Did someone say block diagram?

[LightBulbFun]

I noticed that a few people wanted an official block diagram for the Mac Pro 6,1

and well its almost Christmas so enjoy

oh and as an extra bonus heres one for the iMac Pro (its really interesting how the T2 chip is a PCIe device/bridge, but i dont like how the 2 SSDs go into the PCH its going to be bottle necked by that single x4 connection to the CPU and if the USB ports are being heavily used at the same time then it may hurt SSD speeds as well) also notice how it says 120W Skylake CPU, most of the Xeon W CPUs publicly known have a 140W TDP, so im guessing the B suffix chip Apple has that we have seen is probably a TDP reduced/low voltage chip to fit within 120W

 

[theitsage]

This is great. Thank you for sharing!

Graphics Board B is the MVP in the nMP. Better take good care of that thing.

 

[06tb06]

Awesome! Why do Macs look just as beautiful inside as they do on the outside? Everything is neatly placed and almost symmetrical.

 

[casperes1996]

How did you get this? It's cool!

 

[adam9c1]

Anything similar for a cMP 4,1 5,1 ?

 

[LightBulbFun]

Anything similar for a cMP 4,1 5,1 ?

indeed there is, but those are easily found online (the entire Service Guide PDF is online for the 4,1 and 5,1)

 

[flowrider]

Anything similar for a cMP 4,1 5,1 ?

Lou

 

[LightBulbFun]

figured id add some more info that I know about the iMac Pro to this thread since there seems to be a lot of questions going round

first is, the SSDs are removable, but as they are hardware encrypted if you stick them in another iMac Pro you cant read any of the Data on them in that machine. this does prevent someone opening up your iMac Pro robbing your SSDs and trying to get your data. (but basically if your motherboard dies, you can kiss the data on the SSDs good bye, but the SSDs themselves I believe you can just format and continue to use)

continuing with SSDs, all models have 2 SSDs from the 1TB with 2 512GB SSDs to the 4TB one with 2 2TB ones.

in regards to RAM, the inner 2 memory modules have some sort of RFI suppression tape on them that you must fit onto your new modules otherwise you may end up with poor wifi and bluetooth performance

also I spotted a benchmark of the 14 Core model on Geekbench, and it too has a CPU with the B suffix. https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/5555696

and finally, the Coin cell PRAM battery in the iMac Pro is larger then a regular PC CMOS battery. (im guessing the reason why is because in the block diagram its shown driving/keeping 2 RTCs going)

Hope this helps