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  1. Desmontaje  iMac Pro, Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 1 中的图像 1,2 Desmontaje  iMac Pro, Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 1 中的图像 2,2
    • Nuestro iMac Pro de desmontaje tiene estas especificaciones de "nivel de entrada":

    • Procesador Intel Xeon W de 8 núcleos y 3,2 GHz con Turbo Boost de hasta 4,2 GHz

    • 32 GB (4 × 8 GB) de 2.666 MHz DDR4 ECC

    • GPU AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 con 8 GB de memoria HBM2

    • Pantalla de 27 "con una resolución de 5120 × 2880 y soporte para mil millones de colores (gama de colores P3)

    • 1 TB SSD

    • Las configuraciones de gama superior con hasta 18 núcleos de procesador estarán disponibles dentro de unas semanas, si está buscando gastar $ 13,000 USD o más, eso es.

    • Estamos preparados para sacrificar esta unidad en nombre de la ciencia ... pero estamos seguros de que no lo haremos. ¡Cruzamos los dedos para poder volver a dejar de una pieza!

  2. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 2 中的图像 1,2 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 2 中的图像 2,2
    • Apenas podemos contener nuestra emoción mientras desempaquetamos los magníficos accesorios de Space Gray: Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard y * jadeó * ción del puerto ... solo para estar seguros.

    • ... un cable negro Lightning a USB.

    • Volveremos para continuar el desmontaje después de que nos recuperemos de la conmoción y miremos por la ventana en busca de signos de ungulados en el aire.

    • Extrañamente, todavía no hay ninguna provisión-dongle u otra cosa-para usar los Lightning EarPods que obtienes con tu iPhone 7, 8 o X en tu iMac Pro. ¿Parece extraño que estos productos incompatibles provengan, de todos los lugares, de Apple?

    • Despeguemos el elegante envoltorio de tela del iMac Pro y verifiquemos la situación de los puertos ... sólo para estar seguros.

    Every iPhone has an adapter for that headphone jack right there on the back where it always was.

    Devin - 回复

    Not so, Devin. That adaptor is to plug regular headphones into an iPhone, not Lighting EarPods into a Mac, for example.

    steve strike -

    Don’t be the person using plug in, free EarPods on a $5000+ computer.

    Frank Reedy - 回复

  3. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 3 中的图像 1,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 3 中的图像 2,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 3 中的图像 3,3
    • Aquí está el sitrep de conectividad:

    • Conector para auriculares de 3,5 mm

    • Ranura para tarjeta SDXC

    • Cuatro puertos USB 3

    • Cuatro puertos Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C)

    • Puerto ethernet de 10 Gb

    • En caso de que se lo pregunte, este es el número de modelo de Apple A1862.

    • Tratamos de pegar RAM en estas ranuras en la parte posterior. No funcionó.

    Hmm. Must be DDR6.

    George A. - 回复

    George it’s been stated: “Apple is using standard 288-pin DDR4 ECC RAM sticks”

    Dan - 回复

    Humor is appreciated, but sometimes not recognized…

    Another Guest - 回复

    Dan and George, I’m almost certain it’s DDR7. Apple would never be caught with something as outdated as DDR6 in a high-end machine like this.

    Ben Lambert - 回复

    If anyone happens to look back at these comments in about 2040 when DDR6/7 SDRAM is a brand-new thing, you guys are going to have them very confused.

    Jeff Suovanen -

    Curious about the 3.5mm jack, does it have optical support? Or can it be replaced with one that does? :)

    Derek Halman - 回复

  4. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 4 中的图像 1,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 4 中的图像 2,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 4 中的图像 3,3
    • Estamos apostando a que el procedimiento de apertura será el mismo que en el iMac 5K, es decir, si puede usar un cortador de pizza, puede abrir un iMac Pro.

    • Con todo ese vidrio fuera del camino, tenemos una vista perfecta del interior prístino del iMac Pro. Diga, ¿no sería esto un bonito fondo de pantalla para alguien?

    “Say, wouldn't this make a lovely wallpaper for someone?” - so where is the 5120x2880 image that is just what is behind the glass? You know we want it!

    Steve R - 回复

    It’s on my iMac Pro. Right after this guide was published, I spent a lot of time carefully sizing the image and cropping it to make it “just right” — and it’s awesome. The iFixit team is welcome to contact me and I’ll gladly provide them a copy to redistribute (since I’m not the copyright holder on the image).

    Sissy Princess - 回复

  5. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 5 中的图像 1,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 5 中的图像 2,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 5 中的图像 3,3
    • El primer componente es el enorme enfriador de doble ventilador.

    • Parece que Apple sacrificó el disco duro de escritorio de tamaño completo del 5K (no es que quisieras eso en una máquina pro) para hacer algo de espacio aquí.

    • También se sacrifica a los dioses refrescantes: la escotilla de acceso a la RAM externa. Cara triste.

    • A cambio, obtenemos un respiradero trasero grande y un aumento del 80% en la capacidad de enfriamiento.

    Compared to a Tower-Workstation the cooling solution is tiny for a 120-140 W TDP Xeon and a 175W Vega 56 PRO ?!

    Animarkzero ‍ ‎‎ - 回复

    One of the challenges here is that the very very tiny and supremely delicate wire connectors are super easy to damage. Terrible design. Not something I would ever try again.

    heywardjr - 回复

    You completely skipped how to remove the super small iSight camera connector from the main board. I have never even seen one of these before and have no clue how to remove, still looking on internet.

