IFixit uncoupling Mac Pro-finally took off the coat, "garbage can" inside the universe

On the last day of 2013, IFixit brought us an annual finale, Mac Pro from Apple's annual blockbuster, and, fortunately, as a mainframe computer, Mac Pro wasn't a device that was not installed like HTC one, so we don't have to worry about expensive Mac Pro From the trash cans to the real trash cans ...

Even the tyrants famous IFixit also chose the starter version of Mac Pro, the price of the 2999-dollar, so this dismantling of the configuration also take this model, the different price configuration is also a difference.

Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5 processor, Turbo Boost to 3.9 GHz;

12GB (3 4GB), 1866MHz DDR3 ECC memory;

Dual AMD FirePro D300 graphics cards, each with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM;

Flash memory for 256GB PCIe;

802.11ac Wi-Fi enabled, Bluetooth 4.0

Although the overall price is not cheap, but due to the recent clean wind is relatively tight, even the moon cake packaging is a lot of simple, Mac Pro packaging is very low-key and simple. The interface behind the fuselage has 3.5mm headphone hole, four USB 3.0 6 Thunderbolt 2 two Gigabit Ethernet interface, HDMI 1.4 outlet.

The bright and clean shell of Mac Pro is taken off, which shows the following appearance, many parts can be seen. The most obvious are two graphics cards and SSD.

In a slightly different direction, you can see that Mac Pro uses the Elpida ebj04eg8bfwb-js-f 4 GB ddr3l memory, each 4 gb,3 a total of GB of memory. The good news is that the memory strips are easy to unload and easy to install.

The top of Mac Pro is a fan for heat dissipation, and the fan is removed to give a glimpse of the internal structure.

Remove the video card section, just below. The red part is the AMD FirePro D300 graphics processor; The orange portion is Elpida W2032BBBG 2 GB (8 x 2 GB = 2 GB) GDDR5 VRAM; yellow is Intersil ISL 6336 6 phase PWM controller.

Next is the disk-like sub board, logic board, dual graphics card, I/O interface panel all connected to this sub-board, the above components are also many. The red indicates the Intel BD82C602J platform controller hub; Orange indicates r4f2113 NLG A02 AE03376; yellow: ICS 932sql435al 3817528F; cyan is the Texas Instrument (TI) LM393 two-way differential comparator; Blue is Macronix. 25l6406e 64M bit CMOS serial flash.

The main fuselage can be separated, saying iFixit edit body hair is really thick.

The quad-core Intel Xeon E5-1620 V2 processor is mounted on the fuselage motherboard in the right-hand part of the figure above.

The motherboard on which the processor was removed has other components. Red is LGA (R slot) CPU slot, Orange is SMSC 1428-7 3233e5a, yellow is IR C F3575 3x3yp; Cyan is NXP pa9517a level conversion i²c bus repeater; Blue is Texas instrument 58872D.

And the motherboard part is the interface part, the interface panel is divided into positive and negative parts. Here is the side that can see the interface. Red is the PLX PEX8723 PCI Express switch; Orange is the intel® DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 controller; yellow is Cirrus 4208-crz audio codec; cyan is Intersil 14AIRZ f335qv; Blue is Texas Instruments. 58888D; Water red is Texas instrument 58872D.

Below is the back of the panel, which is likely to make people feel uncomfortable with what is called a "phobia of intense things." The red is the BCM57762 Gigabit Ethernet controller; Orange is the intel® DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 controller; yellow is Fresco Logic FL1100 4-Port USB 3.0 host controller; cyan is Parade ps8401a HDMI Jitter signal removal control chip; Blue is 8904c-f.

Next is a family photo.

IFixit gives Mac Pro a removable maintenance rating of 8 points (the easiest to disassemble maintenance is 10), indicating that Mac Pro is easier to dismantle and repair. This point in the dismantling process can also be found, whether the shell or fan, are easy to remove, the CPU can even replace upgrades, no use of glue and other irreversible connection, most of the ordinary screws fixed.

However, because the MAC Pro structure is very compact, the layout of sophisticated, coupled with the machine itself is more expensive, so the average user is better not to commit risks for dismantling repair.