its neighboring cables.  Slide the electronics tray back into place.  If 

your electronics tray has the three connectors on the back of the hard drive bracket (see Figure 5), make 
sure that the connectors click into the connectors on the wall of the chassis (see Figure 5). 

 

 

FIGURE 5 - CONNECTORS ON BACK OF HARD DRIVE BRACKET AND WALL OF GAME (SELECT GAMES ONLY) 

 

11.  Reconnect the VGA and touchscreen connectors to the motherboard.  Secure the electronics tray by 

screwing in the thumbscrew. See Figures 3 and 2. 

12.  Reconnect the power cord to the power supply.  Reattach the OSD board to the Velcro on the power 

supply bracket and secure with one wing nut. See Figure 2. 

13.  Reconnect the ground wire to the rear cover and lower the cover into place, carefully lining up the 2 tabs on 

the cover with the 2 mating holes on the sides of the game (see Figure 6).  Make sure that the plastic lip on 
the bottom of the rear cover is behind the metal base. Tighten the screw securing the bottom of the door. 

 

FIGURE 6 - SIDE VIEW OF GAME WITH COVER REMOVED 

14.  Turn the wing on the draw latch clockwise to engage the latch.  See Figure 1.

  

15.  Close (or reattach) and lock the rear door. 

16.  Plug in and turn on the game. 

CONNECTORS 

ON GAME 

(3 PLACES)

CONNECTORS 
ON BACK OF 
HARD DRIVE  
(3 PLACES) 

NOTE:  ELECTRONICS TRAY 
TURNED AROUND FOR 
VIEWING PURPOSES. 

TABS ON 
COVER

MATING HOLE 

(ALSO ONE 

ON RIGHT 

SIDE)

DETAIL VIEW