    Stephen Mull - 回复

    This is the teardown not a repair guide

    Duck -

  6. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 6 中的图像 1,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 6 中的图像 2,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 6 中的图像 3,3
    • Las funciones de la tarjeta AirPort se consolidan en la placa principal; por alguna razón desconocida, Apple abandonó la modularidad del modelo 5K. Pero recogimos este innovador clip de retención para los cables coaxiales.

    • La fuente de alimentación se conecta a la placa lógica por medio de no uno, ni dos, sino cuatro terminales brillantes asegurados con tornillos Torx.

    • Este diseño está mucho más cerca de lo que vimos en el Mac Pro 2013 que los conectores de plástico que estamos acostumbrados a arrancar del iMac 5K.

    • También hace que el acceso a los componentes de la placa lógica (aparte de la RAM por supuesto) sea mucho, mucho más fácil. Con la fuente de alimentación metida de nuevo en la carcasa trasera, podemos quitar la placa de inmediato. ¡Vamos a hacer eso!

    At least the coax connectors won’t pop off ;-} Not that they tended to do so this is over kill.

    Dan - 回复

    @sam - Could use a second image showing the other two PS connections to the logic board.

    Dan - 回复

    Those other two are easy to slide out.

    heywardjr - 回复

    There are quite a few screws to remove to get the motherboard out. Getting the board out means tilting it to the right as you gentlybslide it out. It tough as the usb and thunderbolt ports are right there. I ended up damaging the ethernet port doing this piece. Would never do this again! I highly recommend not doing this upgrade yourself. I had to take the unit back to the reseller and get it repaired under the $129 extra I paid for accidental damage. This operation completely voids the Apple warranty according to the reseller because you remove the motherboard they will know because of the non Apple ram.

    heywardjr - 回复

  7. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 7 中的图像 1,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 7 中的图像 2,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 7 中的图像 3,3
    • Con la placa afuera, la primera orden del día es inspeccionar la memoria RAM.

    • No hay forma de evitarlo: llegar hasta aquí fue una empresa importante en comparación con la puerta de acceso a la RAM, sencilla como una muerte, en la parte posterior de todos los iMacs de 27 "anteriores.

    • Dicho esto, tenemos buenas noticias: estos son sticks DDR4 ECC RAM estándar de 288 pines, con chips estándar a bordo:

    • SKhynix H5AN8G8NAFR-VKCD66 de 2,666 MHz

    • No perdemos tiempo en probar una pequeña actualización: ¿cómo suenan cuatro módulos de 32 GB para un total "Maxxed" de 128 GB?

    • Después de volver a montar rápidamente todo, nos complace informar que el resultado es épico. Si quieres probarlo en casa, elige un kit de actualización Memory Maxxer RAM.

    Any idea what the far right RAM module black label (shield) is for? It doesn’t look like it offers much as its not tied to chassis ground.

    Dan - 回复

    Heatpipes are on TOP! of thermal block? Half the pipe is cooling the air instead of the processor?!

    Are Apple Engineers mildly stupid or did they have other problems or was this the cheapest solution?

    If you take a look at any good custom CPU-cooler the heat-pipes are touching the Heatspreader directly for a reason.

    Animarkzero ‍ ‎‎ - 回复

    @Animarkzero Noctua uses the same arrangement in its high-end air coolers - heat pipes on top of thermal block.

    Anton Akusok - 回复

  8. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 8 中的图像 1,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 8 中的图像 2,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 8 中的图像 3,3
    • Volviendo al tema de desmontar cosas: el siguiente son estos SSD gemelos.

    • Debajo de un par de pegatinas encontramos algunos tornillos Torx. ¡Se van!

    • Cada cuchilla se denomina Apple EMC 3197, modelo 656-0061A.

    • Apagando los escudos, encontramos algunas fichas:

    • SanDisk SDRQF8DC8-128G (cuatro por tarjeta, dos superiores y dos inferiores, para un total de 512 GB × 2 = 1024 GB)

    • Apple 338S00285

    • A diferencia de un SSD estándar, que tiene la lógica del controlador a bordo, estos módulos de flash en bruto solo tienen un búfer de interfaz: el controlador PCIe / NVMe se encuentra en otro lugar. Más sobre esto en un momento.

    Of course, since there is no SSD controller (see below), you can’t really call these “NVMe SSSDs”. They are flash storage devices, but they only form an “SSD” when connected to the controller, which is part of the T2. And that PCIe bus (assuming it is PCIe), is carrying data between the flash chips and the SSD controller, which means it is definitely not NVMe.

    Looks like this is a new and unique Apple-designed flash memory storage system.

    But one where upgrades could theoretically cost a bit less than normal, since replacement flash boards won’t require SSD controllers (assuming that custom Apple chip isn’t too horribly expensive to reverse engineer, of course).

    shamino - 回复

    Yes, not a NVMe/PCIe SSD drive! Just the raw flash chips in a frame. The data width is kinda narrow as well…

    Still a very different design than the Function Key MacBook 13” SSD https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/ig... It’s design appeared to be a wider PCIe bus (x8).

