User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Mac Pro (8x)
- Contents
- Basics
- Take Apart
- General Information
- Opening the Computer
- Hard Drives
- Optical Drive Carrier and Optical Drives
- Memory (FB-DIMMs) and Memory Riser Cards
- PCI Express/Graphics Card
- Power Supply
- Power Supply Fan
- AirPort Extreme Card
- Bluetooth Card
- Battery
- Processor Heatsink Cover
- Front Fan Assembly
- Mac Pro RAID Card and Battery
- Memory Cage with Rear Fan
- Processor Heatsinks
- Processors
- Speaker Assembly
- USB Cable
- Logic Board
- Front Panel Board
- Power Button
- AirPort Antenna Board with Cables
- Optical Drive Power Cable
- Optical Drive Data (Ribbon) Cable
- Ambient Board
- Ambient Board Cable
- Bluetooth Antenna Board and Cable
- Hard Drive Cable Harness
- Hard Drive Temperature Sensor Cable
- Hard Drive Temperature Sensor
- Power Cable Harness
- Troubleshooting
- Upgrades
- Views

Mac Pro (8x) Take Apart — Processor Heatsink Cover 51
Procedure
Note: The heatsink cover is held in place by a number of tabs and magnets on the underside of
the cover. You must release the tabs before you can remove the cover from the enclosure.
Place the ngers of one hand under the lip of the heatsink cover nearest the logic board. Lift 1.
the lip slightly toward the media shelf to release the tabs and magnets under the top face of
the cover.
With your ngers still under the cover’s bottom lip, lift the cover straight up to release the 2.
remaining tabs and magnets under the front face of the cover
Remove the cover from the enclosure. 3.










