More take-apart pictures of the Mac Pro

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loebjackloebjack
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I just received my Mac Pro and started opening it up to see how it was put together. I wanted to know what parts Apple used. A Sony super drive and a Seagate SATA hard drive. I am adding pictures as I take them. More than what I posted before.



http://digg.com/apple/More_Take_apar...of_the_Mac_Pro

http://www.powermax.com/articles_rev...icle.php?id=33
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  • Reply 1 of 21
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Wow, you're a lucky man. Mine's in September.
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  • Reply 2 of 21
    loebjackloebjack Posts: 13member
    They fed me some line about a long wait but then it came the next day. I hope you get the same treatment.
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  • Reply 3 of 21
    loebjackloebjack Posts: 13member
    Someone just pointed out that the Mac Pro logic board has two SATA drive ports marked as ODD SATA. We think it is for an Optical Disc Drive SATA connection. Blu-ray perhaps?
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  • Reply 4 of 21
    lakingsfnlakingsfn Posts: 141member
    Wow, a thing of beauty!
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  • Reply 5 of 21
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by loebjack


    They fed me some line about a long wait but then it came the next day. I hope you get the same treatment.



    Wow, thanks for setting me up for disappointment.



    What was your estimated ship?
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  • Reply 6 of 21
    loebjackloebjack Posts: 13member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Placebo


    Wow, thanks for setting me up for disappointment.



    What was your estimated ship?



    They said it would be Friday but it shipped the same day.
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  • Reply 7 of 21
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Yeah I think the X1900 XT automatically sets me up for delay.
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  • Reply 8 of 21
    screedscreed Posts: 1,077member
    Those RAM heatsinks are humungo!!
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  • Reply 9 of 21
    shadowxshadowx Posts: 27member
    WOW



    What a beauty!! The case and component designs alone are worth there weight in gold - nice one Apple... I need to get a notebook first but my next desktop will definitely be a Mac Pro!
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  • Reply 10 of 21
    the kid 05the kid 05 Posts: 19member
    this is why i switched from windows...



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  • Reply 11 of 21
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    That is x86 done right: why can none of the other builders out there think outside the box on design?
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  • Reply 12 of 21
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by a_greer


    That is x86 done right: why can none of the other builders out there think outside the box on design?



    Because the commodity PC industry is too dog-eat-dog for there to be concern with elegance at any level.
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  • Reply 13 of 21
    meelashmeelash Posts: 1,045member
    ***Envy***
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  • Reply 14 of 21
    marcukmarcuk Posts: 4,442member
    wow! look at those heatsinks - is anything holding them up, or are they just hanging from the MB?
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  • Reply 15 of 21
    benzenebenzene Posts: 338member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MarcUK


    wow! look at those heatsinks - is anything holding them up, or are they just hanging from the MB?



    It would appear that there are four standoffs that screw to the motherboard for each heatsink "tower".
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  • Reply 16 of 21
    guybrush threepwoodguybrush threepwood Posts: 1,109member
    WTF is this guy?



    Check this ass$@# out...



    http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=260



    So for all you Yonahs out there, have no fear! All you have to do is order a merom chip, then solder it to your existing MB or MBP, and voila! Good as new...
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  • Reply 17 of 21
    guybrush threepwoodguybrush threepwood Posts: 1,109member
    EDIT: Wrong thread...wasn't paying attention.



    Please forgive...
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  • Reply 18 of 21
    fissiongridfissiongrid Posts: 7member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Guybrush Threepwood


    So for all you Yonahs out there, have no fear! All you have to do is order a merom chip, then solder it to your existing MB or MBP, and voila! Good as new...



    Yes, painstakingly solder every single one of the 478 pins exactly in place on the mobo. Then you'll have a new merom mac.
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  • Reply 19 of 21
    guybrush threepwoodguybrush threepwood Posts: 1,109member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fissiongrid


    Yes, painstakingly solder every single one of the 478 pins exactly in place on the mobo. Then you'll have a new merom mac.







    See, it's just that easy!
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  • Reply 20 of 21
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    Loeb, you are a brave man. The last thing I would do with a new MacPro is disassemble it.
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