    So the question is how wide is the I/O here as that will be the limitation of how big the flash unit could be besides the limitation in the physical size. Why would Apple go with such a small footprint unit? At least make the space larger so in the future a larger unit could be put in. There’s doesn’t appear to be space to put a larger unit in

    Dan - 回复

    Here’s an example of a similar device “Linus TechTips: DIY SSD made of SD Cards!”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3frnBoqq...

    Here it’s using SD cards with a SATA controller. In the case of Apple they are using a PCIe interface via the T2

    Dan - 回复

    To gain speed beyond what other NVMe/PCIe SSD’s can offer, Apple interleaves across the two flash modules. Think how RAM is interleaved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleave... Apple is using the same technique here.

    Dan - 回复

    Any idea if that flash is MLC or TLC?

    Anton Akusok - 回复

  9. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 9 中的图像 1,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 9 中的图像 2,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 9 中的图像 3,3
    • ¿Quieres saber qué se esconde debajo de este enorme disipador de calor? Nosotros también. Después de girar unos pocos tornillos Torx más y echar a un lado los resortes de montaje, tenemos una respuesta:

    • Una GPU, que lamentablemente está soldada BGA en su lugar. Y en el lado opuesto, un procesador Xeon de clase de estación de trabajo, no soldado en su lugar.

    • Es demasiado pronto para decir qué tan factible puede ser una actualización de CPU: parece que el chip está hecho a medida para Apple por Intel. Pero las actualizaciones parecen al menos teóricamente posibles.

    • Sería bueno que tu estación de trabajo de más de $5,000 pudiera obtener una actualización de vez en cuando, en lugar de un reemplazo completo ... ¿verdad?

    Need safety glasses to protect your eyes from the flung screws ;-} Don’t loose them!

    Dan - 回复

    What socket type is the Xeon CPU? Does it have an integrated heat spreader?

    Jeremy Agostino - 回复

  10. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 10 中的图像 1,2 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 10 中的图像 2,2
    • Hemos despejado el tablero, y es hora de un resumen del silicio:

    • Intel Xeon W-2140B (Skylake, 14 nm -probablemente un W-2145 con bajo control de reloj para mantener las temperaturas bajo control), CPU de 3.2 GHz con Turbo Boost de hasta 4.2 GHz, junto con lo que bien podría ser un zócalo LGA 2066 estándar

    • AMD S5J68 1747 GPEW0333S3 SS63HBN181747US40104 Radeon Pro Vega 56 GPU con 8 GB integrados de memoria HBM2 (paquete)

    • Intel X723D733 E1 05780 (SR3PV?) - probable hub controlador de plataforma

    • AQUANTIA AQtion AQC107-B1-C PCIe al controlador ethernet multi-gigabit

    • Pericom Semiconductors PI3PCIE3412AZHE PCIE 3.0 mux / demux switch

    • Apple / Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) 339S00428 00012021 Módulo Wi-Fi / Bluetooth Controlador de tarjeta de memoria

    • Genesys Logic GL3227ASD 4.0 y Texas Instruments LP8565A13 (probable controlador de luz de fondo LED)

    The Platform controller hub- if it’s the same one as other LGA2066 motherboards- I would be willing to try another LGA2066 processor if everything else checked out. Luckily I use PC which is fully upgradable.

    George A. - 回复

    Someone can use the board to built a super laptop. It has everything on 2 pcb. It is not even that big.

    Vic Lau - 回复

    ooh nice, is there a photo with the RAM and CPU populated?

    (okay maybe not the CPU, that one’s easy to photoshop in)

    srnblu - 回复

    FoxCon assemblers are over doing the thermal paste on the GPU’s! Getting it all over the caps! I hope it’s not conductive paste!

    Dan - 回复

    Dan- all GPUs have way more thermal compound than needed because they don’t have an integrated heat spreader like the xeon shown earlier. It helps to cool them and conductive thermal compound isn’t used.

    Calvin H -

    An interesting question here related to T2 and the SSDs is why they have the Pericom PCIe mux. It seems from the earlier section that the SSD assemblies are raw flash enclosures, or perhaps at most a custom Apple chip doing Toggle to Flash and PCIe out to the T2. One possibility is that the mux allows for one SSD slot to be unpopulated— if it is empty, the mux configues 2x the PCIe lanes to the T2 from the one populated slot. Another possibility is that mux can re-route the SSDs to the Intel PCH bypassing the T2 under some circumstances. It would be interesting to follow the traces and get the block diagram of the PCH, T2, Pericom mux, and SSDs.

    Mike Shapiro - 回复

    Mike, The Pericom PCIe switch is more likely for the USB-C ports

    Dan -

    imac pro 不是万兆网卡么 千兆芯片什么鬼

    张良春 - 回复

    原文为PCIe to multi-gigabit ethernet controller,更正为PCIe至多千兆位以太网控制器。感谢指正!

    Charles Wang -

    is the chipset c422?

    Aida Delmiro - 回复

    The coin battery in this model is a BR2450A

    Dan - 回复

  11. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 11 中的图像 1,2 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 11 中的图像 2,2
    • Lado posterior:

    • Audio/DAC de lógica Cirrus CS42L83

    • 3x Primarion PXE1110CDM 1YUS7Q84 H1746 8F4 PMC005 y Primarion PXE1610CDN 1YUS7Q84 H1745 807 PW005

    • 2x mando Thunderbolt 3 de Intel JHL6540

    • Rectificadores internacionales IOR 35217-01 C740P GSGK

    • Memoria flash CMOS en serie Macronix MXIC MX25L4006EZNI

    • Expansor de E/S NXP L6524

    Should be Cirrus Logic CS42L83 audio/DAC

    Sean Davis - 回复

    How about an explanation for what a `PXE1110CDM 1YUS7Q84 H1746 8F4 PMC005` is?

    michaelmiller - 回复

    It is the “Digital DC-DC Multiphase Controller” solution from infineon.

    https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/product/...

