HD 8CH Body Coil Cable Replacement

Prerequisites

Table 1. Personnel requirements
Required persons	Preliminary requirements	Procedure	Finalization
1	0 minutes	30 minutes	0 minutes

Table 2. Tools and test equipment
Item	Quantity	Effectivity	Part number	Manufacturer
Screw Driver Set	1	-	-	-

Table 3. Replacement parts
Item	Quantity	Effectivity	Part number	Manufacturer
FRU Cable Assembly (P/N: 2417162), GE Signa HD 1.5T 8CH Body Array Coil	1	-	-	-

Follow this process to replace the cable assembly on the 1.5T Signa HD 8CH Body Array Coil (P/N: 2415366) by GE/USAI (M3335MC).


Last Update	01/05/2006

Unplug the Anterior Cable Interface Box (Labeled with UP) from the Anterior Body Array Coil as shown in the Figure 1.

Figure 1. CTL Coil Screw Removal Position
Remove all the 8 screws form the lower Posterior Coil cover as shown in the Figure 2; Remove the cover after removing the screws.

Figure 2. Removal of 8 Screws from Posterior Coil
Remove all the four screws as shown in Figure 3 ; Unplug the RF cables labeled with CH5-CH8 and DC PIN Header Connector carefully as shown in the illustration3.
Remove the cable from the base of the coil.
Insert the new cable to the coil and connect the corresponding RF cables (J7-J12) to the multiplexer board labeled with J7-J12 SMB connector.

Figure 3. Posterior Coil RF Cable and DC Wire Removal
Remove the cable from the Posterior Coil completely.
Take the new 8 Ch Body array cable assembly and connect the posterior cable assembly into the Posterior Coil side as shown in Figure 3.
7. Connect the RF Cables (J5-J8) and DC PIN Header connector into the Body Array Coil Feed board PCB as shown in Figure 3 as per Table 4.

Table 4. Posterior Cable Connection
S.N Cable Designator PCB Designator
1 CH5/BROWN J8
2 CH6/BLACK J11
3 CH7/GREY J5
4 CH8/CLEAR J13
5 DC PIN Header J9

No finalization steps.