January 2, 2014 at 05:56Complete parsing of Apple Mac Pro 2013
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In mid-2013, the long-awaited Mac Pro was announced at WWDC. The novelty had an absolutely unique design and original layout of elements. Apple made a very interesting page (by the way, on HTML5) for the new computer, but not so much was told about the insides. The updated computer went on sale in December 2013 and quickly became scarce. Finally, he got yes iFixit, and today we look at the most interesting computer of 2013.
Although many people compare the Mac Pro to a trash can, it looks more like an aluminum soda can. External interfaces:
No screws, just slide the lock and lift the housing cover. Watch this interesting video about how to make the case for the Mac Pro, bewitching.
Immediately you can see all the stuffing of a new computer. Most of the space is occupied by two video cards. Their symmetry is broken only by the SSD, which is mounted on one of the video cards. On both sides of the interfaces are symmetrically memory strips. RAM is very easy to replace. 4 GB DDR3L SDRAM (x3) Elpida EBJ04EG8BFWB-JS-F. In total, you can put 64GB of memory. Unscrew one screw and remove the SSD drive.
SSDs are very similar to those on the MacBook pro Retina and Air. All information about the model is placed on the bottom of the case. We remove the only fan, which is located on top of the cylindrical body. If you look from above, you can see a large triangular radiator, which simultaneously cools two video cards and a central processor. Design features of the new Mac Pro repeats the updated AirPort . Disable PCI-E loops that combine video cards. We turn off the radiator mounts and remove the video card. Consider video cards in more detail ██ AMD FirePro D300 GPU ██ Elpida W2032BBBG 2 Gb (8 x 2 Gb = 16 Gb = 2 GB) GDDR5 VRAM
██ Intersil ISL 6336 6-Phase PWM Controller with Light Load Efficiency Enhancement and Current Monitoring On the back of ██ Fairchild Semiconductor DD30AJ ██ IR C F3575 CCIRP There is only one video card slot for SSDs. I wonder if it is possible to put two such video cards and double the SSD. Mmm round motherboard? This board will combine external interfaces, video cards, a processor and power. Some proprietary connectors around. The chipset and the main controllers are located on the board. ██ Intel BD82C602J Platform Controller Hub ██ R4F2113 NLG A02 AE03376 ██ ICS 932SQL435AL 3817528F ██ Texas Instruments LM393
Dual Differential Comparator
██ MXIC 25L6406E 64M-BIT CMOS Serial Flash
██ 980 YFC LM4FS1BH We remove the power supply grille, which is hidden between the boards with external interfaces and a processor with memory. Separate the power supply from the processor. Moreover, the PSU provides power to the processor without wires, through the terminals. The processor logic board has an interesting solution. The processor itself is mounted on a radiator. Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 with 10 MB L3 cache, clocked at 3.7 GHz, Turbo Boost up to 3.9 GHz. Board Components ██ LGA 2011 (Socket R) CPU socket ██ SMSC 1428-7 3233E5A ██ IR C F3575 3X3YP ██ NXP PA9517A
Level Translating I2C-Bus Repeater
██ Texas Instruments 58872D
The front side of the logic board:
██ Intersil ISL 6367 Hybrid Digital Dual PWM Controller Separate the interface board from the power supply and consider the components. ██ Broadcom BCM57762 Gigabit Ethernet Controller ██ Intel DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Controller ██ Fresco Logic FL1100 4-port USB 3.0 Host Controller ██ Parade PS8401A HDMI Jitter Cleaning Repeater ██ Delta 8904C-F ██ PLX Technology PEX8723 PCI Express Switch ██ Intel DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Controller
██ Cirrus 4208-CRZ Audio Codec (seen in theMacBook Pro 15 "Retina Display)
██ Intersil 14AIRZ F335QV
██ Texas Instruments 58888D
██ Texas Instruments 58872D 450 W power supply without active cooling. By the way, video cards receive power through the terminals, running through the heatsink.Outer cover has unidentified microcontrollers ██ Two M430 V380 H 39K CX88 G4 ██ One M430 V380 H 39K CX7S G4
The fully updated Mac Pro 2013 gets 8 out of 10 points for maintainability, the more points, the easier it is to parse and repair. The main advantages of a computer are its simple assembly and modularity. Most components can be freely replaced or improved. Of the disadvantages - there is no way to increase the internal memory and the availability of proprietary connectors.
This Mac Pro has the following features.
- Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5 with 10 MB L3 cache and Turbo Boost up to 3.9 GHz
- 12 GB (three 4 GB modules) of 1866 MHz DDR3 ECC memory
- Dual AMD FirePro D300 graphics processors with 2 GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
- 256 GB PCIe-based flash storage
- 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0
- Price $ 2999
Although many people compare the Mac Pro to a trash can, it looks more like an aluminum soda can. External interfaces:
- 3.5 mm for headset
- Four USB 3.0 ports
- Six Thunderbolt 2
- Two Gigabit Ethernet Ports
- HDMI 1.4
No screws, just slide the lock and lift the housing cover. Watch this interesting video about how to make the case for the Mac Pro, bewitching.
Immediately you can see all the stuffing of a new computer. Most of the space is occupied by two video cards. Their symmetry is broken only by the SSD, which is mounted on one of the video cards. On both sides of the interfaces are symmetrically memory strips. RAM is very easy to replace. 4 GB DDR3L SDRAM (x3) Elpida EBJ04EG8BFWB-JS-F. In total, you can put 64GB of memory. Unscrew one screw and remove the SSD drive.
- Samsung S4LN053X01-8030 (ARM) Flash Controller
- Samsung K9HFGY8S5C-XCK0 Flash Storage
- Samsung K4P4G324EB 512 MB RAM
SSDs are very similar to those on the MacBook pro Retina and Air. All information about the model is placed on the bottom of the case. We remove the only fan, which is located on top of the cylindrical body. If you look from above, you can see a large triangular radiator, which simultaneously cools two video cards and a central processor. Design features of the new Mac Pro repeats the updated AirPort . Disable PCI-E loops that combine video cards. We turn off the radiator mounts and remove the video card. Consider video cards in more detail ██ AMD FirePro D300 GPU ██ Elpida W2032BBBG 2 Gb (8 x 2 Gb = 16 Gb = 2 GB) GDDR5 VRAM
██ Intersil ISL 6336 6-Phase PWM Controller with Light Load Efficiency Enhancement and Current Monitoring On the back of ██ Fairchild Semiconductor DD30AJ ██ IR C F3575 CCIRP There is only one video card slot for SSDs. I wonder if it is possible to put two such video cards and double the SSD. Mmm round motherboard? This board will combine external interfaces, video cards, a processor and power. Some proprietary connectors around. The chipset and the main controllers are located on the board. ██ Intel BD82C602J Platform Controller Hub ██ R4F2113 NLG A02 AE03376 ██ ICS 932SQL435AL 3817528F ██ Texas Instruments LM393
Dual Differential Comparator
██ MXIC 25L6406E 64M-BIT CMOS Serial Flash
██ 980 YFC LM4FS1BH We remove the power supply grille, which is hidden between the boards with external interfaces and a processor with memory. Separate the power supply from the processor. Moreover, the PSU provides power to the processor without wires, through the terminals. The processor logic board has an interesting solution. The processor itself is mounted on a radiator. Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 with 10 MB L3 cache, clocked at 3.7 GHz, Turbo Boost up to 3.9 GHz. Board Components ██ LGA 2011 (Socket R) CPU socket ██ SMSC 1428-7 3233E5A ██ IR C F3575 3X3YP ██ NXP PA9517A
Level Translating I2C-Bus Repeater
██ Texas Instruments 58872D
The front side of the logic board:
██ Intersil ISL 6367 Hybrid Digital Dual PWM Controller Separate the interface board from the power supply and consider the components. ██ Broadcom BCM57762 Gigabit Ethernet Controller ██ Intel DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Controller ██ Fresco Logic FL1100 4-port USB 3.0 Host Controller ██ Parade PS8401A HDMI Jitter Cleaning Repeater ██ Delta 8904C-F ██ PLX Technology PEX8723 PCI Express Switch ██ Intel DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Controller
██ Cirrus 4208-CRZ Audio Codec (seen in theMacBook Pro 15 "Retina Display)
██ Intersil 14AIRZ F335QV
██ Texas Instruments 58888D
██ Texas Instruments 58872D 450 W power supply without active cooling. By the way, video cards receive power through the terminals, running through the heatsink.Outer cover has unidentified microcontrollers ██ Two M430 V380 H 39K CX88 G4 ██ One M430 V380 H 39K CX7S G4
The fully updated Mac Pro 2013 gets 8 out of 10 points for maintainability, the more points, the easier it is to parse and repair. The main advantages of a computer are its simple assembly and modularity. Most components can be freely replaced or improved. Of the disadvantages - there is no way to increase the internal memory and the availability of proprietary connectors.