    JJ Wu -

    What is the silkscreen marking on the 2 devices (speaker drivers) at the bottom left corner of the PCB?

    Bito Zapata - 回复

  12. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 12 中的图像 1,2 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 12 中的图像 2,2
    • Por último, pero menos que menos, flotando cerca de las ranuras de SSD, tenemos dos chips de Apple personalizados:

    • Apple T2 339S00467 en capas sobre SK Hynix H9HKNNNBRUMUVR-NLH LPDDR4

    • Apple 338S00268: este chip es un misterio. En nuestra emoción inicial, pensamos que era el coprocesador rumoreado A10 Fusion, visto por primera vez en el iPhone 7, pero el tamaño del paquete es demasiado pequeño (aproximadamente 7,4 mm por cada lado). Mejor suposición: este es un IC de administración de semiautomática Apple / Dialog.

    • El sucesor del chip T1 introducido en la MacBook Pro 2016 con Touch Bar, el T2 se encarga de todas las funciones del SMC, procesamiento de señal de imagen para la cámara, control de audio y controlador SSD, y Secure Enclave, y un cifrado de hardware motor. ¡Uf!

    • La desventaja de toda esta funcionalidad y seguridad adicionales es un gran dolor de cabeza si su iMac Pro alguna vez tiene que ser restaurado.

    I believe it to be an i/o bus.

    Antonio Corcella - 回复

    Shouldn’t the T2 be what was rumored as A10 (iBridge)?

    MrUNIMOG - 回复

  13. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 13 中的图像 1,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 13 中的图像 2,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 13 中的图像 3,3
    • Con la placa lógica fuera del camino, podemos extraer la fuente de alimentación de 500 vatios.

    • Fabricado por AcBel Polytech Inc., acepta 100-240 voltios de CA y contiene un poco de silicio propio:

    • STMicro 4NB0K 5 GK14X650

    • STMicro L6599AD B857725

    • NCP13368G PFTJ38

    The unit has two power feeds one is clearly marked as 12Volts Is the other also 12Volts?

    Dan - 回复

    You guys should let people know not to touch the circuitry of the AC/DC PSU. There is danger in touching certain parts of the internals of PC AC/DC PSUs, even if the PSU has been left alone for a long time the capacitors could still be holding charge. Not only are you showing people how to access the PSU, but you aren’t letting them know to be extremely cautious about handling it.

    Steve - 回复

    You’re right about the dangers, and as stated in the banner at the top, this isn’t meant to be used as a guide. There are no instructions here and hence no guidance on what to do or not do. iFixit teardowns are a first look at the hardware and construction highlights, nothing more.

    Jeff Suovanen -

  14. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 14 中的图像 1,2 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 14 中的图像 2,2
    • La carcasa de este iMac parece un poco desnuda, pero aún no hemos terminado: los "parlantes estéreo mejorados" son los siguientes.

    • Los primeros informes indican que estos oradores están a la altura de las expectativas: son los mejores parlantes que puedes escuchar en una Mac.

    • ... hasta que, sospechemos, puede emparejarlo con un Homepod, lo que debería llevar toda la experiencia al siguiente nivel. No lo sabremos con certeza hasta que el Homepod finalmente llegue a los estantes en algún momento en 2018. (¿Es una coincidencia que se parezca un poco a un Mac Pro?)

  15. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 15 中的图像 1,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 15 中的图像 2,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 15 中的图像 3,3
    • Hemos rastreado este chasis en busca de piezas, y no queda mucho, excepto por el escandalosamente increíble mecanismo de bisagra accionado por resorte que soporta la pantalla.

    • Si optas por el kit de adaptador de montaje VESA de Apple, podrás disfrutar de un raro momento de desmontaje de tu iMac Pro aprobado por Apple: al insertar una tarjeta en la parte posterior, se desacopla el resorte y se revela la fila de tornillos Torx que aseguran el soporte.

    • Esta es probablemente la única ocasión en que Apple le venderá un destornillador y le dirá que lo haga.

    • Por supuesto, si estás leyendo esto, hay una buena posibilidad de que estés completamente preparado.

    The older 2011 iMac design foot is back!! Thank You Apple!!

    Now people can pack their systems in a much smaller hard case when they need to travel with it! Or change their mind between the foot and a VESA mount going either way!

    Dan - 回复

    Can you use that adapter for an iMac 21.5” (2017) too?

    Alfred Hansen - 回复

    Sorry Guy the hinge part is internal which would need to be replaced to the other version.

    Dan -

    I wonder if you can order this spring mechanism as a replacement part and put it into a normal 5k 27” iMac

    magnuskleditzsch - 回复

    Knowing Apple I doubt it mechanically fits! We’ll need wait until we see the parts listing for the system

    FYI: The current foot/VESA mounts for the 21.5 or 27” Thin Mac’s are dedicated. They are not user interchangeable like the iMac Pro!

    Dan -

  16. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 16 中的图像 1,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 16 中的图像 2,3 Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 16 中的图像 3,3
  17. Desmontaje  iMac Pro: 步骤 17 中的图像 1,1
    • Es una envoltura, amigos. Es hora de volver a montar esta bestia con pasta térmica fresca y ver cómo funciona como una plataforma de juegos.

    • En caso de que te lo estuvieras preguntando: Sí, todo vuelve a estar bien. Tendremos una guía de actualización paso a paso para usted pronto!

  18. 最后的想法
    • La memoria RAM y la CPU son modulares, lo que significa que las reparaciones y actualizaciones son una opción, a pesar de lo que Apple le diga.
    • Los SSD duales son modulares, pero hechos a medida por Apple, lo que complica el reemplazo.
    • Cortar la cinta para abrir el iMac no es demasiado difícil (con las herramientas adecuadas), pero luego debe reemplazarse para completar cualquier reparación.
    • Los componentes clave reemplazables están enterrados detrás de la placa lógica, lo que requiere un gran desmontaje para el acceso.
    • La pérdida de la compuerta de acceso a la RAM externa hace que las actualizaciones sean mucho más desafiantes en comparación con las iMac 5K de 27 ".
    • La GPU está soldada BGA en su lugar, lo que podría ser un gran inconveniente en una estación de trabajo "pro". No son posibles actualizaciones de gráficos fáciles, por lo tanto, elija su configuración sabiamente.
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OOH FIRST COMMENT! either way, Apples getting closer and closer to the point where a mac will literally be one single part that will not be modular in any way. Apple says they save the environment as much as possible while sweeping the fact that they make their machines as hard to fix as possible under the carpet.

Aiden - 回复

Wow you got here first!

Padraic Hoselton -

Apple bounces back and forth between more and less modularity with most new architectures. Claiming that there is some obvious trend here is silly and baseless.

Mark -

This comment aged like fine wine with the launch of the M1-based iMacs.

Ethan Zuo -

Liquid cooling? SSD in RAID 0?

Peter Gamble - 回复

It’s one SSD controller on two sticks of dumb NAND, no need for a RAID.

tipoo -

Liquid cooling requires a quite grand radiator/pump ! So NO this wont be possible in this very tightly packed overheated ALL-IN-ONE-MAC(PC)!

Animarkzero ‍ ‎‎ -

What does the SSD shows at “Apple - About This Mac - System Report - Hardware - Storage?

Peter Gamble - 回复

The SSDs are hardware-encrypted by the T2. If the drive(s) are removed, the data is unreadable.

TheIronGiant - 回复

The modules are just Raw Flash it’s not a real SSD

Dan -

@Peter Gamble, probably a special controller on those things, because they didn’t find a controller for the SSD’s on the logic board.

“Conspicuously absent here is any sign of an SSD controller. More on that in a minute. “

“ The successor to the T1 chip introduced in 2016's MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, the T2 is tasked here with all the functions of the SMC, image signal processing for the camera, audio control, and SSD controller, and Secure Enclave, and a hardware encryption engine. Whew! “

Meaning that the T1 is controlling how the SSD’s send and receive data and the SSD’s are designed to work with the T1. Mind you that the T1 is an arm based co processor (if I’m not mistaken). They’ll probably do some testing but I would bet that they are not being controlled by an AHCI spec.

Nathan Lanier - 回复

No iMac Pros were harmed in the making of this teardown. :)

Gigabit87898 - 回复

I will wait for Mac Pro to come out before I pull the trigger on any of these beasts.

Rae - 回复

First teardown 2018! iFixit Lives!

George A. - 回复

Each stick of NAND not having an SSD controller validates what I was thinking. Since the T2 houses the SSD controller, calling this a RAID isn't quite right, since each drive doesn't have a controller, it's just one controller looking in two places.

tipoo - 回复

Think of it more like a bank of RAM. Each operation is bounced between the two modules (inter-leaved)

Dan -

The DIMMs (PC4-2666V-RD1-11) are not DDR4 ECC (Unbufferd) RAM, but DDR4 ECC-Registered ones.

M_Isobe - 回复

Correct! I think George was joking.

Dan -

Beautiful Teardown.

Tim Asp - 回复

I really want a iMac Pro but 21” Screen.

K Sec - 回复

“It’s one SSD controller on two sticks of dumb NAND, no need for a RAID”.

Really? Do you mean that the iMac Pro has 2.8 GB/s read & 3.3 GB/s write without RAID 0? Why not use then a single SSD blade-stick instead if two?

Peter Gamble - 回复

Think of it more like a bank of RAM. Each operation is bounced between the two modules (inter-leaved)

Dan -

Shouldn’t be much of a surprise that there’s no need for Raid 0 since standard iMac and MacBook Pro have similar Flash speeds also with a single SSD.

MrUNIMOG -

dgramatzki - The speed is much faster for both read & write on the iMac Pro’s SSD setup than what the MacBook Pro’s offer.

Dan -

Is the SSD encryption mandatory? Can it be turned off or disabled? Thanks.

Peter Gamble - 回复

Is the SSD paired to logic board? If the logic board fails, can the data in SSD be recovered? Thanks.

Peter Gamble - 回复

Is it possible to run Windows 10 via Bootcamp on it?

Hjalti á Lava - 回复

Don’t see why not!

Liam Powell -

Hi!

Maybe instead of teardown the whole iMac it would be easier to cut holes in the back around RAM?

Jaromir Kopp - 回复

I hope you’re kidding!

Dan -

Himm no A10 ARM CPU? Where the rumors false?

Skater Stimm - 回复

No iPhone APU, but the T2 chip does have a micro-controller (SMC) and also deals with encryption both functions could be run on an ARM based solution.

Dan -

The T2 might have some similarities to the A10, just as the T1 had to the Apple Watch SiPs. Perhaps that’s where the rumors came from.

MrUNIMOG -

It is so beautiful …Just black, from motherboard to RAM,from fans to speaker

iliya - 回复

Try to repair on a Black PCB….. nice eyestrain!

Animarkzero ‍ ‎‎ -

“With all that glass out of the way, we have a perfect view of the iMac Pro's pristine interior. Say, wouldn't this make a lovely wallpaper for someone?”

So do you have this pic in 5k? Or hopefully bigger to be able to crop it to 1:1.

ymppa - 回复

2 things. First off, did you guys really not think to try and replace the CPU with a standard Xeon part? Second, has anyone documented the installation of the VESA mount?

Andrew spoelstra - 回复

If you look at the VESA mount instructions that came with the Apple VESA mount for the iMac 27” 2011 its the exact same part! Apple was roasted on switching out to a fixed foot or fixed VESA mount. It took awhile!

But, I’m thinking if people really need it, one could upgrade their older 27” 2012 > 2017 models using the same parts this model has as it looks like the same mount points. Will need to double check to be sure,

Dan -

Really nothing is “Pro” in this design. Apple learned nothing. They want to continue to sell their super proprietary nonsense hardware. As a pro, you expect easy exchangeable, compatible components, like RAM, CPU, GPU, harddrives, and PCIe-slots, 2 x 16x, etc. In the highest available standards. The new Mac”Pro” just is the new regular iMac. I bet the upcoming MacPro will be a total disaster.

interference - 回复

“Pro” is not a universal term. For some users, this Mac will be great. For others, not so much. What you want and need isn’t what everyone else wants and needs.

Dongboat -

The numbers tell us it’s a more powerful box than anything Apple has produced so far. So from that perspective it’s a Pro box.

As to being the kind of box a Pro would own that gets into what his/her needs are. This system will serve many pro level user.

It still may not meet the real heavy weight users and clearly it’s a closed system with limited upgradability. That’s where the Mac Pro will be the true expandable system.

I’m hoping we see the AMD ThreadRipper CPU in it! Heavy weight pro’s need lots of threads and PCIe lanes, which is were the ThreadRipper shines!

Dan -

@DAN Threadripper has a TDP of 180W !!

How in the world do you think this will end with the Mac Pro(sumer) if Apple is not willing to cool the Xeon W in the iMac Pro properly!

Animarkzero ‍ ‎‎ -

Glad you guys got it back together! I’d hate to lose a $5K machine for no good reason :/

Liam Powell - 回复

It’s okay if it’s in the name of SCIENCE!

Kevin Stuckey -

I am curious about the SSD. I don’t like the idea of RAID-0 in a “pro” machine. Double the chance of failure, and a failure of one drive means loss of data on both. I am hoping it can be configured as two separate drives, so I can have half a TB for macOS, and half a TB for Bootcamp/Windows10/Autodesk bloatware like Revit. Curious how the inscription works in Bootcamp too. Does it require some special Windows driver for the T2 SSD controller? Mine arrived today, 2 days early, but I have no time to do more than open the brown box. Which was a mistake, because now I get to look at the picture on the inner box for three days before I can actually set it up. The agony. ;)

Also curious how soon someone with a maxed out machine breaks the screen, writes the whole thing off, and “upgrade CPU and SSD” parts are available second hand. I would assume you could even replace the MB this way to upgrade the GPU as well. It will be a niche market in a niche market, but it WILL be a market.

Gordon Price - 回复

Please, let is know if you can configure it as two separate SSD.

Peter Gamble -

You could already open another box while writing this.. :D

Igor Leskovar -

It’s not a RAID’ed drive but something similar! Think of it like how RAM inter-leaving works this is who Apple is doing it. Inter-leaving the operations across the two SSD' sets.

As for RAID the type of RAID makes a big difference! As well as what the drives are. Here using SSD’s it’s a lot more reliable than a spinning disk HDD. So if this was a RAID 0 drive I wouldn’t have a problem with it. Then there is Apple’s new file system! Which offers a better write operation so data loss is less likely. We have some large RAID 0 drive sets (all SSD’s) and they are very dependable. Our HDD RAID sets are all RAID 5 and we sync them in pairs to make sure we don’t loose anything.

Frankly, the dependability of your power will be a bigger risk! I hope you have a good back-filling UPS for your new system.

Dan -

Mini U.2 PCIe NVME SSD?

Phy Belong - 回复

Nope something new! Raw flash inter-leaved. The T2 chip manages the read/write to the modules. If you remember back in the original IBM PC day we press fitted DIP memory into sockets on the logic board. At one point we had stacked chips soldered onto each other! This is in the same approach Apple is using, just within Flash.

Dan -

Here’s a good image of these old stacked chips: https://eda360insider.files.wordpress.co...

Dan -

It is a bit sad to make a ‘PRO’ machine with an underclocked XEON to keep the temps in check.

Form over function rules at Apple

reuze - 回复

Why do you say that?

Sure the server based chips run faster but at a cost, more power is needed and heat created. The Workstation class chips make sense.

The real question is when does it throttle (load wise). If it doesn’t then Apple has found the sweet spot for this design. So we’ll need to wait for the results from people testing it out.

Sure, I think a lot of people are waiting for the other shoe to drop, the specs of the new Mac Pro!

Dan -

Um, why? How would this be any different than if they had used an overclocked version of a slower chip? The speed is what it is, carefully balanced with other system hardware.

Mark -

“Think of it more like a bank of RAM. Each operation is bounced between the two modules (inter-leaved)”.

Then it is equivalent to RAID 0 in relation to data protection: if one SSD fails, all is lost. Or if the controller chip fails. Or if the main board fails in this case, since the SSD is paired with it. You cannot take the SSD out for troubleshooting or data recovery or booting in other Mac.

Peter Gamble - 回复

This is no different than with a single-board SSD, not more points of failure than that. This isn’t hard drives where each HDD adds a spinning disk and doubles the risk of failure.

MrUNIMOG -

@dgramatzki

I see a big difference. If data is stripped between two SSD, it is like RAID 0 for data protection by definition.

Peter Gamble -

The data isn’t striped. As already alluded to, that implies to separate controllers on two separate drives. This is one controller accessing chips on two separate boards. As the previous poster pointed out, this would be no different that putting all the chips on a single board, just less flexible in terms of space. which is at a premium inside this enclosure.

Mark -

@mark

You said: "The data isn’t striped. As already alluded to, that implies to separate controllers on two separate drives. This is one controller accessing chips on two separate boards. As the previous poster pointed out, this would be no different that putting all the chips on a single board, just less flexible in terms of space. which is at a premium inside this enclosure”.

Data not stripped on SSD? Do you have a proof of that? How can it achieve 3.3GB/s write and 2.8GB/s read without RAID 0 ?

Anyway, even if data is not striped, do you mean that if one SSD fails, data can be recovered on the other? If not, it is like RAID 0 in relation to data protection.

Peter Gamble -

Interleaved flash is not the same as RAID!

There is no recovery with RAID 0, you’re thinking RAID 1 (mirroring). There is very little risk here, HDD’s are much more prone to failure than SSD’s. In any case you should have a current backup.

Dan -

Miss the “old” Mac Pro 2008-2012. Think what this mac could have been with updated hardware.

I think that Apple does not love companies and "pro". Definitively.

It's like Apple said << Long life to assembled PCs >>. OK. I will buy an assembled PC.

The Outsider - 回复

All you complainers seem not to have heard that there’s a new Mac Pro coming out some time in the future, explicitly announced by Apple to be modular and upgradeable?

MrUNIMOG -

(i am replying to ‘dgramatzki’ … )

‘The Outsider’ is talking about a beautiful modular design of more than a decade ago…

Since then nothing really happened until that round one came in 2013…

Apple is now so briljant to reinvent a modular system …. again in …. 2018?

yes there is enough to complain…

reuze -

What iMac from a decade ago had a “beautiful, modular design”?

Mark -

Thanks so much for the breakdown. Was worth reading and looking at all of the images and comments..

rickgarcia - 回复

Can’t imagine those two heat pipes having much cooling capacity. That thing is gonna overheat like a MAC mini.

Randy - 回复

Can’t imagine a pair of heat pipes having enough cooling capacity. Just have a feeling this will overheat like a MAC mini. Why don’t they ever employ some kind of self contained liquid cooler?

Randy - 回复

The old Mac pros had “self contained liquid cooler”.

https://everymac.com/images/other_images...

Christoffer Rasmussen -

Those liquid-cooled Power Mac G5 models were a nightmare. The design put the cooler right over the 1000W power supply. Then the liquid cooler started to leak. This shorted out the power supply, often killing the entire machine. Apple had a replacement program in place that if any sign of leakage was detected, they would replace the entire unit whether the customer wanted to or not. The best part was this was in the middle of the transition from PPC to Intel, so most of the customers’ pro applications were useless on the Intel Mac Pro. It was a total disaster. Liquid cooling is not a good idea in a computer case this small with a power supply this small.

Travis Funk -

As a holdout waiting for a replacement for my 2010 Mac Pro Tower I’m saddened that this all in one because I’ve have iMacs sitting in boxes because the screens were cooked along with some of the internals. My Tower has gone through 3 monitors over the years that I cheaply replaced.

wahakaa - 回复

Uh, every one of those iMacs can be repaired. What site are you on again?

Mark -

Great teardown and review.

In summary:

- One can upgrade RAM later on - saving a lot of $$ up-front. I got mine w/ 64GB - which should suffice until then.

- GPU does not matter, this one is “good enough” to be considered Pro workstation. Nothing stops one from adding another GPU via Thunderbolt 3 to PCI-e making it actually quite upgradeable (prosumers of this type of device already have a ton of storage via Thunderbolt on their desk, adding another box w/ a GPU is not a big deal)

- CPU is actually upgradeable. Sure, someone’s yet to test this but I am 99.9999% certain this is the case, so down the line in 2-3 years, pop it open, add a new-er xeon in and voila.

All in all - awesome machine. It actually replaced my whole VMware LAB, as I can now run it all on this iMac, in Fusion.

Petar Smilajkov - 回复

Just looking at the CPU speeds on the Apple site. As mentioned here, the 8 core is not the same part available to anyone from intel. It is slower. The 10 core is also slower. But the 14 and 18 core chips Apple use match the speed of what intel has on their site. The faster 8 and 10 as well as the same speed 14 and 18 all run at the same 140 Watt Total Design Power. Thus Apple may not be using the lower speed 8 and 10 core to save on heat. Apple likely has to deal with the 140W TDP of the 14 and 18.

Perhaps Apple are saving money by buying the 8/10 core chips from intel that don’t pass the first test?

Kemal NottaTurk - 回复

It would seem that way, until you consider the cache sizes.

Apple has a much bigger L3 caches than Intel offers in their Xeon Ws.

Aweizd Zsakul -

Thanks guys, What a wonderful teardown of the iMac Pro 2018. The pictures and the read was spot on and surely worth the time spent. I appreciate now, knowing what I buy, before I put down the money, and my late 2011 27” iMac needs a new partner this year.

I have planned to upgrade the memory and the SSD, but it is for sure a much greater job than upgrading the 2011 iMac. Armed with the ifixit teardown it’s time to prepare the action.

Steen Ricks Olsen - 回复

500W is far too little to host a full-fledged Xeon W and a Vega 56. I think Apple relies on thermal throttling and underclocking so performance doesn’t get “too high”. How will it ever support 18 FRICKIN’ CORES and a VEGA 64?!

Ethan Zuo - 回复

Do you know what type of Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chipset iMac Pro using?

Chen Lei - 回复

Hi, the display is definitely different than the Late 2014/2015 iMac. In that teardown, you posted an image of the model number/serial number sticker from the display. It would be much appreciated if you did the same for the iMac Pro.

Kris - 回复

Thank you Jeff, I don’t suppose you guys know where to find a spec sheet for this panel? I’m trying to understand the differences in the backlight technology between this one and the one from the 2014 model.

Kris - 回复

Unfortunately no, I haven’t seen a spec sheet anywhere as yet. There are a few prior revisions listed on public sites like Panelook, but they don’t include the iMac Pro panel… so far.

Jeff Suovanen -

Hi

What's the specifications of the motherboard of the iMac

Ntuthuko Zimu - 回复

In this configuration (motherboard to be vertical once re-assembled), would liquid metal thermal “paste” accumulate and drip down to other parts of the motherboard over time due to constant heat and gravity?

Benjamin Chen - 回复

Would have been nice to see more info on the display, just googling LG LM270QQ1 brings up -SDA2, -SDB1, -SDC1, etc.

Jake Snyder - 回复

See the first link in Step 16—the panel is labeled LM270QQ1 (SD)(D1).

Jeff Suovanen -

Technically, you could add multiple external GPUs for upgrades through the thunderbolt 3 ports

Lucas 9810 - 回复

I think Time Machine renders all of these arguments about RAID 0 and interleaving flash modules moot. For ~$100 I can have a living copy of my data that can easily be recovered to another Mac, or simply browsed by another Mac or PC with little effort. I leave a 4TB drive hanging off of my iMac 5k at all times for very little cost to me. The backup drive and the iMac are on their own over-sized UPS. All of that cost me about an extra $250. Why are you all worried about data recovery when some simple backup discipline would solve all of those problems. If you’re really a “Pro” it seems to me that you should have multiple contingencies around data loss and in the unlikely event of flash failure, you’d be fine.

Travis Funk - 回复

¡Excelente, solo recomendaría el uso de pulsera anti-estatica o guantes anti-estaticos, por lo demás muy buena guía, gracias!

David Molina - 回复

Hola buen día, gracias David por tus comentarios estamos a la orden, saludos

Miguel -

make a guide for a screen replacement!!

Drake - 回复

@dragonboy5499 Hopefully we’ll have a proper guide for that eventually, but for now, the iMac 5K Display Replacement Guide should get you by—other than a slightly different cable arrangement, the procedure is identical. Have fun! :)

Jeff Suovanen -

Does anyone know where iMac pro screens can be purchased??

Matthew Klein - 回复

I’m confused: about the RAM you wrote: 288-pin DDR4 ECC RAM. But if i follow the link to the upgrade kitcthe ram modules are labeled 260pin. so what is correct?

thorsten.binnewies - 回复

can I replace mount for vesa to imac 27 2017 ?

I have got Imac 27 2017 - but I want VESA to mount for this mac. Once i did fully resemble this machine -if i find stand from imac pro or previous imac -with supporting stand for vesa is it possible?

Oleg pikulev - 回复

Will you post an instruction how to reattach the display after removing the glue stripe with the pizza cutter ?

Felix Stark - 回复

Anyone know if the FaceTime HD 1080p Camera on the iMac Pro is available as a spare part?

Toying with the idea of installing it into an older iMac. (If it’s compatible.)

Muhammad Siddiq Chughtai - 回复

Did you ever find one? Please respond https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/st... here we need the help!

oneiphonedoctor -

I want to upgrade the CPU inside my iMac Pro but I don’t have enough courage to open it up lol.

Master Creeper - 回复

I believe that t2 chip is nick named the death chip and will be soon removed and getting integrated with the cpu

Stephen Hall - 回复

My webcam doesn’t work after a screen replacement! PLEASE HELP!

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